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<p>[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2813492, member: 76181"]I lost my father when I was 45, that was eleven years ago this month. I had just finished a family vacation and was returning home. It brought me to my knees, literally. It took months for me to reconcile the loss. It has taken me years to learn from it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am now 56 and I can empathize in so many ways. I will leave you with a quote I was sent 11 years ago. I had never heard it before, but since then, I have learned it is a common sayng.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"A boy does not become a man until his father dies"</i></p><p><br /></p><p>They are some of the truest words I have ever read. In strange way, they brought me some comfort. Probably because they captured an ageless reality and I was in need of a greater wisdom.</p><p><br /></p><p>My deepest condolences.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>edit: did not see the post a coin part, so here. This is the cheapest 'coin' in my Abafil. Its a bronze medal I bought when my family went to Wash D.C. in 1973. We went to the US Mint and I bought this with my dad (he was ex-Navy.) So cheap, even the burglars left it behind. But it sits with coins far grander</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/j-p-jones-medal.3867/full?d=1447698736" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>US Mint 1973 Comitia Americana Re-strike</p><p>Medal awarded to Captain John Paul Jones for the naval battle between the U.S. frigate Bonhomme Richard and the British frigate Serapis. The original was engraved by Augustine Dupre, and struck in gold.</p><p>Obverse: The bust of Captain Jones, facing right. Latin inscription reads: The American Congress to John Paul Jones, Commander of the fleet.</p><p>Reverse: The Bonhomme Richard on fire with her crew boarding the severely damaged Serapis. The Alliance, consort of the Richard, stands off to the left beyond two sailors in the water clinging to a spar. Latin inscription reads: The Enemy's Ships Captured or Put to Flight (above), at Scotland's shore, 23 September 1779 (below).</p><p>Purchased US Mint Washington DC 1973[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2813492, member: 76181"]I lost my father when I was 45, that was eleven years ago this month. I had just finished a family vacation and was returning home. It brought me to my knees, literally. It took months for me to reconcile the loss. It has taken me years to learn from it. I am now 56 and I can empathize in so many ways. I will leave you with a quote I was sent 11 years ago. I had never heard it before, but since then, I have learned it is a common sayng. [I]"A boy does not become a man until his father dies"[/I] They are some of the truest words I have ever read. In strange way, they brought me some comfort. Probably because they captured an ageless reality and I was in need of a greater wisdom. My deepest condolences. edit: did not see the post a coin part, so here. This is the cheapest 'coin' in my Abafil. Its a bronze medal I bought when my family went to Wash D.C. in 1973. We went to the US Mint and I bought this with my dad (he was ex-Navy.) So cheap, even the burglars left it behind. But it sits with coins far grander [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/j-p-jones-medal.3867/full?d=1447698736[/IMG] US Mint 1973 Comitia Americana Re-strike Medal awarded to Captain John Paul Jones for the naval battle between the U.S. frigate Bonhomme Richard and the British frigate Serapis. The original was engraved by Augustine Dupre, and struck in gold. Obverse: The bust of Captain Jones, facing right. Latin inscription reads: The American Congress to John Paul Jones, Commander of the fleet. Reverse: The Bonhomme Richard on fire with her crew boarding the severely damaged Serapis. The Alliance, consort of the Richard, stands off to the left beyond two sailors in the water clinging to a spar. Latin inscription reads: The Enemy's Ships Captured or Put to Flight (above), at Scotland's shore, 23 September 1779 (below). Purchased US Mint Washington DC 1973[/QUOTE]
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