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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1780757, member: 4910"]This is from the Snopes Urban Legend website:</p><p> </p><p>Coins left on military tombstones denote visits from living soldiers.</p><p> </p><p>While visiting some cemeteries you may notice that headstones marking certain graves have coins on them, left by previous visitors to the grave.</p><p> </p><p>These coins have distinct meanings when left on the headstones of those who gave their life while</p><p> </p><p>serving in America's military, and these meanings vary depending on the denomination of coin.</p><p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>A side note, I have never heard of this "tradition", but it could be a new use for the dollar coins.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_unitedstates_d01_2010d_fillmore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1780757, member: 4910"]This is from the Snopes Urban Legend website: Coins left on military tombstones denote visits from living soldiers. While visiting some cemeteries you may notice that headstones marking certain graves have coins on them, left by previous visitors to the grave. These coins have distinct meanings when left on the headstones of those who gave their life while serving in America's military, and these meanings vary depending on the denomination of coin. [url]http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp[/url] A side note, I have never heard of this "tradition", but it could be a new use for the dollar coins. [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_unitedstates_d01_2010d_fillmore.jpg[/IMG] :)[/QUOTE]
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