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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silverhouse, post: 1341290, member: 29452&quot;]JCB, your post reminds me of something from my past.&nbsp; First I agree, coins are artifacts of sorts, paper money well, it spends and burns well.&nbsp; When I was 16 in the 10th grade I had to give a speech ( speech class )&nbsp; I hated speaking in front of people as I am sure most of us that age are.&nbsp; My step dad gave me the idea to do my speech on the penny and everything we could tell from the penny.&nbsp; He said, write it as if an alien from another world found our coins but no humans.&nbsp; What story would it tell?&nbsp; By the time was done, I had so much information, on just one penny.&nbsp; Needless to say I got an A for it.&nbsp; Coins are like time pieces, they literally travel about time going from one hand to the next, in one cash drawer out the other, in some piggy banks and out again.&nbsp; Oh the stories our coinage could tell!&nbsp; lol...&nbsp; It&#039;s living history, in a way.&nbsp; Ever think about how far a coin traveled and now it&#039;s in your possession?&nbsp; Do you know the history of any coins in your collection?&nbsp; I think a thread about that would be neat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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