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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2606070, member: 112&quot;]Stories huh ? Well, I can usually come with a story on just about anything, so I think I can give ya one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I first got to know this young man, -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/speedy.705/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/speedy.705/">https://www.cointalk.com/members/speedy.705/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>- though I&#039;ve yet to actually ever meet him in person, when he was about 8 years old. That came about as a result of his father and I both being members of the same&nbsp; internet based coin club, of which he also became a member.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for whatever reason something clicked between the two of us. I dunno, maybe it was because I was always speaking up and answering his questions when asked. And for those of you who have ever spent time around kids, when they have in interest in something, the questions never end ! No, they come at you rapid fire and in an unending stream ! And so I began teaching &quot;Speedy&quot; about coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was a quick study due to his passion for the hobby and he soaked up knowledge like the proverbial sponge. By the time he was 15 he was doing his own research and writing his own study papers, hopefully for publication. And I was all to glad to be his editor. But sadly, the powers that be in the numismatic press refused to publish his work because he was too young, and because his work flew in the face of accepted numismatic knowledge. In particular this young man discovered that the &#039;32-S quarter, contrary to accepted knowledge, had been struck with more than 1 die. And he had the evidence to back it up. I still have copies of his original papers on the subject. And I for one believe he was, and still is, 100% correct, his evidence is that convincing. Perhaps one of these days his work will eventually be published, and accepted as fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not too long after that Speedy even became a moderator on this forum, and he did a great job of it. He was the first and only teenager to ever become a moderator. I&#039;ve often laughed to myself about that - a kid, babysitting adults - you just gotta love the irony ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But as the years passed and he got older Speedy underwent the same thing that most all of us do. Life intervened. He eventually got married and now has a child of his own, a lovely little daughter who is not yet 2 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, does that qualify as a &quot;story&quot; ?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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