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<p>[QUOTE="Nap, post: 2652785, member: 73099"]I had a number of Morgan dollars that I was given by my grandmother when I was a kid. About half I put into an album. The loose ones were fine, the album was lost. Probably thrown away when my family moved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was living at home after finishing grad school. My mom had a boarder renting a room in the house. He ended up being a thief and stole a number of things from my mom, as well as some coins from me. The coins were mostly 40% and 90% silver half dollars that I had left out with the intention of selling. Fortunately the thief did not take any rare coins, which I had hidden.</p><p><br /></p><p>My dog nearly cost me a coin recently. He's a puppy still and obsessed with eating everything. Managed to take a coin in a flip off the counter. My wife saw it happen and managed to save it. While the flip was bit, the coin managed to avoid any damage. Would have sucked for it to survive 1200 years in the ground only to be eaten by a dog. Perhaps humorously the coin was of the Anglo-Saxon King "Redwulf", and was nearly devoured by a reddish dog.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nap, post: 2652785, member: 73099"]I had a number of Morgan dollars that I was given by my grandmother when I was a kid. About half I put into an album. The loose ones were fine, the album was lost. Probably thrown away when my family moved. I was living at home after finishing grad school. My mom had a boarder renting a room in the house. He ended up being a thief and stole a number of things from my mom, as well as some coins from me. The coins were mostly 40% and 90% silver half dollars that I had left out with the intention of selling. Fortunately the thief did not take any rare coins, which I had hidden. My dog nearly cost me a coin recently. He's a puppy still and obsessed with eating everything. Managed to take a coin in a flip off the counter. My wife saw it happen and managed to save it. While the flip was bit, the coin managed to avoid any damage. Would have sucked for it to survive 1200 years in the ground only to be eaten by a dog. Perhaps humorously the coin was of the Anglo-Saxon King "Redwulf", and was nearly devoured by a reddish dog.[/QUOTE]
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