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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2945247, member: 10461&quot;]Here is my loot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks to my Secret Santa, whose identity remains a mystery to me (eastern Tennessee ZIP code notwithstanding).</p><p><br /></p><p>He or she obviously did some homework regarding my numismatic tastes.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, there was a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a> 1900-O Morgan dollar for my new casual sideline collection, for which i had recently gotten a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dansco-7172-silver-dollar-date-set-album.306940/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dansco-7172-silver-dollar-date-set-album.306940/">Dansco #7172 album.</a>&nbsp; Lament not, Secret Santa, for the coin you sent was not only one my album lacked, but was the very<i> first</i> Morgan I acquired for it!&nbsp; I had gotten cold feet and decided not to pursue this sideline after all, but then I got this coin from you so that&#039;s changed my mind.&nbsp; Looks like I will now actually play with Morgan dollars for a little while after all, albeit in the circulated grades, with a&nbsp; very specific look.&nbsp; So my Secret Santa actually influenced my collecting habits.&nbsp; I&#039;ll unwrap the new album today and put that coin in there, along with some Ikes I got in a swap from [USER=85496]@MontCollector[/USER].&nbsp; (The Dansco 7172 is a one-a-year date collection which covers Morgan&#039;s through SBAs.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The next coin was a cent with a cutout of the Georgia State outline (my state).</p><p><br /></p><p>Last is the item which impresses me most.&nbsp; It is a love token on an 1876 dime with a monogram of my &quot;RS&quot; initials!&nbsp; Nailing down a specific name or set of initials on a love token is not easy.&nbsp; It takes a lot of hunting!&nbsp; My S.S. seems to have bought this one from ACSB, who I know from experience have a large and nice selection but rather precipitous pricing.&nbsp; I only hope S.S. did not spend too much!&nbsp; (No slights against ACSB- they&#039;re fine to deal with aside from the stiff prices.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically, I had also recently decided to purge my love tokens (to feed my primary Eclectic Box collection), but a love token with my initials is <i>never</i> redundant and is a keeper, regardless.&nbsp; (I also have one with <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/marshside-stork-love-token-on-1861-usa-seated-dime.298734/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/marshside-stork-love-token-on-1861-usa-seated-dime.298734/">all three of my initials</a> in sequence, which defies some longish mathematical odds.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718013[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718017[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718019[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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