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<p>[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 4954104, member: 77226"]That's a long delay, glad they found their home!</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is not itself special. It's a scarce variation of a very common theme. However, in late May, our neighborhood post office in Minneapolis burnt to the ground during the initial protests and riots following the death of George Floyd.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife and I nervously watched buildings burn from our bedroom window with our 3 and 1 year old sleeping as rioting and looting surrounded us for three tense days... until we left town for safer ground. I remember our conflicting feelings of support for peaceful protesters, worry for our neighborhood and family, and frustration with the destruction.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the destroyed post office was dug through and cleared, any salvageable mail was sent to be delivered. I had long assumed this coin had suffered an honorable death in the flames.</p><p><br /></p><p>In late August, three months after it was checked in at that doomed post office, a surprise package was delivered. Not a great coin... but now a special one to me. Its history is not just Roman but now mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190890[/ATTACH]</p><p>Edit... forgot to describe the coin</p><p>Licinius I - IOVI CONSERVATORI - Nicomedia - RIC VII 15[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 4954104, member: 77226"]That's a long delay, glad they found their home! This coin is not itself special. It's a scarce variation of a very common theme. However, in late May, our neighborhood post office in Minneapolis burnt to the ground during the initial protests and riots following the death of George Floyd. My wife and I nervously watched buildings burn from our bedroom window with our 3 and 1 year old sleeping as rioting and looting surrounded us for three tense days... until we left town for safer ground. I remember our conflicting feelings of support for peaceful protesters, worry for our neighborhood and family, and frustration with the destruction. After the destroyed post office was dug through and cleared, any salvageable mail was sent to be delivered. I had long assumed this coin had suffered an honorable death in the flames. In late August, three months after it was checked in at that doomed post office, a surprise package was delivered. Not a great coin... but now a special one to me. Its history is not just Roman but now mine. [ATTACH=full]1190890[/ATTACH] Edit... forgot to describe the coin Licinius I - IOVI CONSERVATORI - Nicomedia - RIC VII 15[/QUOTE]
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