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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2019490, member: 26302&quot;]My earliest coin collecting moment was from my mother&#039;s &quot;safe&quot;. It was a 1960&#039;s little plastic safe replica given away at the bank. In there my mother had a 1942 WL half. I was AMAZED something so large and beautiful was a coin. I quickly learned how to break in to the safe, and while she was at work would frequently &quot;break in&quot; to the safe and admire it. Also in there were things like a mercury dime, some $2 bills, and a few Ike dollars. I guarantee that 1942 half started me off as a coin collector.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My mother passed away and now I own that little &quot;safe&quot; with the 1942 WL half still inside. I just looked at it the other day. Its a miserable VG specimen, but in my mind as a child its still a blazing beauty of numismatic art. Today I own maybe 500 WL halves, many XF up to BU, but I would trade all of them in a heartbeat for this one lowly 1942 half in my mothers &quot;safe&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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