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<p>[QUOTE="green18, post: 10376141, member: 10103"]I've long had a love affair with these particular coins. As a young lad I'd pull them from pocket change. As a much older man I've encountered them at estate sales and thrift shops and I always grab a few. They call me, serenade me, comfort me. They harken me back to my early years when you pulled coins out of circulation, regardless of condition, and put them in an album and triumphed over the fact that you found a coin you needed. Only in desperation, for a particular coin, would you engage the services of a 'dealer' who posted his wares in <i>Numismatic News. </i>Now everything has to be encapsulated/entombed in plastic coffins, forever doomed to never breath fresh air or sunshine. Never to be held, caressed, stroked with greasy Col. Sanders finger licking good appendages. Of late, a few forgotten lovelorn examples that I recently discovered tucked away in a curious forgotten spot on my nightstand, of all places.</p><p><br /></p><p>The '42s intrigue me. What a dark day for America in those times. The Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor the prior December, and the Philippines were destined to fall. The only bright spot was the Doolittle Raid in April of that year. Oh how that gave us some hope..........and scared the devil out of the Japs, who thought themselves invincible and untouchable. Behold, some photos.......</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1523604[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523605[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523606[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523607[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523610[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523611[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for lookin', and please do comment and post your own examples of 'times lost' collecting.........<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1523612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="green18, post: 10376141, member: 10103"]I've long had a love affair with these particular coins. As a young lad I'd pull them from pocket change. As a much older man I've encountered them at estate sales and thrift shops and I always grab a few. They call me, serenade me, comfort me. They harken me back to my early years when you pulled coins out of circulation, regardless of condition, and put them in an album and triumphed over the fact that you found a coin you needed. Only in desperation, for a particular coin, would you engage the services of a 'dealer' who posted his wares in [I]Numismatic News. [/I]Now everything has to be encapsulated/entombed in plastic coffins, forever doomed to never breath fresh air or sunshine. Never to be held, caressed, stroked with greasy Col. Sanders finger licking good appendages. Of late, a few forgotten lovelorn examples that I recently discovered tucked away in a curious forgotten spot on my nightstand, of all places. The '42s intrigue me. What a dark day for America in those times. The Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor the prior December, and the Philippines were destined to fall. The only bright spot was the Doolittle Raid in April of that year. Oh how that gave us some hope..........and scared the devil out of the Japs, who thought themselves invincible and untouchable. Behold, some photos....... [ATTACH=full]1523604[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523605[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523606[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523607[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523610[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1523611[/ATTACH] Thanks for lookin', and please do comment and post your own examples of 'times lost' collecting.........:) [ATTACH]1523612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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