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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SensibleSal66, post: 25219692, member: 115232&quot;]Hey everyone. I have an unusual thread. I have this coin that I&#039;ve had since I was a snot nosed kid. It&#039;s one of the very first coins that I started collecting. It was given to me by my mentor, my Uncle Alphonse who collected coins/currency and had no kids of his own. He got it while overseas during WW2 and I was so fascinated by his story, that I&#039;ve held onto it ever since. He didn&#039;t go too much into the story of it as he was a man of few words. </p><p>&nbsp; Like I said, it&#039;s one of the first coins of many that he gave me as payment for chores done around his house as he had his leg amputated below the knee and needed help at times. He got cheap labor, and I got history, coins/currency and enjoyment in the stories that he did tell as most were brief. I suspect he suffered from PTSD (shell shock) although I&#039;m not sure it was called that back then. This coin giving when on until he passed in 1989 and I miss him still. </p><p>&nbsp; It&#039;s a 1937 British 2 Shilling -George the 6th that he or someone he got it from wore as it is obviously holed. Here is the numista.com link: <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces883.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces883.html" rel="nofollow">2 Shillings - George VI (with &#039;IND:IMP&#039;) - United Kingdom – Numista</a></p><p>&nbsp; If you still have that first coin/s, then do post if you could with a short story if you wish. [ATTACH=full]1606881[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1606882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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