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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 1965045, member: 36864&quot;]As a few of you know, I have been dealing with a bout of skin cancer for the last couple of months.&nbsp; I have gone through several surgeries, a couple small skin graphs and have 52 stitches in my face at the moment.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I got a call from my doctor early this morning saying to come in.&nbsp; I was naturally nervous thinking that I would have to go through another surgery.&nbsp; But this was not to be the case today, I didn&#039;t get the news that I was worried about.&nbsp; Today, I am very happy to say that I am finally cancer free.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>How would you expect a coin collector to react to such news when there is a nice shop directly across the street?&nbsp; Well you would be correct, I celebrated with the intention of a new addition.&nbsp; The dealer was well aware that I was getting the good news today as our common friend was the doctor, is a coin collector and helps Robert in his shop on the weekends.&nbsp; I guess they know me a little too well over there and several of the shop regulars showed up to have coffee and beignets with me.&nbsp; It&#039;s funny that my fellow local collectors and dealer knew the good news before my family or even I knew.</p><p><br /></p><p>After a a few laughs about the current state of my mug and listening to a few stories by a few old timers, I started looking at the cases for my new coin.&nbsp; This may be the most disorganized business in the world, but I like how you can find a great coin among the 2x2s of common moderns.&nbsp; While I was looking trough a portion of the cases that I normally ignore (generally it is just full of modern mint products that I always get from the mint anyway), I see a lovely piece of gold shimmering away.&nbsp; Here it is, my eighth in my quest to complete a date set of St. Gaudens double eagles, a (generously graded) PCGS MS-66 1916.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347544[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]347545[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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