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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silentnviolent, post: 1159268, member: 8797&quot;]Hey everyone. I was digging for coins and came across a memory, as happens from time to time in our hobby.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; First off let me say I am including a poll with this thread just for fun to see how many find the toning adds to the coin or takes away from it&#039;s beauty. That&#039;s all. I know they aren&#039;t in great shape, both around F12 or so, but this poll isn&#039;t about grade. Ok, now that that is all straightened out:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; When I was 8 or 10 years old my Mom took me to go play bingo with my Great-Grandmother (she passed a few days before last Christmas). It got to be a regular thing for us, every Saturday night. My first dog actually ate my first (and only) win from there (six one dollar bills). I only knew she did because I scraped a strip of the center of a bill from the roof of her mouth. Well, after a month or two a few upstanding senior citizens expressed their concern for the extablishment&#039;s safety regarding the state gambling control board. (Got angry over several $6 payouts handed to young children merely ecstatic to help an elderly grandparent.) People under 18 were no longer allowed inside. The very first time I couldn&#039;t go my Mom came home and said &quot;This old man was flirting with Granny and he paid for a bingo card with these. I cuoldn&#039;t believe it! I snatched them and offered him a couple dollars but he would only take 50 cents. Here keep these for your collection.&quot; They were shiny.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Just before this my Grandfather on my Dad&#039;s side had been killed crossing the street in town. Part of my inheritence was a bunch of old, empty Whitman coin albums. It is my ambition in life to fill every hole in the empty albums willed to me, and I&#039;ll admit I don&#039;t know if I will pull it off. These coins went immediately into their appropriate slots in the album and have been there for over 15 years. I haven&#039;t gotten another one since then, and so didn&#039;t even open the album in all this time. I was suprised when I did so the other day, and thought I would share. -Andy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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