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<p>[QUOTE="Todd Williams, post: 5290676, member: 115645"]I hadn’t realized this till I got to the photography and pulled these Commemorative half dollars out one by one....</p><p><br /></p><p>The commemorative coins are posted here together in order to capture something Grandpa Jim wanted to say. Drama? Apparently so.</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16047]Dansco 7070 Commemorative Half Dollars by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:56 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>We got this book from the bottom of a safety deposit box, two months ago, where it laid for 22 years since the year he died. So it’s him. Certainly not me.</p><p><br /></p><p>He ordered these commemorative coins in the book as follows:</p><ol> <li>1925 Stone Mountain Confederate Half Dollar</li> <li>1952 George Washington Carver Booker T Washington Half Dollar</li> <li>1893 Columbus Half Dollar</li> <li>1926 Oregon Trail Half Dollar w the Reverse American Indian showing as Obverse in the book</li> </ol><p>It became obvious to me, especially out of all the 59-odd Commemorative Coins he could have chosen, that he was trying to say something:</p><p><br /></p><p>*Confederate coin coupled with the Carver - Booker T coin honoring significant Black Americans.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Then Columbus coin coupled with the Oregon Trail coin Reverse showing an American Indian.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was a proud Texan. There could have been a Texas Sesquicentennial commemorative coin in his Dansco 7070.</p><p><br /></p><p>It isn’t there.</p><p><br /></p><p>This expression of our complicated history “struck” me today, in this day and age, 22 years after he died. And this book was put together 40 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16049]1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:58 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16048]1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:58 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16051]1952 Carver Booker T Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:59 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16050]1952 Carver Booker T Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:59 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16053]1893 Columbus Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:00 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16052]1893 Columbus Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:00 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16054]1926 Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:01 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 16055]1926 Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:01 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Todd Williams, post: 5290676, member: 115645"]I hadn’t realized this till I got to the photography and pulled these Commemorative half dollars out one by one.... The commemorative coins are posted here together in order to capture something Grandpa Jim wanted to say. Drama? Apparently so. [GALLERY=media, 16047]Dansco 7070 Commemorative Half Dollars by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:56 PM[/GALLERY] We got this book from the bottom of a safety deposit box, two months ago, where it laid for 22 years since the year he died. So it’s him. Certainly not me. He ordered these commemorative coins in the book as follows: [LIST=1] [*]1925 Stone Mountain Confederate Half Dollar [*]1952 George Washington Carver Booker T Washington Half Dollar [*]1893 Columbus Half Dollar [*]1926 Oregon Trail Half Dollar w the Reverse American Indian showing as Obverse in the book [/LIST] It became obvious to me, especially out of all the 59-odd Commemorative Coins he could have chosen, that he was trying to say something: *Confederate coin coupled with the Carver - Booker T coin honoring significant Black Americans. *Then Columbus coin coupled with the Oregon Trail coin Reverse showing an American Indian. He was a proud Texan. There could have been a Texas Sesquicentennial commemorative coin in his Dansco 7070. It isn’t there. This expression of our complicated history “struck” me today, in this day and age, 22 years after he died. And this book was put together 40 years ago. [GALLERY=media, 16049]1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:58 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16048]1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:58 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16051]1952 Carver Booker T Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:59 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16050]1952 Carver Booker T Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 10:59 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16053]1893 Columbus Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:00 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16052]1893 Columbus Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:00 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16054]1926 Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollar Reverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:01 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 16055]1926 Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollar Obverse by Todd Williams posted Dec 21, 2020 at 11:01 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]
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