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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RoslynT, post: 715559, member: 19660&quot;]<b>1883 $5 Liberty Head</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Mine would be my 1883 $5 Liberty Head that my dad gave to me.&nbsp; He was playing poker with a guy who was losing and out of money but still wanted in the game.&nbsp; This was back in the late 1970s, so the guy offered to sell my dad his gold coin for $40.&nbsp; My dad gave him the $40 and then proceeded to win the $40 back from the guy.&nbsp; As a little kid, I remember hearing this story and my dad showing me the coin.&nbsp; When I got older, my dad gave me the coin.&nbsp; I am not much of a poker player but considering how well my dad made out on this coin -- I think I should be learning to play poker! LOL!</p><p><br /></p><p>I know we were supposed to only list our one coin -- but I do have one more.&nbsp; This one my mom gave me.&nbsp; She found a 1877 Seated Liberty dime in our back yard.&nbsp; Our property borders a set a railroad tracks that saw a lot of hobos traveling the rails back in the day and I like to imagine that one of those travelers had this in his pocket when he hopped off the rail and lost it in my parents yard.&nbsp; The best part of this story is that after my mom found the coin -- my dad bought a metal detector thinking there might be a hoard stashed in the yard somewhere.&nbsp; He never found a hoard but he did manage to break up the basement floor thinking he discovered a hidden cache of coins.&nbsp; My parents house dates to the 1840s so he was certain that someone had hid money. It was nothing but an old piece of iron pipe!!&nbsp; Gotta love the folks for being crazy but fun!:goofer::goofer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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