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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 2913360, member: 13307"]I started it as an <i>homage</i> to my grandmother's penny jar (yes, I know the US doesn't make "pennies" but that's what she called it.) When I was little, my mom would bring me over to grandma's house and while they talked in the kitchen, grandma used to dump out a pile of cents on her carpet. I'd sit there for hours quietly sorting, stacking, arranging the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't remember ever, ever finding any keys or semi-keys (even when I went through her collection a couple years ago because my aunt/uncle asked me to sell it for her) and I remember thinking that was odd. I thought, "but couldn't she just go buy the ones that were missing so I could complete the set?" </p><p><br /></p><p>Because key date Lincoln Wheaties are pretty reasonable /s[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 2913360, member: 13307"]I started it as an [I]homage[/I] to my grandmother's penny jar (yes, I know the US doesn't make "pennies" but that's what she called it.) When I was little, my mom would bring me over to grandma's house and while they talked in the kitchen, grandma used to dump out a pile of cents on her carpet. I'd sit there for hours quietly sorting, stacking, arranging the coins. I don't remember ever, ever finding any keys or semi-keys (even when I went through her collection a couple years ago because my aunt/uncle asked me to sell it for her) and I remember thinking that was odd. I thought, "but couldn't she just go buy the ones that were missing so I could complete the set?" Because key date Lincoln Wheaties are pretty reasonable /s[/QUOTE]
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