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<p>[QUOTE="SensibleSal66, post: 7400430, member: 115232"]Hey everyone !!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Every once in awhile I have to remind myself what got me here concerning Coin collecting . I've been collecting for 40 + years since I was 10 .</p><p> I had an Uncle that never married or had kids because he was Jaded by a women when he was young . He was a WW2 Vet (Medic in the Army) , born 1922 which explains his explains his hard life . He lost his leg over there doing this . Had a nice collection of coins and got me very interested . I would do odd jobs for him because of his leg which included doing his garden . I did it for the kindness he gave me and no more . You see, he would bring me to various places such as to my baseball games , Coffee shop for Donuts and the Penny candy store . Since my Dad was busy working all the time, he acted as a "second father".</p><p> When I was about 12 , he started paying me with Coins which got me very excited and interested. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> The best part of this story is how he gave me his Pennies . I would dig and turn over the soil every season removing the worms for fishing and the grubs for extermination . <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As I would do this , I would occasionally find a wheatback penny . Wow , I thought . How lucky I was to find these little gems ? He would explain that they were probably from the previous owner and I excepted this until I started Metal Detecting in 2001 . You see , I came to realize that the Pennies were in decent condition . The one's I dug Metal Detecting were green and in usually in bad shape . That's when it hit me . You guessed it . He was planting these coins in the Garden .</p><p> Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my story . So, who or what got you interested ?</p><p> Here are some of the many coins he gave me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287224[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287225[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287227[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SensibleSal66, post: 7400430, member: 115232"]Hey everyone !!:) Every once in awhile I have to remind myself what got me here concerning Coin collecting . I've been collecting for 40 + years since I was 10 . I had an Uncle that never married or had kids because he was Jaded by a women when he was young . He was a WW2 Vet (Medic in the Army) , born 1922 which explains his explains his hard life . He lost his leg over there doing this . Had a nice collection of coins and got me very interested . I would do odd jobs for him because of his leg which included doing his garden . I did it for the kindness he gave me and no more . You see, he would bring me to various places such as to my baseball games , Coffee shop for Donuts and the Penny candy store . Since my Dad was busy working all the time, he acted as a "second father". When I was about 12 , he started paying me with Coins which got me very excited and interested. :happy: The best part of this story is how he gave me his Pennies . I would dig and turn over the soil every season removing the worms for fishing and the grubs for extermination . :hilarious: As I would do this , I would occasionally find a wheatback penny . Wow , I thought . How lucky I was to find these little gems ? He would explain that they were probably from the previous owner and I excepted this until I started Metal Detecting in 2001 . You see , I came to realize that the Pennies were in decent condition . The one's I dug Metal Detecting were green and in usually in bad shape . That's when it hit me . You guessed it . He was planting these coins in the Garden . Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my story . So, who or what got you interested ? Here are some of the many coins he gave me ;): [ATTACH=full]1287224[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287225[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287227[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1287230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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