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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 2670441, member: 77704"]Well said Deacon Ray<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I was brought up in German tradition, my parents allowed me to have a beer/glass of wine with meals at tender age of six, coffee at same time for breakfast, smoking was forbidden....thank God! Bad stuff like drugs were taboo. So, I grew up with as a non smoker/ never even tried drugs/ only have a cold beer if I am thirsty at work/ with a meal. I like a good Starbucks coffee, but can go without. My only bad habit is good food, I put down 5000+ calories a day, but my body fat index is 9 percent....so I burn it off! My only real addiction are wanting to add nice coins to my collection<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I may offend some members here, since I cannot say I prefer ancients over other eras in history, I love all the coins that were struck from 650BC in Asia Minor to 1934. Although there are some more "modern" ones that found a home with my coll. like the 1969 Biafra 5AV piece Proof Set/ 1969 Uganda 4AV/5AR proof set. The AV 1000 Schillings weighs 145g.! Poor man's version of a Holy Roman AV 40 Dukats struck in 1629 Bohemia/ Ferdinand III.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 2670441, member: 77704"]Well said Deacon Ray:happy: I was brought up in German tradition, my parents allowed me to have a beer/glass of wine with meals at tender age of six, coffee at same time for breakfast, smoking was forbidden....thank God! Bad stuff like drugs were taboo. So, I grew up with as a non smoker/ never even tried drugs/ only have a cold beer if I am thirsty at work/ with a meal. I like a good Starbucks coffee, but can go without. My only bad habit is good food, I put down 5000+ calories a day, but my body fat index is 9 percent....so I burn it off! My only real addiction are wanting to add nice coins to my collection;) I may offend some members here, since I cannot say I prefer ancients over other eras in history, I love all the coins that were struck from 650BC in Asia Minor to 1934. Although there are some more "modern" ones that found a home with my coll. like the 1969 Biafra 5AV piece Proof Set/ 1969 Uganda 4AV/5AR proof set. The AV 1000 Schillings weighs 145g.! Poor man's version of a Holy Roman AV 40 Dukats struck in 1629 Bohemia/ Ferdinand III.[/QUOTE]
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