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Message:: [QUOTE="Victor, post: 225785, member: 5454"]Mine has to be some BU Franklin halfs that my brother started collecting in grammar school.  In those days (about 1960) school lunch was 50 cents.  That included milk.  Without milk it was 35 cents for a hot lunch.My Dad gave us each 50 cents every morning.  Sometimes we would get a nice bright Franklin but mostly beat up Walkers.  My brother saved a few of the nice Franklins.  So I have a FBL 1951 Franklin that my brother stashed away.  He passed in 1980 at the age of 30.  My Dad passed in 1961 at the age of 42.  He was hit by schrapnel in the Battle of the Bulge on Christmas eve when he ran out from cover to drag a wounded buddy back.  He recovered but only lived until 42 years old.  So after my step-father passed last year my Mom said she had some old Kennedys to give me.I opened the box and there were no Kennedys.  But there were 4 or 5 Franklins and I knew they were my brother's.  I took those coins and bought a Dansco, and have completed the whole set in one year.Now I just have to upgrade 3 or 4 of them to BU and I'm done.  Many have FBL.  I contemplated selling the set, but there is too much family history associated.[/QUOTE]