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nice to have a happy ending on one of these...
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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WOW! Returned after 45 years - that's crazy good luck!!
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He will happily find that the coins are now worth more.  |
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 It's nice to see good endings, even if it did take 45 years! |
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Wow! You know there's quite some stories and memories for that very fortunate fellow. Those of us whose fathers or other family got us interested in coin collecting, brings back a few of my own.  |
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This is a great ending to the story.  Something not quite making sense though. The set was stolen in 1972. There are SBA's, first made in 1979, in the bottom right of the included pic. Either the owners got back more than they lost, or the journalist just grabbed a pic of a random coin collection to include with the article.  How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Quote:... The set was stolen in 1972. There are SBA's, first made in 1979, in the bottom right of the included pic ... ... or maybe the thief was/became a collector? Or, added coins stolen from yet another collector? Or ... |
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Maybe the thieves stole the collection and then added the SBAs to it afterwards when they found some in change?
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I see the dog tag bottom center. I guess he's getting back some bonuses...
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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I also see a bicentennial half dollar. Those weren't minted till 1976.
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Well, they did say valuable coins. I mainly saw foreign coins and tokens. I don't know. I'm just happy the guy gets them back. I'm sure he was completely in shock that they were found after so many years. I mean, how crazy is that? I wonder if it was the whole collection or just partial that was found. I hope to get a follow up on this story.
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Thanks for posting Jaymon!
What a wonderful story.
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I see a pile of BU Mercs in the bottom center.
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02/11/2017 11:39 pm
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