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Around 2000 when I was 7 or so, I kept notebook pages dedicated to each coin denomination where I would write the years of the coins my mom would get in change. (Never did figure out why 1965 was the oldest quarter we got...). The pages were labeled Lincoln Penny, Jefferson nickel, Washington quarter, and Barber dime. Not sure where I got that idea! Probably some Littleton-style junk mailer. |
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Nobody is buried in Grant's tomb...
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Back when American history was important to the public school system, this being MANY moons ago, I was in an elementary school where they took the time to teach us the presidents on the coins and bills. I remember actually having a test about it. It was important in society back then to make sure stdents knew we owed these men the honor they were given by being pictured on something everyone used daily in commerce.
So when I found out many years later the system had decided these men were no linger important enough to teach kids, it made me angry. When we lose gratitude for those who gave us what we currently enjoy, we lose what makes us great.
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Sometimes it's hard to say just who's on a coin. I still haven't figured out this one.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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 Great one!! lol |
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One that can be a trick question "What animal is depicted on the Buffalo nickel?" |
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I wonder what would happen if you were to show someone a Two Cent coin. |
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Nick10 said... Quote:One that can be a trick question "What animal is depicted on the Buffalo nickel?" A human on one side and a bison on the other!  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Nobody is buried in Grant's tomb... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_tombWho's buried in Grant's Tomb? No one, as the punchline goes, since Grant and his wife are entombed—not buried—in sarcophagi, raised on a dais, and watched over by the busts of Civil War generals. |
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Fun fact: the Mercury dime and the Indian Head cent actually feature the same person(ification), just dressed up differently (as Mercury and as a Native American chief, respectively). (OTOH, the type formerly known as the Indian Head nickel is in fact supposed to feature a Native American.) |
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Quote:Fun fact: the Mercury dime and the Indian Head cent actually feature the same person(ification), just dressed up differently.. Liberty was cosplaying before cosplaying was cool.  |
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Who's buried in Grant's Tomb? No one, as the punchline goes, since Grant and his wife are entombed—not buried—in sarcophagi, raised on a dais, and watched over by the busts of Civil War generals. Correct jbuck  |
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Posted 07/21/2023 9:33 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
