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Thank you Meadowview Collector for your knowledge. I'll be sure to think twice before I ask questions on here again. Don't let one bad experience prevent you from asking questions on the forum... 99% of the time, members of the forum are more than willing to share their knowledge and assist with questions... Believe me, I'm sure there are several questions I asked on here a few years ago that could have been found out if I dug around more, but luckily, no one gave me a hard time about that... Agreed. This is why we are here, to help.  Remember, the only bad question is the one not asked!  |
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chevelle I was happy to answer your question about Colonel Green and provide a link to a source in case you wanted to read more about him than my brief summary.
Never hesitate to ask a question or for more information, there are plenty of members here willing to do their best to share what he or she knows.
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A few things about Colonel Green. The Colonel title was not from the military service. He was given the title from the Governor of Texas as an honorary Colonel.
In 1905 he organized the first 100 mile cross country car race. There were 5 cars and he was the driver of one of the cars. He won the race and set a record time for 100 miles at 2 hours and 6 minutes.
He walked in to a coin store and asked to see some gold coins. The dealer brought out a tray of his best gold coins. Green sit down and examined the coins and asked the dealer how much for all them. The dealer named his price, and Green did not haggle over the price and said, I will take them all.
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Lots of interesting stories about EHR Green. The one that stands out to me was the one about how his mom, the miser Hettie Green tried to take Ned to a free clinic for the poor when he broke his leg. She was recognized and was made to pay. Ned eventually had to have his leg amputated. We will never know whether Hettie, withholding care that she could easily afford, cost her son his leg. He could have seen the best doctors of the day, but her mother's stinginess kept that from happening.
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I have a book about "Ned" Green. He had a large estate near New Bedford, MA.
One of the many, many things he did was to save the last wooden whaling ship.
The Charles Morgan is now at Mystic Seaport.
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Very interesting post numismatic_student. Thanks for asking the question chevelle7167. I learned something as well. A wealth of knowledge to be had here at CCF for free. Mrs. Hettie Green would have enjoyed the free part.
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But only on a borrowed computer through someones free wi-fi.  |
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Wow! Rest in Peace Dr. Newman.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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