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Rest in Peace
United States
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Having given the question very little thought, I came up with the following, not necessarily in order. 1. Finding a 1932 D quarter in circulation. 2. Getting BU silver dollars from my bank back during college days in the early 1960s. 3. Completing the following collections: Jeffersons, JFKs, ASEs, Maple Leafs, Franklins, Britannias, Aussie Lunar Coins. 4. Getting our three children started as coin collectors, as well as some of the grandkids. 5. Joining CoinCommunity, and making some wonderful friends on this forum.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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"So I got with the family lawyer and ended up placing about 96% of the collection in escrow to a large land company for the exclusive rights to a stretch of blue ribbon trout stream for "public" fishing for the next 75 years."
-- Old Dan
I just had yto write and salute "Old Dan" for doing this. What a fantastic gesture. In a summer or two (God willing) we will be traveling through Wyoming, on our way to Yellowstone. I'm not much of a fisherman, but I'd be honored to stop and wet my line in this stream!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your more than welcome Sir Gary, and I'll even supply the flies. Right now we have a slight problem with 'whirling' diesase and it is taking a heavy toll of the younger fish. They say the answer is to have it made into a "catch and release" stream so there will always be nice size trout to catch. The game and fish are trying to do something, so it should be resolved before too long. Guess they have this in some parts of Colorado so you probably know there isn't any danger to humans eating the trout from such streams.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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OldDan, as much as I admire the decision to open that area of a trout stream to the public, I sure wish one of your children could keep the family collection going. It seems to be quite a legacy! Congratulations on your fine contribution to the public community. It is very kind of you to do something of that nature. Mike |
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United States
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Thank you Sir Dan! When we are certain we'll be in your state, I'll get directions from you.
My father was a super fly fisherman, and won the weekly contest by a Grand Junction sporting goods store more than half the time during the spring and summer months when he was young. The biggest fish caught earned the angler a prize, and he won a bunch.
We have had the whirling disease here in Colorado, and close to home at that -- in the Gunnison River. Seems as though the Game and Fish boys have it under control.
We have a boat and most of my fishing is by trolling. My youngest son, a biology teacher, has lakes on Grand Mesa he really likes. A two mile hike, and he brings back cutthroats.
Again congratulations on your fine gesture.
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Valued Member
United States
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Listening to my 10 year son, as he walked into my office looking down at a Lincoln Cent say, "Ah...Dad...I think this is one of those double 1972 cents." I looked at the coin and sure enough, it was a DDO!! Sent it off to PCGS and it comes back graded as a 1972 DDO, AU55BN. Sold it on ebay for $265. Watching his older brother's expression as I pay him in $20 bills for his sale...PRICELESS!! Now I have two boys looking at everybody's lose change! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've had no major numismatic accomplishments but have had many
minor ones. Perhaps the greatest is to have been able to set
aside some of the current coinage for future collectors. It may
be many years until anyone cares but I have no doubt they will
in the long run. I played some role in getting the designs
changed on the coins but it was a very small role and probably
would have happened without me.
I hope to write a book on modern coins eventually so I can at
least achieve the status of "footnote in history".
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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