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MRM - grandpa got the euro stuff while traveling thru there in the early/mid 20s. The old US stuff came from Las Vegas slot machines at some point ...
I also have a late 1800s silver dollar... had one long ago, gave to mom to put in a safe place, she promptly forgot where that was... While she was traveling in China a few years ago, she found one (only a year or so off) in a flea market and paid about 25cents for it... I've weighed it, etc. and it ain't a fake.
As for saving for the kids, etc. well, I have many other more interesting collectables for them... like one of the last 356s made (#222522, production stopped at 222580), a set of 1932 olympic medals (grandma was the sec. to the gm for the '32 LA games), etc.
Thinking I'd like to sell the coins to purchase the daughters First Rifle.
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“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.”
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