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missroselee Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2014-11-04 9:33 AM Subject: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Damn Yankee Posts: 12390 Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace	This was posted by a very good friend of mine on facebook last night. He is a Patriot Guard rider and an enormous supporter of our military..... I have a quarter in my pocket. It's just a 25 cent coin but when I pulled the change out of my pocket to pick out 37 cents in a convenience store I noticed this one looked different. On the way back to the bike I inspected it. The first thing I checked was the date. 1942. This coin has been in circulation for more than 70 years and it looks it. There are parts where it's difficult to read the stamping anymore. And the metal is different too. By grannies............it may be silver. I wonder where it's been. Could it have been in a young man's pocket as he got his first leave after boot camp? Maybe one of Doolittle's Raiders used it to buy a hot dog as they trained in Columbia SC. Was it a lucky quarter that a young paratrooper carried with him as he jumped into France? Has this quarter ever been to the movies? Was it used to buy a coke for a pretty girl? How many toll booths have seen this coin? I sat on the bike and just looked at it for a long time. This quarter has seen some scary times. Times when it seemed America might fight and lose World War II. It's seen angry times and some really sad times. Was it in Dallas in 1963? Was it at Kent State in 1970? Could it be a young man was holding his lucky quarter and watching Challenger rise in 1986? It's just a quarter. But it's a quarter that has been around. If it could talk it could tell the story of America. I think I'll keep this quarter for a while. I think I'll see if it'll keep talking to me.
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rowdy256 Reg. Aug 2008	Posted 2014-11-04 9:36 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
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Murphy Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2014-11-04 9:38 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Midget Lover Location: Kentucky
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cranky B4 10am Reg. Dec 2009	Posted 2014-11-04 9:44 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Witty Enough Posts: 2954 Location: CTX	That is a pretty cool way to look at a quarter! I think we all could use a little time to reflect on life every now and then. Thanks for reminding me!
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NJJ Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2014-11-04 9:47 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Fact Checker Posts: 16575 Location: Displaced Iowegian	God bless him......
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brlracerchick Reg. Jun 2010	Posted 2014-11-04 9:51 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Thick and Wavy Posts: 6102 Location: Nebraska	I used to work at a coin shop. We regularly sold coins that dated back to the 1700's. We also dealt with Roman coins and older foreign coins. I used to think about what all they had seen and where they had been. It was always interesting listening to the stories that the people who came in to sell their coins/gold/silver, too.
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Timber Creek Reg. Mar 2009	Posted 2014-11-04 9:54 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Expert Posts: 1273 Location: South Dakota	That is pretty cool.
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JRust Reg. Nov 2010	Posted 2014-11-04 9:55 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
I am Woman hear me Roar Posts: 3395 Location: Choctaw, Oklahoma	Very cool!
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Nevertooold Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2014-11-04 10:33 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land Posts: 64864 Location: In the Hills of Texas	I would bet that quarter has been sitting in someone's dresser drawer as they knew what it's worth and one of their kids took it to go buy candy...Not to be a Debbie Downer but I had a friend that owned a convenience store and it happened all the time.
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foundation horse Reg. Aug 2004	Posted 2014-11-04 11:39 AM Subject: RE: Completely off topic.....just random from a Facebook friend....
Semper Fi Location: North Texas	Goosebumps
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