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Eerie #16: 'A Strange Girl Called Sarah Gives You the Chills'

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)3/24/2010 6:04:29 pm PDT

re: #196 Surabaya Stew

When you have a institution as conservative (design-wise) as the US mint used to be, collecting coins by place of manufacture (and metallic composition) is the only way to build up a decent sized collection. Until the started jazzing up the coin faces in the last decade, we went 35 years with the same half-dollar, 70 years with same quarter, 55 years with the same dime, 65 years with the same nickel, and 90 years with the same portrait of Lincoln on the penny. (Thank goodness for the state quarter program!)

BTW, I’ve heard Cal Ripkin is a great guy in person, did you get that impression when you met him?

Oh yeah he was a very nice guy. It was such a great opportunity. As I said I felt like a kid again even though I was 20 at the time.