I’m recalibrating and reconstituting my blog site to fit my area of expertise. I hope my future blogs and posts will be of interest to people with a passion for days gone by….
Back on November 9th in 1874, a baby was born. The only other thing which I know about her was that her Grandfather loved her. I know this because of a Canadian 25 cent piece which I bought a long time back from a buyer friend of mine who goes up to New England occasionally and brings things back to sell. I bought the coin from him.
Back in the old days, coins were used a lot of times to transform into keepsakes. They were used for birthdays, anniversaries, sweethearts, and other occasion’s people wished to commemorate. They were made from silver, and things being what they were back then, they were objects of value.
This particular coin must have been cherished by its original owner because it is in almost perfect condition. It still has the original little yellow ribbon which must have been on it the day it…
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