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Offline Phidippides

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1776 Continental Currency dollar
« on: March 07, 2012, 11:57:29 PM »
This is an interesting little story about someone's unforeseen treasure.

$1 purchase from 1969 proves windfall
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Re: 1776 Continental Currency dollar
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 11:02:50 AM »
That is neat.  I have never heard of the Continental Dollar and I am somewhat of a coin collector.
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