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Oh the Allure of Those Metal Objects

OBITUARIES | Eric Newman, Whose Coins Told of America’s History, Dies at 106 I remember seeing this guy’s name in the coin magazines I was reading in the 60s. Kind of amazing – born in 1911, started collecting in 1918.  Imagine what his pocket change looked like! The photo of him at the top of the article at 103 shows…

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