On 10th Street, if you look down at the right spot, you you see this state quarter glued to the sidewalk. The chalk circle helps you find it. This quarter reminds me of a story.
Once upon a time a friend of ours started collecting Bicentennial Quarters. He thought he could possibly collect every one and hold a corner on the market. (As you can see from this chart I pulled off of Wikipedia, the number of coins minted is remarkably high. This collection began before the advent of Wikipedia.) He was known to work fundraisers and sort through the quarters and exchange regular old quarters for bicentennial ones.
Another person who shall go nameless decided it would be pretty funny to glue a Bicentennial Quarter to the collector's front sidewalk. Now, I wasn't around when the collector discovered 1) the quarter and 2) that he could not easily add it to his collection, but I can imagine what kind of language might have been used.
I think I may get a comment or two on this particular blog post.... just saying'.
2 comments:
The good laugh that was shared when those glued coins were discovered was wholehearted and memorable. The love & thoughtfulness that they signified was also most meaningful. We rushed out to save them when the walkway was replaced! :-)
I collected those too, because my grandfather did. I don't have that many but I can't get rid of them. I'd love to see that quarter. You'll have to give me a hint as to where it is :)
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