Good Christmas

I got a extra special Christmas gift from my dear old dad this year. Me being the only child of his three that has a interest in his past passion of coin collecting and metal detecting, he gave to me his only 1909 S VBD wheat penny. He bought this coin back in the mid 1970's what was his hey day for the hobby. He was using a whites goldmaster that he bought in 1975 for $400 and was used regularly up untiul last year when I got a MXT. He actually traded $40 face value silver for it because silver was 10X face value I guess. He bought the penny for $110. It is graded by a few coin specialist in the area at XF and it was also graded XF when he bought it. I will send a picture of it to epi-hunter so he can possibly post it. I couldnt get a real good picture of the coin, just the cardboard holder it has been in since 1975.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/ic-epi/1909.jpg

On another note. It's nice to have the forum back up and running. Cant wait till the ground thaws around here. I may have to take a trip to Florida this winter. HH everyone.