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A Virtual Christmas Card for NGC and my Fellow Society Members

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coinsbygary

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Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!

Shortly before I graduated from high school in 1976, I bought an 1858-C Half Eagle through a mail order ad in Coins Magazine. Up until that time, this coin was the most expensive coin I had bought at $350.00. Today I still own this coin even though it is details graded VF-30 in an ANACS holder. That following Christmas the dealer with whom I purchased the coin from, sent me a Christmas card that I would like to share with you, my collecting community. I hope that you do not think me too tacky for offering you a used card; instead, I hope that you enjoy this card, just as I do.

The Christmas card pictured below has a medal embedded within it. The medal, struck at the Franklin Mint is entitled ?The Toymakers Shop?. Issued in 1976, ?The Toymakers Shop? was sculptured by Donald Everhart from a design by Yves Beaujard. The obverse shows an artisan toymaker working in his shop making toys. Gazing through the window from the outside are three children watching the toymaker work at his craft.

The reverse shows the toyshop from a busy winter street full of Christmas shoppers. Up against the window of the toyshop are our three children. Inside the card is the following Christmas greeting, ?May the holidays bring you the music of laughter, the warmth of friendship and the spirit of love?.

Now I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone at NGC and all those within the Collector?s Society Community, a very blessed and Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. I wish to thank NGC for their contributions to numismatics and for establishing Collector?s Society as a community whereby hobbyists can share their collections, experience, knowledge, and passion with other collectors. Finally, I want to thank all those within the Collectors Society community who make our community a better place. God bless you all! Gary

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