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To: ken5050
I found several American Can banks listed here Is yours one of these?

Mine has a picture of Thomas Jeffferson handing the Declaration of Independence to John Hancock. Other dignitaries in the background.

I noted you linked to an eBay page. No way I'm going to sell mine. Let my kids sell it after I'm dead. They won't appreciate the story behind it anyway.

My father was in the Navy. He'd have been manning a landing craft for the invasion of Japan, except for the atomic bomb. That may have saved his life.

15 posted on 07/05/2014 8:16:17 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
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To: JoeFromSidney
Good morning...wasn't suggesting that you sell it..heck..I'd be surprised if you would..I just Googled American Can banks..and that's what came up..seems like they made a whole lot of different ones..

Hopefully your kids/grandkids will recognize how "important" and thus "valuable" it is to you, and keep it after you've gone..but alas, that never happens...I have a library of some 2000 books..mostly history and military history..and about 1500 LPs..many classical..which if I don't dispose of myself...will no doubt end up in a dumpster later on..

I remember years ago..back in the early 90's..when my two daughters were teenagers...they asked me to take them to an Army/Navy surplus store...kids in their HS were starting to wear old military clothing/uniforms...I had up in the attic several bags of my old Marine uniforms and assorted stuff..all neatly dry cleaned, and starched..with lots of moth balls..hadn't looked at them in decades...and no way I could ever fit in them again..well, needless to say, a few days later my daughters were the "best dressed" in their class..and their friends were very impressed that the names matched their own...

16 posted on 07/05/2014 9:12:56 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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