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tangerinegreen555

tangerinegreen555

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Laughing Grass said:
I wish, he was a brick layer before he retired. My parents used to travel a lot. I don't remember them ever talking about going to Russia. There wasn't coins in the book. I meant the coins that we have now compared to the old $1 bill. We have a loonie and toonie for our $1 and $2 coins.

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Looking at your old money pics jogged an old memory from the deepest depths of my brain that I had forgotten about for years. It was my very first smuggling experience.

My dad and I were coin collectors from around 1962-63 forward.

And we had relatives in Nova Scotia and Toronto that we would visit on summer vacations.

In 1967, it was the 100th anniversary of the dominion up there and the Canadian mint offered special proof sets that included a $20 gold piece.

But it was illegal to leave the country with them and I think they threatened jail and fines over these gold pieces.

So my dad ordered 5 of the proof sets through our relatives and mailed them home, minus the five $20 gold pieces. (He didn't want to cross the border with the Royal Mint presentation cases.)

He decided that he wouldn't risk the gold pieces being discovered in the mail and siezed, so he had them buried in a suitcase.

For miles, on the way to the border, my dad kept briefing my Mom and I on how to 'act normal' when we crossed the border with the 5 illegal to import gold pieces (as though they were heroin or something). I wish I had a tape of our 'instructions'. Lol.

Long story short, there was zero trouble at the border, we were just a vacationing family after all. And my dad bragged for 50 miles non stop on the other side about how brilliant his idea was after we made it through, lol.

He did sell all 5 of them at a handsome profit for the times and told that story for years how he had to 'coach' us to get them through. He admitted later he sold them all to avoid getting caught with them, even though the odds of getting caught were like 10 million to one.

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I wish he would have kept one, worth like a $1000 today, he got like $100 each for them, Lol.
 
DustyDuke

DustyDuke

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Got some fresh beans the ones at the top of the pic are freebies. Didn’t want autos for freebies but meh free is cheap. Wait the 3 “Green crack”aren’t autos but I have 5 Humboldt “Green Crack” coming as well. I’ll grow both together and have a crack off.200F6C63-953B-4753-82C2-FD11E1420109.jpeg I ordered more but they haven’t arrived sent them an email asking why? all I’m getting is8B77E4AE-FD98-477D-AAD6-BA47D31679DD.jpeg
 
lokie

lokie

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tangerinegreen555 said:
Looking at your old money pics jogged an old memory from the deepest depths of my brain that I had forgotten about for years. It was my very first smuggling experience.

My dad and I were coin collectors from around 1962-63 forward.

And we had relatives in Nova Scotia and Toronto that we would visit on summer vacations.

In 1967, it was the 100th anniversary of the dominion up there and the Canadian mint offered special proof sets that included a $20 gold piece.

But it was illegal to leave the country with them and I think they threatened jail and fines over these gold pieces.

So my dad ordered 5 of the proof sets through our relatives and mailed them home, minus the five $20 gold pieces. (He didn't want to cross the border with the Royal Mint presentation cases.)

He decided that he wouldn't risk the gold pieces being discovered in the mail and siezed, so he had them buried in a suitcase.

For miles, on the way to the border, my dad kept briefing my Mom and I on how to 'act normal' when we crossed the border with the 5 illegal to import gold pieces (as though they were heroin or something). I wish I had a tape of our 'instructions'. Lol.

Long story short, there was zero trouble at the border, we were just a vacationing family after all. And my dad bragged for 50 miles non stop on the other side about how brilliant his idea was after we made it through, lol.

He did sell all 5 of them at a handsome profit for the times and told that story for years how he had to 'coach' us to get them through. He admitted later he sold them all to avoid getting caught with them, even though the odds of getting caught were like 10 million to one.

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I wish he would have kept one, worth like a $1000 today, he got like $100 each for them, Lol.
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What views did your dad have on other rebel activities?
 
Laughing Grass

Laughing Grass

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tangerinegreen555 said:
Looking at your old money pics jogged an old memory from the deepest depths of my brain that I had forgotten about for years. It was my very first smuggling experience.

My dad and I were coin collectors from around 1962-63 forward.

And we had relatives in Nova Scotia and Toronto that we would visit on summer vacations.

In 1967, it was the 100th anniversary of the dominion up there and the Canadian mint offered special proof sets that included a $20 gold piece.

But it was illegal to leave the country with them and I think they threatened jail and fines over these gold pieces.

So my dad ordered 5 of the proof sets through our relatives and mailed them home, minus the five $20 gold pieces. (He didn't want to cross the border with the Royal Mint presentation cases.)

He decided that he wouldn't risk the gold pieces being discovered in the mail and siezed, so he had them buried in a suitcase.

For miles, on the way to the border, my dad kept briefing my Mom and I on how to 'act normal' when we crossed the border with the 5 illegal to import gold pieces (as though they were heroin or something). I wish I had a tape of our 'instructions'. Lol.

Long story short, there was zero trouble at the border, we were just a vacationing family after all. And my dad bragged for 50 miles non stop on the other side about how brilliant his idea was after we made it through, lol.

He did sell all 5 of them at a handsome profit for the times and told that story for years how he had to 'coach' us to get them through. He admitted later he sold them all to avoid getting caught with them, even though the odds of getting caught were like 10 million to one.

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I wish he would have kept one, worth like a $1000 today, he got like $100 each for them, Lol.
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Love the detail in the that coin. Great smuggling story. :) I wonder if you could get in trouble in the US over a Canadian gold coin? The Canadian Mint is painting their collector coins now which looks cheap IMO



 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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DustyDuke said:
He’s an Aussie comedian that did a skit and in it people would be having a whinge. He would roll past on roller skates or on his organ making faces like that in ridiculous costumes in the back ground. Trying to find footage
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"rolling past on his organ" is a bracing mental image
 
WeedFreak78

WeedFreak78

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Went out to go food shopping and decided to go to the car wash, my normally red car was yellow from the pollen. On the way to the supermarket I stopped at home depot to look at drills and ended up buying the 7 tool kit.

$610 with some additional blades.... Ouch! Then I got a call looking for an Oz and when I dropped it off I ran into an old acquaintance who started bitching about the schwag he gets. I told him to hit me up when he's looking. I really need to start carrying samples when I go out. I'd be nice to find a couple regulars to replace the ones I've lost. And here I am thinking I might be able to stop growing for a couple months. Then I hit McDs for nuggets and fries, hopefully it wasn't a mistake, I haven't smoked all day and my crohns is really flaring up. IDK what I'd do without weed...
 
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