Found vintage coin album, Collectors Item
Description
I found a vintage coin album this afternoon around 2:30pm tucked under a bench at the Harbor Park gazebo off Lake Road in Ashtabula. The binder is tan leatherette, about the size of a standard ledger, with a bright blue cloth spine and a clear plastic flip inside pages. Inside are coins from the 1960s and 70s, some still in plastic flips, and one page has a tiny brass key taped to the cover beside a handwritten bookmark that says RR Collection. The album shows light water staining on the back and wears that tell you it's been loved for years. If this belongs to someone, I'd love to help return it to the rightful owner.
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