Red leather coin collection binder with coins
Description
I lost my red leather coin collection binder yesterday around 3:15pm near the Paramount Theater on West Main Street in Charlottesville. It's a small 6x4 inch binder with a faint gold crest on the front, a few scuffs on the spine, and a bent corner. Inside are about 40 coins, mostly Wheat cents from the 1910s and 1920s, plus a couple of silver dimes. There’s also a folded checklist page and a Charlottesville Numismatic Society sticker on the inside back cover; my initials 'PP' are etched faintly on the back. This binder comes from my grandfather and means a lot to me—if anyone found it, I’d really appreciate it being returned.
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