Black leather coin album with red stitching
Description
I lost my black leather coin album from the 1990s yesterday around 3pm near the Central Library on Anacapa Street in Santa Barbara. It's a 9x11 inch album with red stitching along the spine and a small crease on the bottom-right corner. The cover is smooth faux leather with a faint embossed crest in the center, and inside there are about 40 coins plus a small card with my initials "A.Y." in the corner. It has sentimental value—my grandfather taught me coin collecting, and that binder was one of the few keepsakes I have from him. If found, email me at [email protected]; I’d be incredibly grateful to get it back.
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