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MiddenMonster
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Did anyone ever hear how this turned out? I did a Google News search, but didn't find anything recent.
Never mind. I added "penny" to the existing search criteria "Trickett" on my Google search and found this, and the news is actually pretty good:
A penny that saved a British soldierās life in the First World War has just been bought by his grandson for Ā£5,445
Turns out that this story turned out alright after all. His granddaughter auctioned the penny for charity, and it was bought by his grandson, Nigel Trickett, who is a cousin of the granddaughter. The granddaughter, Maureen Coulson was "shocked" to find that her cousin bought it. From the article:
I still think there was something shifty about his granddaughter selling it in the first place, but it all worked out in the end; the penny is still in the family, and the money supposedly went to charity. And after all this I suspect that it will now always remain in the family, even if the granddaughter is never invited to Boxing Day celebrations ever again...
Never mind. I added "penny" to the existing search criteria "Trickett" on my Google search and found this, and the news is actually pretty good:
A penny that saved a British soldierās life in the First World War has just been bought by his grandson for Ā£5,445
Turns out that this story turned out alright after all. His granddaughter auctioned the penny for charity, and it was bought by his grandson, Nigel Trickett, who is a cousin of the granddaughter. The granddaughter, Maureen Coulson was "shocked" to find that her cousin bought it. From the article:
I still think there was something shifty about his granddaughter selling it in the first place, but it all worked out in the end; the penny is still in the family, and the money supposedly went to charity. And after all this I suspect that it will now always remain in the family, even if the granddaughter is never invited to Boxing Day celebrations ever again...
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