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To: Luke From: Owen Re: Flight to Tokyo GO! https://kotaku.com/flight-to-tokyo-go-5362953 It’s funny what the mind archives sometimes, and the reveries these things inspire. This week I found a 1968 Swiss franc in a pile of quarters dispensed by the laundromat coin changer. I looked it up online, halfway fantasizing I’d found something rare. I’ve never seen a Swiss franc before.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Turns out 1968 was the first year the coin wasn’t minted in silver. The U.S. quarter made a similar transition in 1965. And that reminded me of a guy I knew back in Cooperstown, N.Y. about 12 years ago. He would save quarters he found from 1964 or earlier – in addition to the date, you could tell they had silver because there’s a reddish-orange band around the reeded edge. Once he had enough he’d smelt them himself and make something out of u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ it. A ring. A charm. Another lump of silver to be combined with something else down the line. Pat was his name. I can’t even remember his last name, but I can still recall his spaced out demeanor and the deadpan hippie humor he’d toss around. Pat carried himself like a stoner but the guy was a lot more intelligent and resourceful than he projected. He introduced u31 ทางเข้า me to alligator – as a food, not a live animal – during a cookout one July. We made sandwiches out of them. Something about reducing a deadly top carnivore to a goddamn sandwich still makes me laugh. Cooperstown is known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but it’s unforgettable to me for the people I knew there, like Pat. And Missy, she worked with Pat in the same grocery store over the summer, then went back to Russell Sage u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ and played goalie for them. I think she went up to Seattle and became a physical therapist. And the Pioneer Park kids: Havlik, Ralph, and Lonnie. Havlik was a busboy, and once bragged to Steve Carlton on Hall of Fame weekend that he was going to get laid after work. Carlton gave him a bottle of wine off the table to help the endeavor. I know Lonnie went to the Culinary Institute of America. Not sure about the others. I haven’t spoken to them in a decade. Anyway, here we are. Back at the Swiss franc. I don’t know who put it in a roll of quarters. They probably thought they were handing something off to someone else. How right they were: Some of what you missed: Buddhist Monk: Games Satiate My Desire for Aggression Halo 3: ODST Review: The More Vulnerable Edition Pokémon Menstrual Pad, Yours for Eight Bucks Help Wanted: Arena Healer/Death Knight, 20 hrs/wk, Apply Within Seriously. This Should Be Illegal. Bootlegged Virtual Sex Toys Get Second Life Sued Where Madden Plugs a Gap, Another Sees a Running Lane https://kotaku.com/buddhist-monk-games-satiate-my-desire-for-aggression-5363596 Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ. https://kotaku.com/a-guide-to-proper-commenting-5131097