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TWO-DOLLAR BILL SURVIVED EARTHQUAKE, TIDAL WAVESpeaking of two dollar bills, here's an interesting inscribed two that was illustrated in Dick Hansom's ALASKAN TOKEN COLLECTOR & POLAR NUMISMATIST for March 2018.
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 Inscribed: “To Alice Horton / C.J. Egan / Valdez, Alaska: Went Through / Earthquake & / Tidal Wave” C.J. “Truck” Egan inscribed this note to his sister, Alice Egan Horton. C.J. Egan was proprietor of The Pinzon in Valdez. Valdez was devastated in the 1964 earthquake and tidal wave. Dick adds: "Truck" Egan was the brother of Governor Bill Egan. Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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