{"id":21802,"date":"2015-07-15T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=21802"},"modified":"2015-07-15T08:32:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:32:19","slug":"brilliant-uncirculated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/15\/brilliant-uncirculated\/","title":{"rendered":"BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

1964 . . .<\/em><\/small>
\nMaybe I<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 should buy Canoe for Stone’s bar mitzvah. No, I think I’ll go with a proof set.<\/p>\n

The guys outside the Coin Shop at Cedar Center are sharp dressers. Schwartz has a built-in watch in his ID bracelet. Levin is twitching — a nervous thing. Stern has a heart murmur. The Twitch says, \u201cI wish Cotton was a monkey.” That’s from the Little Rascals<\/em>. Schwartz asks if I’m going to Stone’s bar mitzvah.<\/p>\n

Yes, I’m <\/strong>going, but<\/span> I’m not<\/span><\/span> dancing at the bar mitzvah!<\/p>\n

\"bar<\/a><\/p>\n

Canoe?<\/p>\n

Proof set? I don’t know. BU set? (Brilliant uncirculated.)<\/p>\n

Mint set?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t want to go.<\/p>\n

—
\n\u00a0This is half-true fiction.
\n<\/small><\/em>
\n—<\/span>
\nI wrote <\/span>“At Harvey Pekar’s Pad”<\/a><\/span> for the Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em> (7\/12\/15).<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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