Lost coins near Keeper of the Plains statue
Description
I lost my grandfather's coin collection this morning around 9:15 AM near the Keeper of the Plains statue at Riverside Park in Wichita. I must have dropped the small brown leather pouch from my jeans pocket while I paused to take a photo of the river. The pouch is the size of a tennis ball, worn, with a frayed drawstring. Inside are coins dating from the 1950s through the 1990s, mostly copper, with a few silver-toned commemoratives. Losing them feels like losing a family memory. I'm hoping someone picked them up and can return them to the site so I can reclaim a small piece of history. Please keep an eye out for anything that looks like a worn leather pouch.
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