When he was around 17 and his family had moved to Southport from Liverpool, Brian’s uncle, Alec Sirotkin, came to stay.

Uncle Alec, who owned antique shops in Scunthorpe, asked Brian to look for pennies with certain dates for his shop’s coin collection. He told his nephew that he would give him a shilling for every coin he sent him.

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