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You must have been hired by the federal government before 1982, because feds hired after that date are covered by Social Security. But even as an older federal employee, Medicare taxes were taken out of your paycheck. In other words, even though you are not “insured” for Social Security benefits, you are eligible for your own Medicare coverage. Frankly, it’s a bit of a puzzle to me why your Social Security office had you file that widow’s claim. There is a law that says your civil service retirement pension offsets any Social Security spousal benefits you are due. That’s why you aren’t getting any monthly widow’s checks. (By the way, any government retirees out there who think this offset cheats them need to understand that Social Security retirement benefits also offset spousal benefits.) But even though you don’t get monthly cash benefits, you still get the Medicare coverage on your husband’s account. So that’s why you have the Medicare card with your husband’s Social Security number. As explained in the answer to the first question, the “D” symbol is Social Security’s code for widow’s benefits. I suppose you could go back to your Social Security office and have them withdraw your widow’s claim. You have one year to do that and it’s doing you no good anyway. And then you could turn around and file your own Medicare-only claim. Once the switchover takes place, you would then get a Medicare card with your number on it followed by a “TA” symbol. (That is Social Security’s

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code for someone who is not insured for monthly cash benefits but who is insured for Medicare.) But I’m not sure you’d really want to go through all this hassle to make the switch. You are going to get the very same Medicare coverage whether your Medicare card has your husband’s Social Security number with a “D” symbol or whether it has your number with a “TA” symbol. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Mar-

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are representative of Empire period furniture. Your chair was handmade made by an artisan/ cabinetmaker around 1850, which was before the Industrial Revolution. Similar chairs were made of mahogany or walnut. The Roman numerals are carpenter marks that are used to identify matching pieces and are often called “marriage marks.” Carpenters also used them when constructing buildings. Similar Empire period side chairs have been selling in the range of $200 to $300. *** by Anne McCollam

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This is a photo of a side chair that my mother gave my husband and me in 1979. It was given to her by her mother, who may have received it as a wedding present in Bethel, Indiana. We estimate the chair was made around 1850. The top of the chair is decorated with hand-car ved roses and the chair has the original finish. There are Roman numeral marks in the wood on the frame of the chair where the seat is placed. I would appreciate your estimate of the approxiThis Empire period chair was mate value of made in the 19th century. our heirloom chair.

You have an Empire period balloon back side/parlor chair that was most likely made between 1840 and 1850. The rose-carved crest with the round opening (for grasping the chair) flanked by leaves; horizontal stay rail with carved roses; slip seat; and curved legs with flat backs

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This green mark is on the bottom of a vase that we have. According to family lore the vase was a wedding gift to my mother-in-law’s grandparents. My mother-in-law is now 89 years old, so if the tale is correct this would be a ver y old vase. It stands over 12 inches tall, has handles and is in excellent condition. On one side it is decorated with a raised image of a bird and branches. On the other side, there are tree branches and blue sky. There are raised gold dots on both sides. We would be ver y interested in learning how old the vase actually is and what its value might be.

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