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<p>[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2109634, member: 17665"]BUT! When you are 10 or 12 years old, lived in a very rural community with no coin clubs, shows or dealers nearby and had very little income except a paper route that yielded about $2-$3 dollars a week, one could not afford anything better. This was the starter that led to better things. I will admit he made many mistakes but when you are a kid it was all very exciting. There were no computers back then and local libraries did not carry any collectibles books. Yes, he was a self promoter but isn't that the American way. He also died broke. When I got older and was able to afford better reference material I did so and filed his book away for the ages. And all it cost me was $2.50 to get the error bug. I'm still glad I bought this book as it brings back many fond memories of my early days of collecting. Rest in peace Mr. Spadone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2109634, member: 17665"]BUT! When you are 10 or 12 years old, lived in a very rural community with no coin clubs, shows or dealers nearby and had very little income except a paper route that yielded about $2-$3 dollars a week, one could not afford anything better. This was the starter that led to better things. I will admit he made many mistakes but when you are a kid it was all very exciting. There were no computers back then and local libraries did not carry any collectibles books. Yes, he was a self promoter but isn't that the American way. He also died broke. When I got older and was able to afford better reference material I did so and filed his book away for the ages. And all it cost me was $2.50 to get the error bug. I'm still glad I bought this book as it brings back many fond memories of my early days of collecting. Rest in peace Mr. Spadone.[/QUOTE]
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