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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3950089, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s a shame I missed this thread when it was new.&nbsp; Now TangerineCoin is gone and might have even spent the quarter.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The attrition on moderns is just staggering because so many dealers and collectors tell people to just spend them.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen dealers put BU rolls of rare dates in the cash register because they don&#039;t know better.&nbsp;&nbsp; Low prices assure the coins aren&#039;t protected in safety deposit boxes so are more likely to be destroyed in fire and flood.&nbsp; Even the rarest moderns just get a lot rarer with every passing year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There aren&#039;t many &#039;16-D dimes wearing out in circulation or being recycled with old cars.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a shame that the current generation has shirked the job of saving coins for the future.&nbsp;&nbsp; This problem is especially acute in world coins where some are very difficult not only in Unc but any grade at all.&nbsp; Somehow collectors got the idea that if mintages are high enough they don&#039;t need to be saved and they&#039;ll always be around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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