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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2825619, member: 10461"]What [USER=13307]@stldanceartist[/USER] said. I commonly encounter these in bulk lots.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While there's nothing wrong with collecting US coins (and it's understandably popular here in the US), I must agree - you will find the World coins more educational, often less expensive, very often more beautiful, and they go back much, much further in time, even without getting into ancients, which is a whole other fun area to delve into. I collect mostly World and Ancient coins, but do add a few representative US pieces to my collections.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This. Most definitely.</p><p><br /></p><p>My family lived aboard a 40' trimaran sailboat in the Bahamas in the mid-1970s, and we often found flying fish on the deck and in the dinghy. Mom cooked and ate them, I believe. I never liked to eat fish - still don't. I like my fish in an aquarium. It's kind of odd, considering I was born in Florida and grew up around the water for most of my childhood.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a fun coin design. Which brings back the point about World coins again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2825619, member: 10461"]What [USER=13307]@stldanceartist[/USER] said. I commonly encounter these in bulk lots. While there's nothing wrong with collecting US coins (and it's understandably popular here in the US), I must agree - you will find the World coins more educational, often less expensive, very often more beautiful, and they go back much, much further in time, even without getting into ancients, which is a whole other fun area to delve into. I collect mostly World and Ancient coins, but do add a few representative US pieces to my collections. This. Most definitely. My family lived aboard a 40' trimaran sailboat in the Bahamas in the mid-1970s, and we often found flying fish on the deck and in the dinghy. Mom cooked and ate them, I believe. I never liked to eat fish - still don't. I like my fish in an aquarium. It's kind of odd, considering I was born in Florida and grew up around the water for most of my childhood. It is a fun coin design. Which brings back the point about World coins again.[/QUOTE]
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