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<p>[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2367787, member: 17261"]The key word "choice", translated "MS-64" and below. Yes, you can find "choice" zincs in bank rolls...but 99.99% are not up to my collecting standards. They are late die state, poorly struck, corroded, spotted or otherwise damaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of my searching at shows is in mint sets. However, most of the coins in those are also junk. They look OK from a few feet away, then when you look closely they are beat-up or spotted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can keep banging my fists on the table trying to wake collectors up but, after all these years, it seems futile. The "they made billions" mantra seems to echo permanently in the ears of dealers and collectors. It seems like we probably won't be vindicated for another hundred or so years. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2367787, member: 17261"]The key word "choice", translated "MS-64" and below. Yes, you can find "choice" zincs in bank rolls...but 99.99% are not up to my collecting standards. They are late die state, poorly struck, corroded, spotted or otherwise damaged. A lot of my searching at shows is in mint sets. However, most of the coins in those are also junk. They look OK from a few feet away, then when you look closely they are beat-up or spotted. I can keep banging my fists on the table trying to wake collectors up but, after all these years, it seems futile. The "they made billions" mantra seems to echo permanently in the ears of dealers and collectors. It seems like we probably won't be vindicated for another hundred or so years. :eek:[/QUOTE]
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