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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1022172, member: 57463&quot;]Which show?&nbsp; Which guy?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a small community.&nbsp; We all know each other.&nbsp; I know Doug Smith here from <i>The Celator</i>.&nbsp; He is an expert to whom I usually defer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, you are <b>missing the forest for the trees </b>-- and Doug is, too.&nbsp; (His avatar reveals his interest in the coin, not the holder.)&nbsp; This is not about coins.&nbsp; This is about the holders.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You have -- <b>you had</b> -- a &quot;coin board&quot; which is itself a collectible.&nbsp; When you busted the coins out of it, you ruined its value.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We cannot undo that, but we can take note that <b>numismatics is about more than the coins.</b>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are just two articles from the weekly email of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society, the real &quot;literary guild&quot; of our hobby.&nbsp; You can find more on the CoinBooks website.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n25a26.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n25a26.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n25a26.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n18a20.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n18a20.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n18a20.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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