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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2935832, member: 84179&quot;]To me, &quot;A good one&quot; is any coin that helps me learn something new</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of these junk boxes are 25 cents to a buck.&nbsp; Buy what looks interesting to you.&nbsp; Take it home, and do some research to find out what it is.&nbsp; Basically, you&#039;re buying an inexpensive, mini lesson in numismatics.&nbsp; So maybe you spend 50 cents on a coin that turns out to be common.&nbsp; You&#039;ve learned something.&nbsp; I bought stuff 30 years ago for 50 cents that you can still find in 50 cent junk boxes today.&nbsp; But the value was in what I learned when I was trying to figure out what it was.&nbsp; To me, that knowledge is priceless and helps me enjoy this hobby today.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(BTW:&nbsp; I still get a thrill when I get a wheat penny in change, even though I have a complete date set including the 09SVDB, 22 Plain and 55/55 doubled die)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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