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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blitzen, post: 1301249, member: 28019&quot;]Baseball may not be the best analogy but I think you know what I mean. ASE&#039;s are not coins in the traditional sense, I agree, but the designated hitter can be argued against in the same way.&nbsp; I get your points but try and get mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question about proofs wasn&#039;t limited to ASE proof but to any proofs.&nbsp; No proofs were meant for circulation yet they were being collected for many, many years before the ASE was ever minted.&nbsp; Today, Kennedy Halfs aren&#039;t meant for circulation, yet many Kennedy collectors add them to their collections for example.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If coin collecting is to continue to be popular then these new categories are going to have to be accepted, even if kicking and screaming all the way. Junk?&nbsp; How about the many multi-million over minted coins for circulation coins that come out every year now?&nbsp; What is at all rare or interesting about most them to create or maintain any kind of demand?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I actually returned to coin collecting because of a US Mint add for the first set of ATB quarters last year.&nbsp; I ordered 2 sets, one for me and one for my nephew in clad....encased in the 5 coin package, and never intended for circulation&nbsp; Now he&#039;s a young coin collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be great if a new breed of collectors could all be collector purists but honestly not all of us can compete in the limited classic coin arena.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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