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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bugo, post: 1846744, member: 53226&quot;]I have learned a lot over the last year (but not enough to prevent me from asking stupid questions.)&nbsp; I&#039;ve learned that pennies from the 1960s and the 1970s tend to green with age.&nbsp; I can spot a zinc penny.&nbsp; I can spot a silver coin.&nbsp; I can tell a coin is silver by the way it sounds being dropped.&nbsp; I&#039;ve observed the differences between date sizes in certain years of pennies.&nbsp; I&#039;ve noticed that S mint coins are fairly rare in Oklahoma.&nbsp; I&#039;ve learned how to detect old Jefferson nickels by wear patterns and how 1940s cupronickel nickels tend to yellow as they age.&nbsp; I&#039;ve learned how rare some coins are in circulation and how surprisingly common some coins are.&nbsp; Much of my new knowledge was gained looking through thousands of coins, but I&#039;ve learned a lot here as well.&nbsp; I&#039;ve angered some guys because I cleaned a bunch of terrible looking quarters and made them look good enough that a novice couldn&#039;t even tell they were so gross before.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been told to never clean a coin and made the same guys mad by cleaning a nasty 1953 nickel.&nbsp; I have realized that my favorite era of coins is the 1920s.&nbsp; I have examples of coins that I didn&#039;t even know existed until my interest in the hobby skyrocketed last summer.&nbsp; I have theorized that the tough economic times of the last few years resulted in collections being spent in face value, leading to an increase of old and valuable coins in circulation.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been a collector all of my life, but I&#039;ve gained a lot of knowledge in the last year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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