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<p>[QUOTE="line_grade, post: 185066, member: 3078"]Personally, I think change is good. Isn't that what made this country to begin with? For years coin collecting languished, except for the diehards (myself included) , until the introduction of the state quarters program. A new design, a new approach is now opened up to scrutiny every few months. Not every 10 years, not every 5 years, not every year but every few months and it has created a renewed interest in the hobby. Some argue that the designs are awful, some love them, some don't care one way or the other. What's so bad about that? Coin talk wouldn't even exist without this renewed interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint could still be producing the Morgan, or the Peace, or the Liberty. Is that what I want to see? I don't think so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were they great coins? Of course they were. Were there some bad designs? Of course there were. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Of course it is. That's what makes this a great hobby. I could ramble on and already have, but having collected for 50+ years I consider this an exciting time. Some of it is silly, some I consider nonsense, but when the dust settles............MMMMMMMMM.....now let me see....if I could find a South Dakota "D" mint I could .................[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="line_grade, post: 185066, member: 3078"]Personally, I think change is good. Isn't that what made this country to begin with? For years coin collecting languished, except for the diehards (myself included) , until the introduction of the state quarters program. A new design, a new approach is now opened up to scrutiny every few months. Not every 10 years, not every 5 years, not every year but every few months and it has created a renewed interest in the hobby. Some argue that the designs are awful, some love them, some don't care one way or the other. What's so bad about that? Coin talk wouldn't even exist without this renewed interest. The mint could still be producing the Morgan, or the Peace, or the Liberty. Is that what I want to see? I don't think so. Were they great coins? Of course they were. Were there some bad designs? Of course there were. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Of course it is. That's what makes this a great hobby. I could ramble on and already have, but having collected for 50+ years I consider this an exciting time. Some of it is silly, some I consider nonsense, but when the dust settles............MMMMMMMMM.....now let me see....if I could find a South Dakota "D" mint I could .................[/QUOTE]
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