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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 1731700, member: 16729&quot;]Totally agree.&nbsp; Sure, value ($$$$) has its place (duh!), but the &quot;activities of the mind&quot; that a coin provokes is what this hobby does for me.&nbsp; I love seeing these kind of posts at CT.&nbsp; They serve as necessary correctives to the &quot;value,&quot; and gold and silver droolers out there!</p><p><br /></p><p>The first Christian-themed coin that you mentioned definitely strikes one with its significance.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps less &quot;earth-shaking, &quot; I can think of what meaning that certain pattern coins (die trials) hold:&nbsp; Sometimes they represent failed attempts at what &quot;might have been&quot; for the design of a country&#039;s coinage, or they sometimes mark the point of a big currency reform.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Historical/cultural significance is as much of a human construct as &quot;value&quot; is.&nbsp; I just find the historical/cultural stuff much more interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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