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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommyc03, post: 3123059, member: 17665&quot;]Anyone who reads Numismatic News knows of Dave Harper. Pretty busy guy overall and taking on more chores in the paper since Krause moved from Iola, Wi. to new headquarters. But I fear he is either running out of good ideas or maybe getting a bit senile.</p><p>&nbsp;In a recent piece he did, he heaps praise On Littleton Coin Co. for their innovative idea of helping collectors to complete their Presidential coin albums by stickering or colorizing past issues with the images of live Presidents. He justifies this idea by saying collectors &quot;want completeness in their collections&quot;. I don&#039;t know about any of you, but to me this is total nonsense. Littleton is selling these sets for $26.95. We all know very well these coins will be worth nothing more than their face value because they are essentially altered and damaged coins once this is done. This is not about completeness, it&#039;s all about preying on the unknowing, greed for money. That&#039;s it, bottom line. And I say shame on Mr. Harper for this foolish notion. How long have we all tried to steer collectors in the right direction against trinkets and baubles that hold no numismatic value. A very bad step in trying to educate and influence collectors the wrong way. There is nothing to say, that at some time in the future when any current living Presidents pass away that the Mint will not do a special issue of any of them for real completeness. Buy what you like but don&#039;t go into it blind thinking these will ever have any value above face. It&#039;s not over &#039;till it&#039;s over. IMHO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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