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Message:: [QUOTE="Coin Wisher, post: 2916392, member: 88226"]Its true that people love big coins, as a sort of talisman. Especially if its their birth year. My dad used to carry an English penny around with his birth year on it, until it was worn smooth, and I got him a replacement.  He never collected though. When I travel, especially out of the country, I like to take coins as gifts. 40% Kennedys, Eisenhower dollars, even golden dollars, and actual Silver Eagles for friends and family. Most people are thrilled to get them, even fellow Americans don't recognize them.But I do believe the hobby is slowly dying. The 50 State Quarters invigorated it, but the govt just had to overdo it. Rising commodity prices helped too, but gold is out of reach for most, and the pricing schemes, with markups of several dollars a coin over melt for silver, plus additional fees for insurance, shipping, etc, you have to be a sharp operator and well heeled enough to buy in large quantities to just break even.[/QUOTE]