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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treehugger, post: 1389265, member: 28451&quot;]I think a person&#039;s collecting philosophy is also a factor.&nbsp;&nbsp; For me, I don&#039;t care a lot about a coin&#039;s current value or future value.&nbsp;&nbsp; My primary criterion is if I like the coin either because of its design or its particular significance to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy collecting early commemoratives and was able to pick up a cleaned 1915 Pan-Pacific (probably my favorite design of this genre) with nice detail at a price well below what that of a corresponding &quot;natural&quot; coin would have cost.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had no problem doing that because I find my primary fulfillment in coin collecting in the enjoyment I get from them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, I&#039;ve never had any difficulty imagining the &quot;history&quot; of a coin, even though it has been cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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