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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PyrotekNX, post: 111654, member: 3918&quot;]I am still a relatively young collector at 25.&nbsp; Already I have seen a big difference in the relatively few years I have been collecting compared to what it was like when I was a young kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was still possible to get decent coins from circulation in the 1980s.&nbsp; When my parents owned a restaurant in the early 90s, they routinely found silver in their register.&nbsp; Wheats were extremly common and it was still possible to pull mercs, indian heads, walkers, and SL quarters.&nbsp; Those occurances were very rare, but you might find an IHC in a box of pennies once and a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the chances of finding something interesting in circulation is slight to nil.&nbsp; I found a total of 4 silver coins from circulation last year which is well above the average.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the whole coin collecting industry is a farce and it has been too commercialized for my liking, especially when the TPGs are setting the prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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