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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Geoff Wall-Davis, post: 2017794, member: 71645&quot;]In your most interesting article you say that you have no interest in proofs or coins which are in mint condition, because touching them would put their value at risk and that you only enjoy coins that you can take out and hold for their historic and artistic beauty.</p><p>For some collectors collecting proofs or coins in mint condition only may be for investment purposes only, but by doing this they can sometimes miss out on the real enjoyment of coin collecting.</p><p>I can honestly say that I share your sentiment in what you say.</p><p>When I regress to my childhood days to the pre-decimal days in the U.K., there was always a chance that you could receive interesting coins in your change.</p><p>Of course some of the coins would be well worn, but regardless of condition to a true collector a coin is a coin, and when a Victorian bun penny would turn up my eyes would open up with excitement.</p><p>Articles like yours are a testimony as to what coin collecting is all about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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