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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2735676, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;m mostly concerned that we don&#039;t go back to the days where it was okay, and sometimes recommended, to (say) scrub your coins with an eraser. If demand for damaged coins grew <i>too</i> much, people might be less careful to avoid damaging intact coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But sticking newbies with problem coins doesn&#039;t seem different <i>in kind</i> to me from sticking them with overpriced &quot;problem-free&quot; coins, in handsome presentation boxes, with nicely-typeset Certificates of Authenticity. (Whether it&#039;s Home Shopping Network or the US Mint is immaterial for the purposes of this discussion; I won&#039;t say which I had in mind when I started writing.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a difference between teaching people to <i>recognize</i> problem coins <i>and judge their value wisely</i>, and just teaching people to <i>avoid</i> them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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