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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 852962, member: 10103&quot;]Mornin&#039; people. Seems one has to make hard decisions pertaining to what direction they want to go off in regard to collecting and affordability. Case in point is the First Spouse program currently underway at the US Mint. Many of us would like to collect the series, but then have to decide if the cost factor involved is really worth it. Especially if it draws your hard earned funds from another area of the hobby that you&#039;re concentrating on. </p><p>An excellent alternative to collecting the gold spouse coins is the medal series that is offered by the mint. They are struck in bronze and look every bit as nice as the gold issues only they come at a very affordable price. If you&#039;re a fan of the series, like I am, you have a &quot;pile&quot; of spouse medals sitting in a box still residing in their original mint packaging of mylar. I&#039;ve been stymied in my attempts to properly display them.....till now. I recently discovered Whitman makes an album for these medals.</p><p>&quot;Whitman Classic Presidential First Spouse Album # 2477&quot;. It too can be had at a reasonable price if you surf the &quot;bay&quot; correctly. Don&#039;t be a dummy like me and pick up the first one you see there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just thought you spouse aficionados might want to know......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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