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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 13883, member: 57463&quot;]Of course, the highest state of preservation is the most desired for most collectors and that makes sense. However, you already got replies from people who find circulated coins attractive and I will add my vote to that sentiment.&nbsp; If you talk to collectors (read the message boards, etc.), you will find that many -- if not most -- share this view.&nbsp; It is common to hold a worn coin and imagine who carried it and what it bought.&nbsp; As we say every National Coin Week: &quot;Coins are history you hold in your hand.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that you are in Michigan.&nbsp; You mention finding Spanish reales.&nbsp; You know, then, that it was not until after the Civil War that federal coinage finally became more common than Spanish (and Mexican) silver.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you mark your find sites?&nbsp; What sort of record-keeping goes along with this?&nbsp; Would you know if you found a trading post, as opposed to a farm?&nbsp; Do you maintain a library of Michigan history to help put your finds in context?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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