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<p>[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 6630632, member: 89213"]I started out in the 40's as a collector of circulation grade coins. At least coins I found in circulation. A lot of them were very high grade AU's. As time went on and there were fewer and fewer holes to fill and the US Mint kept me busy by putting new coins out there every year. That's great. So, I kept filling those holes. All of a sudden there were more coins being made than the average collector had holes for. You needed a State Quarter album, an ASE album, then an ATB album. Then you had to put a hole in there for the "circulation grade" S mint quarters. Along came reverse proof and other variations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nearing the octogenarian designation I quit new stuff and went to old stuff - Ancients. Fortunately they aren't minting any new ancients. I can never fill an album or complete a series. It is genuinely a WYSIWYG hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 6630632, member: 89213"]I started out in the 40's as a collector of circulation grade coins. At least coins I found in circulation. A lot of them were very high grade AU's. As time went on and there were fewer and fewer holes to fill and the US Mint kept me busy by putting new coins out there every year. That's great. So, I kept filling those holes. All of a sudden there were more coins being made than the average collector had holes for. You needed a State Quarter album, an ASE album, then an ATB album. Then you had to put a hole in there for the "circulation grade" S mint quarters. Along came reverse proof and other variations. Nearing the octogenarian designation I quit new stuff and went to old stuff - Ancients. Fortunately they aren't minting any new ancients. I can never fill an album or complete a series. It is genuinely a WYSIWYG hobby.[/QUOTE]
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