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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2308521, member: 19463&quot;]When I collected US coins, I was strange (big surprise) in that I liked to know about the history that even those coins had seen.&nbsp; For example, who was President when my 1806 half cent was made and why did the copper nickel cents result in the Civil War tokens.&nbsp; You are almost forced to do this sort of thing with ancients or at least more collectors do learn a little about them rather than just pushing them into a hole in a blue folder.&nbsp; I really regret that we, today, do not have coins issued under the ground rules of the Roman times with current events reflected in the Happy Days are Here Again cent and the Hiroshima half.&nbsp; If the congress or President were required to approve a new set of designs every year things could get interesting.&nbsp; If the candidates for election were allowed to design them, things could be brutal in an EID MAR sort of way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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