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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1554875, member: 5233"]I think this is a terrible idea. The reason is...it really doesn't help anything. Any law that restricts freedom without benefit is a bad law.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example, they minted millions upon millions of 1946-64 Roosevelt Dimes. Sure, there is a small group of people (coin collectors) who enjoy collecting these and other coins. But, there are more than enough coins in existence to make the collectors happy. There is no reason to preserve such a massive number of these coins. If they are so common, they are only worth melt (which with few exceptions Roosies are below MS63)...why save them. That seems like a waste to me. Plus, the fewer survivors there are...the more value the survivors will have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1554875, member: 5233"]I think this is a terrible idea. The reason is...it really doesn't help anything. Any law that restricts freedom without benefit is a bad law. Here is an example, they minted millions upon millions of 1946-64 Roosevelt Dimes. Sure, there is a small group of people (coin collectors) who enjoy collecting these and other coins. But, there are more than enough coins in existence to make the collectors happy. There is no reason to preserve such a massive number of these coins. If they are so common, they are only worth melt (which with few exceptions Roosies are below MS63)...why save them. That seems like a waste to me. Plus, the fewer survivors there are...the more value the survivors will have.[/QUOTE]
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