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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;baseball21, post: 3447958, member: 76863&quot;]It&#039;s a &quot;cute&quot; term someone came up with at some point.&nbsp; It&#039;s a lunar reference basically.&nbsp; US coins are the light side, world coins are the dark side just like the other side of the moon is called the dark side.&nbsp; It may have started out condescending, but I don&#039;t think many people view it that way anymore.&nbsp; A very significant percentage of collectors collect in more than one of the US, Ancient, World, Token, Medal categories.&nbsp; Almost all collectors at least dabble in another area so I don&#039;t think most would view it as a negative term anymore.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree with you about grading making the hobby much more accessible for more people and that along with the internet has done a lot to bring new people in and will continue to do so.&nbsp; I also understand that unfortunately there all collectors out there who don&#039;t want that and would actually like to see the hobby fade so they can buy more for less[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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