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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2583281, member: 19463&quot;]I believe the worst thing that happened to the hobby was the removal of silver from the coins in 1965.&nbsp; It is not that the silver was gone but that there was a line drawn and kids like I had meen a few years earlier no longer had a chance of finding worn but identifiable treasures in their fathers&#039; pocket change fostering an interest in the hobby.&nbsp; They were limited to cents which had a design change, followed by an alloy change in 1982 and nickels which can still be found in circulation back to 1938.&nbsp; Now the damage has been done and few will be entering collecting hobbies save buying things made to be collected.&nbsp; I guess, in one sense, ancients are made to be collected since they spend poorly these days but the idea of kids starting a 50+ year run in the hobby may not be what it once was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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