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<p>[QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3055995, member: 92083"]I feel like I have been collecting for many years simply to fill up slots for dates and mintmarks in sequence. Part of the fun is showing them to others, and having 50 of the same type with just varying dates and mintmarks has kind of gotten old for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I show people my error and variety collection, I find 99% of the people enjoy the errors and varieties more. Each specimen has a possible reason how it got that way, and it is fun to speculate how and why. My students, whom I thought would be bored to death, loved these pieces. I had teachers and administrators coming down all throughout the day. The response shocked me, and their interest was genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I need to do for many of my blanks/planchets is have a high grade stamped example for each one so people can see what they should look like. Guess I need an AU 1/2 cent from 1849-1857![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3055995, member: 92083"]I feel like I have been collecting for many years simply to fill up slots for dates and mintmarks in sequence. Part of the fun is showing them to others, and having 50 of the same type with just varying dates and mintmarks has kind of gotten old for me. When I show people my error and variety collection, I find 99% of the people enjoy the errors and varieties more. Each specimen has a possible reason how it got that way, and it is fun to speculate how and why. My students, whom I thought would be bored to death, loved these pieces. I had teachers and administrators coming down all throughout the day. The response shocked me, and their interest was genuine. What I need to do for many of my blanks/planchets is have a high grade stamped example for each one so people can see what they should look like. Guess I need an AU 1/2 cent from 1849-1857![/QUOTE]
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