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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 8294050, member: 115909"]The only reason I said that specifically is not long ago I was listening to a coin store owner named Daniel Malone (he owns Portsmouth Coin in Ohio) and he says people come into his shop with all kinds of junk they bought from the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>He said when he tells them it’s worth a lot less than they paid alot of them become frustrated and choose not to pursue the coin hobby any further when in reality it could have become a lifelong hobby & passion if they had just stayed away from that kind of stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m not talking about things like the V75 ASE or 2021 Morgan & Peace Dollars..</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m talking about junk like this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466457[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They are NEVER going to get anything close to $83.50 for these coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly to me I would consider all of those spending money. I wouldn’t bother to keep one even if I got it in change in amazing condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stuff like this hurts the hobby. Newbies feel like they got ripped off and they just stop. Instead the Mint needs to just stop making nonsense like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>They should release more stuff like the W Washington quarters and things that can be found in circulation and something for people to enjoy looking through change to find.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly I think it would be great if they purposely let out batches of very small numbers of errors for collectors to study coins and look for.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1955 DDO Lincoln Cent is famous for its very noticeable doubling. Why can’t they release a couple hundred or thousand 2023 Washington Quarters with the same doubling?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the true joy comes from the exploration, learning, and discovery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine the joy of being the first person to identify a doubled die coin that was just released![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 8294050, member: 115909"]The only reason I said that specifically is not long ago I was listening to a coin store owner named Daniel Malone (he owns Portsmouth Coin in Ohio) and he says people come into his shop with all kinds of junk they bought from the Mint. He said when he tells them it’s worth a lot less than they paid alot of them become frustrated and choose not to pursue the coin hobby any further when in reality it could have become a lifelong hobby & passion if they had just stayed away from that kind of stuff. I’m not talking about things like the V75 ASE or 2021 Morgan & Peace Dollars.. I’m talking about junk like this: [ATTACH=full]1466457[/ATTACH] They are NEVER going to get anything close to $83.50 for these coins! Honestly to me I would consider all of those spending money. I wouldn’t bother to keep one even if I got it in change in amazing condition. Stuff like this hurts the hobby. Newbies feel like they got ripped off and they just stop. Instead the Mint needs to just stop making nonsense like this. They should release more stuff like the W Washington quarters and things that can be found in circulation and something for people to enjoy looking through change to find. Honestly I think it would be great if they purposely let out batches of very small numbers of errors for collectors to study coins and look for. The 1955 DDO Lincoln Cent is famous for its very noticeable doubling. Why can’t they release a couple hundred or thousand 2023 Washington Quarters with the same doubling? I think the true joy comes from the exploration, learning, and discovery. Imagine the joy of being the first person to identify a doubled die coin that was just released![/QUOTE]
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