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<p>[QUOTE="fred13, post: 1256160, member: 20688"]but your still beating around the bush dear fellow;</p><p>99.999 percent of 1909 s vdb could be saved from all I care but the point remains that the mintage of the penny is ALOT less than any clad series mintages.</p><p>Secondly type 1909 s vdb and AU 1969 d quarter on ebay and see which gets more results. That speaks for itself.</p><p>These clad tokens produced in such numbers will never be valuable. Coins produced in the early 20th century were much more likely to be melted to due to their metal which makes them rare today. The same cant be said for crappy old clad.</p><p>To be quite candid I could never figure out why people collect modern coins. I shudder at the thought of paying more then face for something like an uncirculated 1971 quarter or the new inventions such as a "2011 satin finish penny pr 70 which goes for hundreds of dollars. Its my firm believe that everything modern has no value beyond melt and I incorporate my belief system to include proofs and all the other crazy things that America is destroying the rich history of its former coins with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fred13, post: 1256160, member: 20688"]but your still beating around the bush dear fellow; 99.999 percent of 1909 s vdb could be saved from all I care but the point remains that the mintage of the penny is ALOT less than any clad series mintages. Secondly type 1909 s vdb and AU 1969 d quarter on ebay and see which gets more results. That speaks for itself. These clad tokens produced in such numbers will never be valuable. Coins produced in the early 20th century were much more likely to be melted to due to their metal which makes them rare today. The same cant be said for crappy old clad. To be quite candid I could never figure out why people collect modern coins. I shudder at the thought of paying more then face for something like an uncirculated 1971 quarter or the new inventions such as a "2011 satin finish penny pr 70 which goes for hundreds of dollars. Its my firm believe that everything modern has no value beyond melt and I incorporate my belief system to include proofs and all the other crazy things that America is destroying the rich history of its former coins with.[/QUOTE]
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