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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ldhair, post: 702972, member: 11540&quot;]Poor poor coin. It can&#039;t be called by it&#039;s given name, it&#039;s not a variety, an error and now, not even an oddity. I guess it is &quot;nothing but junk&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder how many folks back in the 50&#039;s that were looking for the real thing found these and joined the hobby because of it?</p><p>I also wonder in today&#039;s times how many find one and even after the disappointment that it&#039;s not the real one, still join the hobby. It would be cool with me if even 5% hung in there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Millions of folks know this coin by it&#039;s given name and understand what it really is.</p><p>Changing it&#039;s name at this point in history could do nothing but add too the confusion that is already there. This has nothing to do with people not wanting to change and much to do with those that understand that you can&#039;t change history. You live with it&#039;s given name but you educate those with interest and hope some will stay with the hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>I worked behind the counter for quite some time and understand the customer that thinks he has a coin worth thousands. I&#039;ll bet many of these folks are still collecting today because of the way I worked with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still wish to know who coined the term<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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