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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gilbert, post: 2112749, member: 73104&quot;]I too believed Numistmatists could very well end up extinct, or threatened.&nbsp; As a boy I loved collecting coins and reading about their history.&nbsp; My children showed no interest, so when grand children started appearing I gave them coins for their birthdays, be it ASE or coins dated 100 or 50 years prior to their birth year.&nbsp; Also sent were coin books of recent years, partially filled.&nbsp; None of this seemed to spark interest, until one day a nine year old grand daughter sent me a picture of her State and National Park series books that she had nearly completed.&nbsp; I was totally shocked and told her I was impressed and glad that she was enjoying collecting coins.&nbsp; She responded by showing me her collection of wheat pennies, Kennedy half dollars and a couple of Morgan dollars.&nbsp; This changed my thinking.&nbsp; I do not collect modern coins, considering them too numerous and to a large extent, not appealing visually.&nbsp; But one grand daughter changed my thinking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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