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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2172746, member: 15929"]It is becoming intuitively obvious that a lot of the negative posters have allowed their emotions to overcome logical thinking with regard to why coins exist in the first place AND the governments wording of counterfeiting laws (such as using the word "uttering" as in you can't even talk about doing such things) and the purpose behind the laws which basically amounts to nothing more than a US Government guarantee that, regardless of condition, the coins which they mint have the specified value imprinted on them for US Commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though gold and silver are no longer used, that basic understanding still exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Coin Collectors" and the huge sums they pay for certain coins was the impetus behind the HPA assuming that the coin collectors had a reasonable grasp of the coins they were collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2172746, member: 15929"]It is becoming intuitively obvious that a lot of the negative posters have allowed their emotions to overcome logical thinking with regard to why coins exist in the first place AND the governments wording of counterfeiting laws (such as using the word "uttering" as in you can't even talk about doing such things) and the purpose behind the laws which basically amounts to nothing more than a US Government guarantee that, regardless of condition, the coins which they mint have the specified value imprinted on them for US Commerce. Even though gold and silver are no longer used, that basic understanding still exists. "Coin Collectors" and the huge sums they pay for certain coins was the impetus behind the HPA assuming that the coin collectors had a reasonable grasp of the coins they were collecting.[/QUOTE]
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