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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1132, member: 57463&quot;]<b>The Currency of Fame</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, my interest in medals is more from reading about them.&nbsp; When I was at the ANA in NYC last summer, I bought THE CURRENCY OF FAME. I also got &quot;Goethe&#039;s Renaissance Medals&quot; from the ANA Library Sale.&nbsp; I like to find those old Franklin Mint medals at coin shows.&nbsp; For three to five dollars, I can get really beautiful mementoes to give as gifts to friends and family -- and of course to myself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect aviation materials, for instance. And when I looked to buy a small airport last year, I brought the prospective seller (heck, all he lacked was title...) a US Mint Lindbergh medal restrike.&nbsp; I already had one.&nbsp; He was impressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that medallic art is really underappreciated by numismatic collectors.&nbsp; Everyone gets so caught up in &quot;money&quot; that they have a hard time getting away from that aspect and into the pure aesthetics of the medium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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