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Message:: [QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8047001, member: 118780"]Most of the packs in the picture range from the 1920's to the 1950's. They all have firecrackers inside. There are people who only collect the labels, but I only collected packs. The old firecrackers often had interesting designs on them. I still have a handful of firecracker packs in safe storage outside of the house. This includes my rarest pack, and my only label. During the 1940's, there used to be a fireworks company in my hometown of Rochester, NY. They produced firecracker packs called "Rochester Special." The plant closed in the 1940's, and I currently own the only known pack and label remaining. I started collecting antique firecracker packs when I was 16, and I stopped when I was about 23. My parents worked in the fireworks industry and would take me to conventions where I bought them. I didn't have much money back then, so I was very strategic in knowing which packs were undervalued and buying those. I also ran the largest blog and I was a contributor to all of the major publications (both of them). The firecracker packs in the photo paid for all of the coins in the post and some. The really nice thing about ancient coins, though, is they're not designed to explode. I can also show them to people without worrying they'll call the police (FWIW, it's legal to own fireworks where I live, but not to shoot them). I liked the firecracker packs, but I love my ancient coins.[/QUOTE]