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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PdlJmpr, post: 1361983, member: 23797&quot;]&#039;</p><p>It appears that you have spent some time and learned a lot already.&nbsp; I am a circulation collector and yours looks like mine as far as condition goes, but mine is mostly clad instead of silver.&nbsp; It can be disappointing to have lower grades when everyone wants to compare what you have to the higher grades.&nbsp; I had to resolve that I have what I have through search time and effort, not by just monetary investment.&nbsp; A decade ago I determined to convert my duplicates and lowest grade stock into better grade specimens or missing dates.&nbsp; It has been a long, slow process.&nbsp; I started with less than half of my coins in series or type albums and this month I now have all denominations over 70% and 75% overall.&nbsp; To put it the other way, I started with over half of my collection raw and now I only have 25% raw.&nbsp; At the same time I went from about 1500 coins to 5100.&nbsp; I attribute most of that to the explosion of modern types (cents, nickels, quarters &amp; dollars) since 1999.</p><p>I wish you well and hope you get much pleasure learning more about these crazy coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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