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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 4025296, member: 4626"]Haven't bothered to post in this thread before now because most of what I would have said has already been said by someone else lol. (Happens a lot on this board. Great minds think alike I guess?) But my 2 cents for what it's worth:</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah value-wise, in the condition you describe they're probably only worth face value as <i>most</i> collectors wouldn't touch them unless they were particularly rare. Were it me, I'd keep some of them (as I see you say you intend to) but spending the excess could be a fun conversation starter, possibly even get someone new in the hobby. I know at a coin store I went to in Newtown, PA when I was 10, the owner just put his excess of older bills and coins not worth significantly over face value into the cash drawer and gave them out as change. Getting some of these really helped maintain my interest in the hobby, and I credit this owner (whose name I wish I knew) with the fact that coin collecting became a life long hobby for me and not just a fad I would have outgrown. So there's that... plus I do this sometimes too because it's fun to see people's reaction (I used to get half dollars buy the roll, keep the best ones and spend the excess; it's amazing how many people don't know that half dollars are still made, and a few cashiers have never seen a half dollar ever!).</p><p><br /></p><p>So I say, keep a handful of the most interesting ones and find opportune moments to spend the rest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 4025296, member: 4626"]Haven't bothered to post in this thread before now because most of what I would have said has already been said by someone else lol. (Happens a lot on this board. Great minds think alike I guess?) But my 2 cents for what it's worth: Yeah value-wise, in the condition you describe they're probably only worth face value as [I]most[/I] collectors wouldn't touch them unless they were particularly rare. Were it me, I'd keep some of them (as I see you say you intend to) but spending the excess could be a fun conversation starter, possibly even get someone new in the hobby. I know at a coin store I went to in Newtown, PA when I was 10, the owner just put his excess of older bills and coins not worth significantly over face value into the cash drawer and gave them out as change. Getting some of these really helped maintain my interest in the hobby, and I credit this owner (whose name I wish I knew) with the fact that coin collecting became a life long hobby for me and not just a fad I would have outgrown. So there's that... plus I do this sometimes too because it's fun to see people's reaction (I used to get half dollars buy the roll, keep the best ones and spend the excess; it's amazing how many people don't know that half dollars are still made, and a few cashiers have never seen a half dollar ever!). So I say, keep a handful of the most interesting ones and find opportune moments to spend the rest.[/QUOTE]
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