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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zerocd, post: 559705, member: 16605&quot;]Until my recent reaquaintance with coin collecting after a 40+ year haitus, I did no know silver coins had a special ring when they are handled together. My father and I marveled over the new UHR and my lament was that I would never have a small stack to clink together to see how they felt, sounded. My dad is in his mid 80&#039;s and a lifetime magician who handled many, many coins over his years. He recently passed coins to me that few will ever see, much less fondle.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, I use plastic to protect. But my new hobby includes searching rolls and the half dollars have now produced many lightly circulated proofs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What joy to play with these without guilt!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The proofs are nicely made and after a few scratches, they show every sign of wearing well. I can carry them in my pocket and I doubt that they will ever NOT look like proof coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Great rant!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Having a &quot;service&quot; grade coins didn&#039;t exist in 1963 to my knowledge and I find it to be quite annoying.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How can a grader ever capture the nuances of all the different varieties of business strikes? Varieties of the exact same coin, year and mint mark?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After handling sixty thousand half dollars since January of this year, I now have an eye that has seen so many coins to compare that I am not surprised to see something new every day I search.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>BTW....picking up 10 boxes of halves today which will have to last me until next Monday. I finished eight thousand I picked up this past Monday on Tuesday night. OK, I am 0CD![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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