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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmbdii, post: 5118, member: 655&quot;]If they&#039;re going to continue to honor Massa Abe on the penny, maybe they&#039;ll get honest and make the reverse of one a rendering of a betrayed former slave singing &quot;Massa Abe Done Tuk Them Chains Offa Me&quot;.&nbsp; That song was a sardonic private joke among the former slaves used and abandoned by the radical republicans who ravaged the South during what they deceitfully called &quot;Reconstruction&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Quibbling little changes of imagery on fiat coinage should really get boos from the numismatic community.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the large dealers and the coin clubs breathlessly report the newest additions to the list of Billion+ issues in hopes of diverting new collectors from actually pursuing the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; One can only wonder why.&nbsp; After all, this hobby has traditionally been a study of history as much as an acquisitive pastime.&nbsp; As that changes, the status of the hobby dwindles and the numismatic community becomes stratified while investors step in and take every single one of the valuable examples of coinage out of the market by outpaying collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I can see this modern issue hucksterism destroying the hobby in the decades to come.&nbsp; &nbsp; Sports card collectors have more passion for history these days than do the collectors of coins.</p><p>&nbsp; That is a seriously sad commentary on what&#039;s happening to a great hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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