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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3209341, member: 26302"]No offense meant sir. My point would be I find errors the mint struck on ACCIDENT to be moderately interesting, and own a few. Intentional errors I find boring and insulting to be honest. A mint employee STOLE government property, (or even if he reimbursed the mint for face value (unlikely)), he misused government property on purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>I simply find that offensive both as a taxpayer as well as a war veteran sir. I never thought of sneaking government issued material home to sell at a profit under the table to someone else. These errors from the 60's and 70's mainly, (though have happened over many periods, never forget 1913 nickels are the same), I simply do not collect for these reasons. Of course its not provable now, I am not saying they should be impounded, just saying I do not need to spend my hobby money rewarding such actions against our government.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3209341, member: 26302"]No offense meant sir. My point would be I find errors the mint struck on ACCIDENT to be moderately interesting, and own a few. Intentional errors I find boring and insulting to be honest. A mint employee STOLE government property, (or even if he reimbursed the mint for face value (unlikely)), he misused government property on purpose. I simply find that offensive both as a taxpayer as well as a war veteran sir. I never thought of sneaking government issued material home to sell at a profit under the table to someone else. These errors from the 60's and 70's mainly, (though have happened over many periods, never forget 1913 nickels are the same), I simply do not collect for these reasons. Of course its not provable now, I am not saying they should be impounded, just saying I do not need to spend my hobby money rewarding such actions against our government.[/QUOTE]
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