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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 394516, member: 3011&quot;]I can only speak for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the pre-internet 70s I mostly collected coins from circulation and bank rolls.&nbsp; Then, as now, it was mostly an interest in silver coins, but they were more plentiful back then.&nbsp; Silver dimes were particularly common even after the silver quarters and halves were mostly pulled from circulation.&nbsp; Dateless buffalo nickels still circulated in the 1960s, and Canadian coins were far more common than now.&nbsp; While mostly interested in silver, I also put together an almost complete set of Lincoln cents through about 1964 from circulation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The internet has probably had a dual effect.&nbsp; Prices are lower because of the increased availability, but also higher because of the increased number of people collecting them.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s been a wash.&nbsp; The worst purchases I ever made in my life were from a local dealer when I first started collecting.&nbsp; Fortunately for me, I didn&#039;t have a lot to spend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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