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<p>[QUOTE="imrich, post: 4639670, member: 22331"]In my opinion, very profound words! It is now 70 years since a 9 YO boy walking past a BM shop contiguous to our parochial school lot stopped to ask if the owner would trade a lot of foreign coins for a little boys hidden labor under a counter.</p><p><br /></p><p>I worked in that shop, and by "word of mouth" was offered many other "opportunities" by BM dealers who accepted my efforts for coins that weren't normally circulating.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started with Indian and large cents, never bothering with circulating coins. I could easily trade my collectibles for coins in circulation, found by others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I definitely learned "quality", once you learned generally how a coin abraded, and saved coins based on deterioration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors loved my assortments in the various "grades", and gladly paid a premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still collect on a "wear" basis, and a premium coin is often sent to NGC or PCGS, before being CACed for believed ultimate verification of quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="imrich, post: 4639670, member: 22331"]In my opinion, very profound words! It is now 70 years since a 9 YO boy walking past a BM shop contiguous to our parochial school lot stopped to ask if the owner would trade a lot of foreign coins for a little boys hidden labor under a counter. I worked in that shop, and by "word of mouth" was offered many other "opportunities" by BM dealers who accepted my efforts for coins that weren't normally circulating. I started with Indian and large cents, never bothering with circulating coins. I could easily trade my collectibles for coins in circulation, found by others. I definitely learned "quality", once you learned generally how a coin abraded, and saved coins based on deterioration. Collectors loved my assortments in the various "grades", and gladly paid a premium. I still collect on a "wear" basis, and a premium coin is often sent to NGC or PCGS, before being CACed for believed ultimate verification of quality. JMHO[/QUOTE]
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