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<p>[QUOTE="Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2206256, member: 28107"]Unique means "one of a kind" or "there is only one of them" and we know, by your own admission, that there are approximately 75,000 of them. By definition, then, these cannot be "unique", and the coins are no more special than say the early 1950s Roosevelt Dime proofs mentioned by Tom Bush, which are also not top performers in today's market.</p><p><br /></p><p>And my comments are not about collecting, but are about the dangers of speculation. Collect whatever you want; I don't care. The most important thing is not necessarily return on investment in that context. I'm sure that there is someone out there who collects used toothpicks, and I say, power to them! I do, however, have a problem with poorly planned speculation based on false premises that may mislead others. As a result, when I see something that I feel is wrong (like the claims made earlier than there is NO coin with a mintage of less than 100k that turned out to be a loser), I feel the need to point it out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2206256, member: 28107"]Unique means "one of a kind" or "there is only one of them" and we know, by your own admission, that there are approximately 75,000 of them. By definition, then, these cannot be "unique", and the coins are no more special than say the early 1950s Roosevelt Dime proofs mentioned by Tom Bush, which are also not top performers in today's market. And my comments are not about collecting, but are about the dangers of speculation. Collect whatever you want; I don't care. The most important thing is not necessarily return on investment in that context. I'm sure that there is someone out there who collects used toothpicks, and I say, power to them! I do, however, have a problem with poorly planned speculation based on false premises that may mislead others. As a result, when I see something that I feel is wrong (like the claims made earlier than there is NO coin with a mintage of less than 100k that turned out to be a loser), I feel the need to point it out.[/QUOTE]
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