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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 648528, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t care whether people collect US or ancients but I can&#039;t call it a hobby if the only concern is the cash value of the collection.&nbsp; There is a lot to learn studying coins, any coins.&nbsp; I admire the collectors of large cents who understand the effect of the mint getting a particularly soft batch of copper one year and those who understand the politics that led to some types (VDB cents comes to mind as do racketeer nickels and Civil War tokens vs. CuNi cents).&nbsp; A dealer and author I admire once wrote, &quot;Admire your coins for what they are, not for what they are worth.&quot;&nbsp; I personally have no use for MS66 over MS65 at $1000+ difference but I accept that obsession from those who could tell which was which if someone covered over that section of the slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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