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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 43981, member: 1101&quot;]I can see how you’ve gotten into trouble on the Forum with answers like this.&nbsp; You have totally misrepresented my position, and you refuse to respect opinions that differ from yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>I said from the beginning that if you have money to throw away, then by all means save every used coin and banknote you get.&nbsp; But, the reality is, worn common banknotes will never be worth much of a premium, if any at all.&nbsp; That means that you are tying your money up and letting inflation whittle away all it’s value.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have an “old” style $100 bill at home.&nbsp; Should I save that?&nbsp; You have said that it is our job to save these things for future generations, but future generations have no interest in common, worn money.&nbsp; That is my point about value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I save and preserve lots of things that have no real value, because I know that no one else is doing it.&nbsp; But, if thousands of people are saving millions of crisp uncirculated, my crumpled banknote will not contribute anything to history or posterity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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