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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pilkenton, post: 1165652, member: 23961&quot;]I feel sorry for these young collectors who come on this forum bragging about their small collection that they have only to be told there coins are only worth melt.&nbsp; What does this do to their concept of coin collecting?&nbsp; It discouraged me not long ago when I sold a batch of beautiful Franklin half proofs to my local dealer and he threw them in a junk silver bucket on the ground.&nbsp; How would a comic book collector feel if the price of paper skyrocketed and their rare Fantastic Four comic was worth more for it&#039;s paper weight than it&#039;s rareness.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not much of a collector anymore.&nbsp; Silver prices and ebay has made me a decent profit on my silver.&nbsp; I worry about the kids who get excited over a Mercury dime.&nbsp; Kids can&#039;t buy the expensive stuff, so the price of silver dictates what they can afford.&nbsp; Now it&#039;s not collector prices, but bullion prices.&nbsp; Now it&#039;s not a collection, but an investment.&nbsp; Kind of takes the fun out of collecting for kids.&nbsp; It does me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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