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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;berneck1, post: 893038, member: 24201&quot;]Chris,</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that&#039;s a great reply!&nbsp; LOL&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I may have gotten overly defensive at the first response, BUT I found your second response to be extremely informative, and very valuable!!!&nbsp; I really appreciate that!&nbsp; There are several things you mentioned that I definitely did not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am recently re-born into coin collecting.&nbsp; I used to collect when I was a kid (30 years ago!)&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why I ever really stopped.&nbsp; The 2009 Lincoln cents kind of re-sparked my interest in coins.&nbsp; So, I purchased a 2009 silver proof set, because I always liked the proofs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have my first 1976 silver set.&nbsp; I thought the bicentennial coins were the coolest thing ever.&nbsp; Actually, I still do.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, while looking at the DC and Territory coins, I started think about how the States must look in proof, and over a few months purchased all 10 proof sets.&nbsp; I got several of them for just around spot value of the silver content!&nbsp; I felt like I was getting the other coins for free!!!&nbsp; The &#039;99 was expensive, but was worth it to complete the set.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are just beautiful!&nbsp; My favorites are New York (where I live), New Jersey, Connecticut and Nevada.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After listening to a lot of the advice given so far, I think I&#039;m going to pass on buying the slabbed quarters.&nbsp; I think I, like many novices, got caught up in the hype.&nbsp; I love the 56 proof quarters I have, along with all the other proof coins in the sets.&nbsp; That&#039;s more than enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris, I&#039;m sorry we got off to a bad start, but I can see you&#039;re very well respected in these forums.&nbsp; I hope going forward it&#039;s all good, and I can learn a lot from you and many of the other experienced coin enthusiasts in here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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