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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 2362004, member: 17502&quot;]Regarding Item 3; I encourage new collectors to thing about what drew them to consider collecting coins.&nbsp; Was it the history, or perhaps a family link to a specific region or Country?&nbsp; What ever their interest may be will provide an important motivation to start and to continue to learn about coinage in general.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my case an interest in history, specifically the Civil War period has given me many opportunities to learn and tie specific coins to people in my own community from that time period.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy106/waandersonatsbcglobaldotnet/WmJacksonMI525C-2a_zpse6de245f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What was the purpose of this copper token?&nbsp; Was it real money?&nbsp; Why were such tokens produced?&nbsp; Who used them?&nbsp; Who was Wm. Jackson?&nbsp; Where was his Grocery store?&nbsp; What coinage did the US government produce during the Civil War?</p><p><br /></p><p>Each person has interests that provide links to our currency, that link can sustain a collectors interest for a lifetime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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