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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Timothy Bechtold, post: 3719595, member: 107172&quot;]I was born in 1954 and all coins in circulation were 90%, except nickels and pennies. No one thought anything of it. Then came 1965 and the hoarders got real busy. So year by year the 90% stuff got harder to find. And that was the joy of going through pocket change. A lot of 90% still got found and the hunt was so much fun because I was finding actual &quot;coins&quot;. Today I am 65 and still am an active collector. But I have to admit that as hard as I try I just can&#039;t get interested in clad tokens. I pick up a 90% and I have to admire it no matter the condition because it inherently has value, simply because it exists. I can look at a MS65 token anything and as beautiful as it is it simply has no real value. Today we could use buttons for money and the value would be the same. I feel bad for the youngsters out there who like coins but if clad tokens is what they collect, well that&#039;s not much of a collection. Enjoying pretty tokens simply because they are pretty is like going to the bank and asking for a roll of uncirculated tokens and admiring each on because it&#039;s pretty?? I think that&#039;s how we got Manhattan from the Indians, with some pretty beads and junk. If enjoying pretty tokens is fun for you then have a ball. But I pity those who never had a chance to experience the joy of silver floating around like air. Going to the bank and for $10 I got a roll of new quarters. Going through and pulling out the truly exceptional coins was a joy that so many will never know. And paying 25 cents for a BU65 quarter was very nice. Oh well, like George Harrison sang &quot;All things must pass&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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