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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2048650, member: 26302"]I am sure we are in agreement sir, I hope so anyway given your exemplary reputation. I always read US coin collecting really delved into the die marriages because when it started in earnest in this country around 1858 there wasn't a lot of US coins to collect. Hence, early collectors divided up existing coinage as finely as possible for it to appear there were more US coins than there really were, since countries like France and Great Britain had just hundreds of varieties to collect. Combine this with the great explosion of popularity in collecting here 100 years later, (unprecedented in the world), and you have a tradition of collecting and making a big deal out of tiny little variations.</p><p> </p><p>At least that is how I have read our numismatic history. Btw, I always welcome a good discussion. Sorry if my previous post did not infer that. I think every assertion should be challenged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2048650, member: 26302"]I am sure we are in agreement sir, I hope so anyway given your exemplary reputation. I always read US coin collecting really delved into the die marriages because when it started in earnest in this country around 1858 there wasn't a lot of US coins to collect. Hence, early collectors divided up existing coinage as finely as possible for it to appear there were more US coins than there really were, since countries like France and Great Britain had just hundreds of varieties to collect. Combine this with the great explosion of popularity in collecting here 100 years later, (unprecedented in the world), and you have a tradition of collecting and making a big deal out of tiny little variations. At least that is how I have read our numismatic history. Btw, I always welcome a good discussion. Sorry if my previous post did not infer that. I think every assertion should be challenged.[/QUOTE]
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