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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 8288078, member: 76221&quot;]At our coin club we have what we call the &quot;Ugly Coin Group&quot;. However, it is interesting to note that we (CoinTalk) seem to post the ones we like, ugly or not. I gave up collecting US Proofs a long time ago. Perfection is skin deep, ugly goes all the way through. That&#039;s what makes them fun. Regarding proof sets, I confess to having a few silver sets left in my safety deposit box along with some Canadian proof-like sets. Modern proofs really are beautiful numismatic items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to ugly,&quot;(<i>What the heck is that?</i>) starts me down the rabbit hole of discovery accompanied by the last movement of Beetoven&#039;s 9th Symphony that I still play on a reel to reel <i>Deutsche Grammophon </i>tape at 7.5ips. I have the complete set of all nine symphonies on that label all conducted by Von Karajon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tape recorder was purchased in The Nam just before the end of the war. I bought it from a good bud in 2017 as my old Voice of Music set, which I inherited from my dad quit running. Welcome to my rabbit hole tour, you are cordially invited to jump onto the tour, it certainly is worth the ride.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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