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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 4802470, member: 71642&quot;]Now I&#039;m hungry.&nbsp; There is a Dunkin Donuts 1.5 miles from me, 5 minutes in the car.&nbsp; And I know this now because of this post.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; In general I don&#039;t collect the colorized stuff, but they do have some interesting crossovers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That said attempting a bullion &#039;type collection&#039; became the gateway drug to my current collection.&nbsp; (I was looking to stack a tiny bit of gold before I knew what stacking meant, and wanted variety).&nbsp; &#039;Something Japanese&#039; was needed as I was living there at the time, and so began a hunt for a gold Japanese commem.&nbsp; From there, well lets just say I&#039;ve got a bunch of bean money and pre-Meiji stuff on my dining room table that I was just going through.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But in addition to all that &#039;serious&#039; stuff I do also collect the colorized prefecture coins, which are a pretty neat little trip around Japan.&nbsp; Colorized commems and I still like them.&nbsp; Go figure.&nbsp; The &#039;collectible bullion&#039; has been converted to more &#039;real coins&#039; though, but a few Britannias persist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The original commemorative:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166303[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Colorized foolishness to some, but I still like it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166304[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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