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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 788180, member: 68&quot;]They&#039;re a lot of fun to collect.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are only a few thousand serious collectors and there are hundreds of issues that are more common than this.&nbsp; That means that with effort you can locate nearly a thousand different tokens for only 15c or a quarter each.&nbsp; Then another 1500 for less than a dollar each.&nbsp; After this they&#039;re still not really rare as type until you get to the $5 level and then they get hard to find and you&#039;ll need the help of the AVA and traders to find them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get the wrong impression though.&nbsp; Just because a type of token is common and cheap doesn&#039;t meabn it can&#039;t be quite rare.&nbsp; What I mean is that this is a type or variety collector&#039;s paradise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of entities ordered these tokens in lots of 1000 and would simply reorder when supplies ran low.&nbsp; New dies were made with each order and these would always be quite distinct from the earlier version.&nbsp; In many cases the earliest issues can be quite rare because they all got used up by the time they went out of usage yet these sell for the same amount.&nbsp; They can sometimes be common enough but rare in nice condition and these won&#039;t cost more either.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These make a very attractive and inexpensive collection.&nbsp; If I were starting today I&#039;d recommend that you join the AVA and order 100 different.&nbsp; These are overpriced but it gives you a fast start for only about $25.&nbsp; You&#039;ll see what&#039;s common because this is what you&#039;ll get.&nbsp; Unless you want to spend a lot of money to house and display them I&#039;d suggest using 2 X 2 holders in the plastic pages.&nbsp; You&#039;ll get good at rearranging them as the collection grows.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also order at least volume 1 of the Atwood Coffee catalog.&nbsp; This is very cheap for members and almost indispensible.&nbsp; I hate marking up books but writing the grade of your specimen right in the book next to the listing will save a lot of effort down the road.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At first just buy cheap tokens and soon you can start trading them.&nbsp; Eventually you&#039;ll have to buy them but by then you&#039;ll have a feel for the price.&nbsp; The AVA has frequent autions and many members have their collections dispersed through these auctions when they pass on.&nbsp; They&#039;re a friendly bunch and you&#039;ll probably get lots of offers to buy, sell and trade tokens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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