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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 7951503, member: 100459&quot;]The past several months have been playing HAVOC on our nerves and thoughts. At first, I had fun with my father&#039;s coins that I got.&nbsp; I read up on the coins on how to take care of them and to sort them.&nbsp; However, after a while, I became bored with those coins, so I contacted a coin dealer to get a little head start on &quot;my&quot; collection.&nbsp; He took a great deal of time telling me how to keep a record of my coins and to begin with putting the coins in 2X2 coin holders as well as teaching me how to handle my coins as well as a lot of other things, i.e., The Red Book.&nbsp; I have every Red Book from 2010 to 2022.&nbsp; They have been highlighted and notes taken as well as keeping a record. My next step was to organize my coins and then decide if I was going to be a collector or just file away my coins so my daughter can have them one day.&nbsp; I went to a show with the coin dealer and he helped me start putting together my collection.&nbsp; I even bought some things there, but then I found out about the U.S. Mint.&nbsp; That was a mistake, because I fell in love with those sparkly, beautiful coins that the Mint was selling and I discovered the American Silver Eagles.&nbsp; The dealer, who is now a good friend, told me that I needed to keep a record of them, which I did, which included many coins, Gold ones, Silver ones, and many others.&nbsp; All was going well until this year.</p><p>It started well, until I found about the change in the Reverse of the ASEs.&nbsp; I also learned how badly the Mint takes care of purchases.&nbsp; Although I have only been collecting for a few years and buying from the Mint since about 2016.</p><p>This year has been horrible year buying from the Mint.&nbsp; When Commemoratives were purchased, they were either &quot;Processing&quot; or &quot;Backlogged&quot;.&nbsp; My first purchase of the commemorative Morgan dollars and the Peace dollar, the Reverse Proof ASE Silver coins took forever to be delivered.&nbsp; There were the Morgan Commems and the Peace Commem, many of which were purchased the first of August and they are still backlogged or &quot;Processing.&quot;&nbsp; It hasn&#039;t deterred my coin collecting, just changing who I buy coins from and which ones would be &quot;to die for.&quot;</p><p>Anyway, I for one want the coins I&quot;purchased&quot;</p><p>I hope many of you are doing better than I have.&nbsp; May the Force Be With Us in our collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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