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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 209890, member: 8012&quot;]<b>Franklins</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to defend Phoenix on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m approacting this as a collector who after several years is just now starting to think about actually spending money on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Awesome obverse.&nbsp; Franklin looks like all the aging hippies I see at Walmart!</p><p>2.&nbsp; What can beat the cracked Liberty Bell on the reverse.&nbsp; Double Awesome.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Pretty easy to grade for new collectors</p><p>4.&nbsp; It&#039;s a good old fashioned hefty coin like our grandfathers and uncles used to give us.</p><p>5.&nbsp; It&#039;s silver - so it&#039;s exotic</p><p>6.&nbsp; It does NOT take a king&#039;s ransom to collect.&nbsp; Yes Virginia, there is something else besides Morgan dollars!</p><p>7.&nbsp; It does NOT have the Eagle or Lady Liberty on it.&nbsp; That, in itself, is pretty darned rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Franklins ROCK and RULE!</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I also agree about the Roosevelts - they really are boring.</p><p><br /></p><p>and as a newbie question, what is up with 1982-83 washington quarters?&nbsp; Why are they rarer?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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