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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 487989, member: 15062&quot;]How many here got coins or accessories for Christmas that they didn&#039;t particularly want, didn&#039;t need or can&#039;t use?</p><p><br /></p><p>My brother-in-law &quot;knows I collect pennies&quot; so he went to the store down the street from where he works and asked for two of the oldest &quot;pennies&quot; there.&nbsp; Because of that, I wound up with an 1836 Large Cent in G which will temporarily go in my type set since I don&#039;t have a pre-1837 Matron Head, but it will be replaced some day with a much better example.&nbsp; The other coin he gave me was marked 1830 on the 2x2, but there is a large gash across the date and the hair style shows it to actually be an 1850, which I don&#039;t need anyway, certainly in G and with damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year I was given the big Third Edition Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins by Krause, et.al., which is nice I suppose, but I don&#039;t collect gold coins, except as bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next year, or for my birthday, I&#039;ll just make a list of what would be desirable, along with reasonable costs, and suggest everyone pool their resources and, if they feel compelled to get me something, they&#039;ll have a guide for what would make me happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I probably shouldn&#039;t be such a Scrooge but it&#039;s hard to be gracious when someone spends their good money on something that is essentially junk or totally useless and that I have no real use for.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather be gifted socks and underpants.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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