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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 24892355, member: 92655"]Back a half century ago when I started collecting, finding a wheat cent in the wild was a magical moment. Still is, really….. I think if I would have gotten hung up on the value of finding those old wheats, it would have robbed me of the joy of finding them. Here fifty years later, they are still worth .03-.04 cents roughly speaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>My whole point is we have absolutely no clue what the future holds for the hobby. For example, twenty years ago I would have never dreamed that error collecting would make such a large segment of our hobby today. It is a hobby. There’s just no way to forecast what the future may look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>If hunting quarter rolls gives you relaxation and a sense of “quest for the hunt”, don’t sully that joy by turning it into a quest for profit. Sometimes we get lucky. Sometimes we don't. There is no was to know what will be tomorrow’s hot ticket. It may very well be West Point quarters and it may not. Just enjoy the hunt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 24892355, member: 92655"]Back a half century ago when I started collecting, finding a wheat cent in the wild was a magical moment. Still is, really….. I think if I would have gotten hung up on the value of finding those old wheats, it would have robbed me of the joy of finding them. Here fifty years later, they are still worth .03-.04 cents roughly speaking. My whole point is we have absolutely no clue what the future holds for the hobby. For example, twenty years ago I would have never dreamed that error collecting would make such a large segment of our hobby today. It is a hobby. There’s just no way to forecast what the future may look like. If hunting quarter rolls gives you relaxation and a sense of “quest for the hunt”, don’t sully that joy by turning it into a quest for profit. Sometimes we get lucky. Sometimes we don't. There is no was to know what will be tomorrow’s hot ticket. It may very well be West Point quarters and it may not. Just enjoy the hunt.[/QUOTE]
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