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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 67177, member: 57463&quot;]Well, this is the &quot;US Coins Forum.&quot;&nbsp; Greysheet, Red Book, Coin Prices, Coin Values, it is hard to get away from the buying and selling -- and that is fine.&nbsp; I often tout the fact that we buy and sell money for a hobby.&nbsp; We are arch capitalists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much of U.S. numismatics does not appear in the pricing tables.&nbsp; Collectors who are members of Early American Coppers, Inc. know the term &quot;scudsy&quot; to describe surface porosity -- which, by the way, does not affect the technical grade.&nbsp; You do not see &quot;scudsy&quot; in the price guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Red Book only gives a nod to Hard Times Tokens and Civil War Tokens, though mentioning them at all does in fact validate them as &quot;mainstream&quot; US coin topics.&nbsp; Despite the nice coverage given to Colonials in the Red Book, the Colonial collectors will tell you that it does not scratch the surface. (Ouch! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )&nbsp; Colonial paper, US paper in general, obsoletes, and stock certificates are just some of the many areas of US numismatic collecting that are not readily apparent to many active collectors of &quot;U.S. coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Try <a href="http://www.uspatterns.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uspatterns.com" rel="nofollow">www.uspatterns.com</a> if you want to see some of the &quot;Art&quot; in collecting U.S. coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If you want to see some nice U.S. paper money, click here and then click Next... Next...:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.harrybassfoundation.org/objects.asp?id=5001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.harrybassfoundation.org/objects.asp?id=5001" rel="nofollow">http://www.harrybassfoundation.org/objects.asp?id=5001</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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