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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 67181, member: 2761&quot;]I can honestly say that the reason I got into collecting coins is because I found that a &quot;cent could be worth more than a cent&quot;.&nbsp; As a young kid, I was amazed as I looked up values in the Red Book thinking that 1909S-VDB in BU condition is actually worth $550 dollars (we are taking 35 years ago)!!&nbsp; That was truly amazing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn&#039;t tell years later that I come to appreciate many of our nation&#039;s coins for the artistry and beauty (see my avatar above).&nbsp; To me, that was just icing on the cake which made coin collecting more attractive than the raw value of each coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I honestly can tell you that filling a certain open &quot;slot&quot;, with a certain mintage production, with a certain historical year, and with a certain value attached&nbsp; based on the aforementioned is what makes collecting coins interesting to me.&nbsp; The artistry and designs are my bonus...that is, to have something that is both beautiful <u>and</u> valuable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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