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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 310996, member: 8033"]Ok Andrew, I know it's  been but a few minutes since my last post. I don't have any problems with you but need to make a point as to why I asked if you collect coins. I'm sure you do or you wouldn't be here now would you. So look at this from a COLLECTORS point of view. I collect both coins and currency. A dollar is just a dollar right? Following that reasoning a "penny" is just a "penny". So here you are in the "tourist mecca" when you crack open a roll of Lincoln Cents.  Wow! all wheaties you say to yourself. Most are common but hey face value so you buy the roll. You get said roll home and notice the reverse of one is VDB. Anxiously, you turn it over and see the 09S. YES!!!But wait there's a huge WL stamped on it. Of course, it's the stinkin Where's Lincoln stamp which is totally useless because there is no serial number to even track it! Nonetheless, some moron has trashed a very valuable coin! Now, you may not like currency or understand it or even want to but there are many of us out there that do. Furthermore, if one knows what to look for in currency the pickings are actually better than in coins. Believe me I do both. Randomly stamping WG on a note is just like randomly carving one's initials into a coin that might be very valuable. Hey, it's only a "penny" (which is worth less than a dollar last time I checked).[/QUOTE]