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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 12254, member: 1101&quot;]I take this slur personally, since I bought a few hundred of this guy&#039;s cents!</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to generally look down on these novelties, but I have really gotten interested in counterstamped coins, especially modern ones.&nbsp; So, with that in mind, I figured I could not ignore these novelty Lincolns.&nbsp; They are cheap enough, so that I like, and I don&#039;t mind collecting something most others ignore.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, one of the lots I bought was for 200+ of the same design.&nbsp; I will keep a mess of them, I will spend a few, and I will add another counterstamp to many and spend most of those.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And.....remember this: years ago, most all counterstamps were considered low brow (at least merchant ones, for example), but many sell for 100s of dollars now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Who wants to wager which Lincoln novelty cent will break the $10 barrier (not counting overpriced eBay ones being sold to the uninformned)?&nbsp; Someday there will be a book about these, and the collecting will really begin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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