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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 287323, member: 6370&quot;]Its personal taste, plain and simple. Some people like the looks of the American coins, some people like the traditions of the American coins (that are mostly French : ) People like the imagery, and the history. To say American coins are not historical is flawed completely...they are as historical as any other coin past and present...they are a part of history once minted. If you remove a love for history, you remove the only reason why I collect any coin be it a coin minted this year or one in 60 AD.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You could ask the same about why a person would attempt to collect ALL Constantine campgate or fel temps....those coins...while ancient...are often horrid ugly coins...tedious at best as they are all very similar but you will still find people who want every kind and will pay more for the one with a rare variation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>People collect a lot of things and often when they do they go by some pattern...all nickels, all Belgian, all Constantine, etc...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To be honest I am not a huge fan of American coins, the old ones remind me of cheap, less attractive French coins...newer ones arent that hot either...but then again a lot of people have no interest at all in Notgeld and I want one of every kind...I DO want one of every type of american coin...thats how I collect...some dont understand this I am sure.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Its best not to belittle what other people collect because someone is going to feel the exact same way about what you collect and will belittle it...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I mean...all you are collecting is a little chunk of silver, copper, whatever...dont you have anything better to do with your time and money? Some people wouldnt think of paying hundreds...even thousands....for a small chunk of silver with just a small fraction of the value bullion you are paying for it...its historical? Some dont understand history as it relates to your pocket book. Some people dont and never will understand why you care about coins..maybe the same way you cant understand why people like American coins...or maybe the way I dont understand why people collect in certain ways (serial numbers collectors, type set collectors, etc...) or why people collect dolls, baseball cards, or whatever else I dont care about that people collect.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Me, I dont limit myself as the American 1 cent in no different in my mind to the Roman AE4...it hold a similar place in history, it is coins, and coins is good regardless. I refuse to limit myself to ancients...that was my major collecting interest but I decided I like all coins, even the cheap common ones...even those american ones. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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