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<p>[QUOTE="Snowman, post: 549352, member: 10480"]Copy or replica- does its really matter if you want to stick one in your collection. I would think it looks better if something is in place instead of an empty hole.</p><p> </p><p>Say for example - you wanted to collect Mercury dimes and of course the most expensive is the 1916 D . Some might not want to spend that kind of money on 1 coin when the rest of the collection is not really worth that much compared to the one coin. But you want to show off your collection and hate that missing spot like in a Dansco album. So, you buy the cheap copy to fill in the blank.</p><p> </p><p>When i show some friends my collection - i always hate the missing hole because everyone seems to always look at the missing slots first. Like in my Dansco Eisenhower - i wish Dansco would not leave empty slots at the end of a series - from my point of view - i have to fill them up with something. </p><p> </p><p>just my thought. Snowman[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Snowman, post: 549352, member: 10480"]Copy or replica- does its really matter if you want to stick one in your collection. I would think it looks better if something is in place instead of an empty hole. Say for example - you wanted to collect Mercury dimes and of course the most expensive is the 1916 D . Some might not want to spend that kind of money on 1 coin when the rest of the collection is not really worth that much compared to the one coin. But you want to show off your collection and hate that missing spot like in a Dansco album. So, you buy the cheap copy to fill in the blank. When i show some friends my collection - i always hate the missing hole because everyone seems to always look at the missing slots first. Like in my Dansco Eisenhower - i wish Dansco would not leave empty slots at the end of a series - from my point of view - i have to fill them up with something. just my thought. Snowman[/QUOTE]
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