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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1609075, member: 39&quot;]Lean back ... breathe normally ... say &quot;ommmmmm&quot; ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I do not really appreciate such pieces (made for collectors only) either, some are beautiful in my opinion. Why not collect them? We just should not believe that they actually circulate in the issuing countries. Belarus for example does not issue any circulation coins, none at all. But they do make a plethora of such pieces, and some have gorgeous designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I don&#039;t quite understand is, why do publishing houses such as Krause even promote this trend? If you look at what they picked for their COTY awards ... I think only one is a piece that you can actually come across in circulation. All the others, including this year&#039;s overall winner, are (mostly surcharged) collector coins. Sigh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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