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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1054624, member: 27043&quot;]I think the rest of your post answered your own question. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is there value?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Will people pay premiums for them...that&#039;s a different story.&nbsp; Will they &#039;grade&quot; well?&nbsp; no.</p><p><br /></p><p>Value is just that..it&#039;s value.&nbsp; If the coin is important to you, or appealing in some way, or if you enjoy havign it...then it has value to you.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Will it have value to anyone else, thus commanding a high retail price?&nbsp; Probably not, since TYPICALLY such things are determined nearly exclusively by rarity and condition.&nbsp; Professional graders, collectors concerned with investment potential, etc...they will be considerably more interested in an uncirculated example, or particular details of a circulated one.&nbsp; Yes, eye appeal will matter to them, but only within the context of the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, having said that...</p><p><br /></p><p>You ask if there are others who collect worn coins.&nbsp; Absolutely.&nbsp; I&#039;m one of them.&nbsp; To me, every bit of wear on a coin is another story it can tell...it&#039;s another &quot;what if&quot; for me to wonder about, and dream about, and talk about with my kids or my friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>My collection isn&#039;t, by any means, made up exclusively of worn coins...but there are several in it, and indeed, a heavily worn common British penny remains my favorite coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So hey...is there value?&nbsp; Well..that&#039;s up to you. YOU determine the value of something to you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Are you likely to to get rich as &quot;That guy who specializes in worn coins&quot;?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; Will your collection have meaning to you?&nbsp; Absolutely. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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