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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 1055446, member: 19456&quot;]I MUCH prefer circulated coins. I collect because of my love for history- a coin that has sat on somebody&#039;s shelf for 50 years doesn&#039;t have a whole lot of history to me. It doesn&#039;t hurt that they sell for a LOT less when they are not MS. </p><p><br /></p><p>For me, a coin is welcome in my collection if: The date is readable. That&#039;s big for me. There is no hole. I don&#039;t like holed coins. That&#039;s pretty much the only qualifications for being in my collection!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my favorite coins in my collection. It&#039;s an 1853 dime, and it was given to be back in the mid 1990s, by a friend. Even though I didn&#039;t start really collecting coins until 2008 I always knew where this was and it was my oldest US coin until I bought a bent 1832 half dime in 08. It&#039;s one of my favorites because of sentimental value.</p><p><img src="http://images41.fotki.com/v1340/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1853Dime-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this dime in early 2010. It&#039;s my favorite purchase of the year.</p><p><img src="http://images12.fotki.com/v68/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1857Dime-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This 1911 D dime is the ideal look I go for when buying old coins</p><p><img src="http://images16.fotki.com/v272/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1911DDime-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this quarter the same day I bought the 1857 dime. It&#039;s much newer but not in as good a shape...yet I still think it is awesome! </p><p><img src="http://images9.fotki.com/v1617/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1926Quarter-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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