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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 13357, member: 25&quot;]It&#039;s the wonder of the history that makes coin collectors. There are not many coin dealers who do not feel a little or even a lot of that and it&#039;s the lack of the magic that makes pretty well every &#039;collectable&#039; coin made in the last 50 years a commodity with less soul than a bucket of coal. At least the coal has the wonder of its hundreds of millions years in formation to think about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d rather have that beaten up old Roman coin than a bucket of modern stuff, if it&#039;s for keeping, not trading. The same goes for a handful of any reasonably old, reasonably common coins. None of them are free from some connection with history.</p><p>Spirit&#039;s original Belgian coin and that Ancient Roman example are two of a kind, history in your hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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