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That's a part of collecting I don't get. I don't have the desire to replace rarity with fakes / replicas or whatnot. You'd spend your money and still not have a 1933 penny.4 points
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Absolutely https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/victoria-official-pattern-obverses-reverses/2 points
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There is an indescribable feeling of owning a particular coin - any coin. Even if it's locked away, modern photographs are sufficiently good as to provide visual access at any time. Some people may prefer to spend their money on holidays, or expensive cars - I prefer to buy coins - I can't really describe why and I don't expect others to feel the same way or understand. That's what makes us all different.2 points
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The last 1860 pattern pennies I recall were in Spink auction Dec 2015, both bronzed beauties, one the Roman date in a curve. Fantastic coins.1 point
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Yes, that really would be interesting to see.1 point
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So what motivates you to collect?1 point
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You set out your collecting criteria and buy whatever ticks the boxes, irrespective of whether there's 1 or millions of them. I've got a couple dozen things which are either unique or the only one available, but also coins of which billions were struck, such as a clad steel penny to tick the eponymous box. The vast majority are somewhere in the middle, but all have equal status within the collection as value or rarity aren't defining parameters.1 point
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It's the forgetting where you hid it that's the problem......1 point
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Keep it as part of the the rest of your collection at home. There are numerous unique and virtually uncrackable hiding places for items as small as a coin, which something so iconic as a 1933 penny, could be secreted in. But nevertheless still readily accessible for the owner who has sole knowledge of its secure location. It's not like the security options available for a rare painting.1 point
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Because then I've got something not many other people have got.1 point
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Russians who want their snow cleared quickly this winter can just write "no to war" in it.1 point
