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    May 20, 2022 3 minutes

    Here are some answers sent from our e-newsletter readers. Read more responses at www.numismaticnews.com.

    What or whom has had the most influence on you as a collector? Why?

    When I was 8 years old, I discovered in the button drawer of my grandmother’s trundle sewing machine a 1907 Liberty Head nickel and a 1933 Chicago Century of Progress elongated cent (Italian Pavilion) made from a 1919-S Lincoln cent. Granny would give me a 5-cent coin for the

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