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CREATIVE COIN COLLECTIONS

Many coin collectors are familiar with assembling a collection of all the dates and mintmarks of a particular series or of gathering a type set of coins issued for a particular country. But, there are many other creative and fun ways to put together a collection.

A common focus of a collection could be a theme, such as animals, ships, President Kennedy, celebrities of any of a variety of categories, mountains and so forth.

Now that British Queen Elizabeth II has died, it

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