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The Tiniest Coins

t’s tough to find one single, all-encompassing, overarching theme to coin collecting, especially when a hefty group of collectors is gathered. Some are adamant about Morgan and Peace dollars. Others like some of the modern gold and silver bullion pieces. Still, others have a passion for United States large cents. But in the midst of all this discussion and possible disagreement, there is one general idea that many people can get behind, and to which we can rally: we like big coins. There are a lot of reasons for this, and no, we will not go into them here. Rather, we’ll go

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