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A Journey Back in Time: ‘Coins’ Magazine

Have you ever wished you could go back in time and snag some rare coins at yesterday’s prices? When I started collecting, in the 1970s, I remember looking back at Standing Liberty quarter values from the decades prior and being envious. Besides that quarter series, there were plenty of earlier coins I would have liked to collect, but with an extremely limited budget that accompanied poor-paying jobs, I couldn’t. I imagine this is a common malady among beginning coin and paper money collectors. Still, we can always dream, and looking

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