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It’s amazing all the things you can find online to facilitate your coin collecting hobby. For example, there’s eBay, where you can find literally tons of coins and books about coins for sale. Virtually every major coin business has a well-developed site to advertise its wares. Like eBay, Amazon has coin books galore, as well as a coin or two. Heritage Auctions, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, and other major coin auction houses have literally thousands of coins for sale, either at auction or directly. Their archives of past sales are invaluable when you’re trying to find out

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