Over a quarter of a century ago, Timothy Hughes had had it with coin collecting. He wanted a collectible that hadn’t been exploited yet, and one day, a flea market find opened his eyes. Tim spent four hours reading an 1846 Philadelphia newspaper that he had bought for three dollars. When he realized he could’ve bought a coin for five times that and not have gotten as much enjoyment out of it, the wheels began turning in his head. A collection that first started in the basement of his h


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