I think it is still realistic to collect original examples, but, to actually collect them all is now time consuming and certainly expensive, to complete a collection would be very hard indeed these days.
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Originally Posted by kingsley
I have got into trouble before on the Forum because, shock, horror, I actually collect pre- 1881 restrikes and have about 80. Too late and too expensive to hope to collect originals and when looking for the missing ones I mainly find restrikes listed at a high price as original.
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