Churned out crap

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It's called "Granybait"
You either love it or hate it but it isn't going away anytime soon .
I even buy the odd piece that I personally consider "interesting", for me this isn't a numismatic acquisition more of "I just like the bloody thing and I WANT one"
These issues can be a "two edged sword" as far as new collectors are concerned.
They will either spark an interest in numismatics or soil their interest forever.
You have to remember that us collectors are strange critters and if all we had to look forward to every year is the new issue of 6 circulating coins it would boor us stupid so some of these commemoratives, mint marks and other mint issue NCLT tend to keep us interested in the Decimals.