article_snippet: The primary motivation is a love of history, a love of the beauty and the lore of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo. '
article_snippet: In the top-tier pieces, some of it is just bragging rights: '
article_snippet: "I have something you don't.
article_snippet: It's such a spectacular coin.
article_snippet: It's so important, so rare. '
article_snippet: They are literally Mona Lisas of our coinage.'