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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Thender, post: 350493, member: 9389&quot;]Interesting thread, here&#039;s my take on it, in many drafts...</p><p><br /></p><p>The collecting of coins is pretty much in line with the collecting of guns and cartridges, and I believe they all three have followed the same trends through out history.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is always that segment that collects coins because we enjoy the history, the story, the manufacturing process, the succession of the series and the pure enjoyment of having that coin in our possession. It&#039;s mine... I can touch it...</p><p><br /></p><p>We take care of them, worry about how to handle them, store them away with the up-most care and educate ourselves on how best to preserve them. And we love to share them with friends and family. They might not appreciate our coins, the way we do, but that is Okay. These coins are our pride and joy.</p><p><br /></p><p>If one of our coins were to suddenly come up missing due to theft, fire or loss, we would mourn it&#039;s missing like we would mourn the loss of a cherished family member or extremely&nbsp; close friend. The burn in the pit of our stomach would last for months, or years.</p><p><br /></p><p>And we can&#039;t wait until our next big find. That sleeper that is just waiting to make our day. It fills our dreams at nights and consumes our fantasies. We can&#039;t wait till the next big coin show, or a visit with our local coin shop. And when we do find it we can&#039;t wait until we can share that story with like minded friends of how that great coin found us. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then a new person comes along that is just starting to collect coins and is hungry for information. We take them under our wing, whether they are young or along in years, and nurture them, inform them and warn them, until one day they are standing on their own two feet and are starting to teach us new things and showing us new aspects about coin collecting. </p><p><br /></p><p>Our hearts swell with pride in knowing we have budded a new generation in the field of collecting and hope they will continue to teach generations to come. We want... We hope, that our time was not spent in vain.</p><p><br /></p><p>To quote Frank Weeler, a guru in the cartridge collecting fraternity, with a twist...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;We the coin people that buy coins and put out good dollars for them, do not really own them but are simply the short term caretakers for a piece of history&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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