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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TaterTot, post: 2167414, member: 74622&quot;]Hey folks,</p><p>It&#039;s been an interesting couple of weeks here reading and posting, just starting out with this hobby.&nbsp; Thought I&#039;d take some feedback on my collecting interests.&nbsp; One of my recent posts yielded a lot of responses around finding one&#039;s own style of collecting, and I thought I&#039;d push it a little further.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I&#039;m learning my interests, I&#039;m seeing a lot of things that deviate from the typical interests around here.&nbsp; It is difficult for me to articulate these points, but I am going to try my best.&nbsp; The bottom line is that I don&#039;t want to be enjoying a hobby in a way that is disrespectful to it.&nbsp; For instance:</p><ol> <li>I&#039;m more interested in collection styles where I can regularly view and enjoy the coins, rather than the extreme invest &amp; storing them away in sealed, water-tight, triple packaged containers.&nbsp; Is this angering to serious collectors?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>I&#039;m interested in the simple history and art of the coins, and putting together date sets, scavenging and hunting for them from change or rolls.&nbsp; Needing perfect or highly graded coins isn&#039;t necessarily a priority--sometimes I prefer older coins with a little more &#039;story&#039; to them.&nbsp; And it&#039;s a more affordable approach, too.&nbsp; Is this heretical?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>I have little to no interest in microscopic examinations for every error and double die variety.&nbsp; Is not thoroughly inspecting each coin irresponsible?&nbsp; Is this blasphemy?<br /> <br /> </li> <li>I like modern commemorative coins, and proof sets... they&#039;re shiny and nice. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I think they offer a fun experience, an interesting collectible, and a non-rare piece of history in a respectable package.&nbsp; But it seems these are of less interest to those searching through the classics.&nbsp; Is this naive or wasteful?</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p>Interested in your thoughts!</p><p>-The Tot[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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