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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1632241, member: 26302"]There is "always a better collection". There is a member of my ancient coin club who will pass around XF Julius Caesar portrait denari and gold octodrachms around the table like they are popcorn. While I know I will never have such a collection, I am happy for him, and love looking at his coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, even IF you are an arab sheik or a hedge fund manager, no one will ever be able to rival the BM's collection, so really no one should ever begrudge others their coins, or feel badly about their own collection. Coin collecting to me is more about learning, appreciating the past, and the comradery than it is the little pieces of metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>No one is keeping score, so buy what you can, when you can, and appreciate every coin in existence. You cannot hope to own them all, because if you did there would be no one else to talk with about them. How boring would that be! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1632241, member: 26302"]There is "always a better collection". There is a member of my ancient coin club who will pass around XF Julius Caesar portrait denari and gold octodrachms around the table like they are popcorn. While I know I will never have such a collection, I am happy for him, and love looking at his coins. Heck, even IF you are an arab sheik or a hedge fund manager, no one will ever be able to rival the BM's collection, so really no one should ever begrudge others their coins, or feel badly about their own collection. Coin collecting to me is more about learning, appreciating the past, and the comradery than it is the little pieces of metal. No one is keeping score, so buy what you can, when you can, and appreciate every coin in existence. You cannot hope to own them all, because if you did there would be no one else to talk with about them. How boring would that be! :([/QUOTE]
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