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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2018415, member: 26302&quot;]Well, in regards to coin collecting, what you are advocating then is just buying a few coin versus many, since most people do not have unlimited funds. That might be fine for those who wish to mix investing with their hobby, but I seriously have no desire to ever sell a coin and treat my hobby expense like others treat their golfing expenses, simply lost money. There are thousands of more coins I would like to own, so to say each coin I need to spend thousands for basically means I should find another hobby. Some coins cost me hundreds, a few cost me thousands, but none of that matters to me, it&#039;s just an act of allocating hobby money, not investing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am all for buying the best example you can find and AFFORD. I simply feel too much attention on quality and value degrades the real reason we collect, that being enjoyment and on CT comraderie. I enjoy posts from everyone here, from AncientJoe to members who can afford to only pay much lesser amounts for coins. Any rich man with a big enough checkbook can buy something, but that does not make them a numismatist. Tons of wonderful reseach is completed each year with coins many elitist collectors would turn their noses up at, heck, every single Sogdian con I own would fall into that category but I love them just as much as others love their $50,000 &quot;rarity&quot;, even though 50 just like them exist for each ugly Sogdian bronze in existence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, I just dislike coin elitism as I view it as classism. Someone making a fifth of what I make should be able to make as good or better of a collection I have, just as I should be able to make as good of one as someone making a million a year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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