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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 3699275, member: 44132"]If it's an investment, I'm a poor investor. It has not even kept up with inflation. In fact, many of the coins I purchased 10 years or so ago are approx. the same value as then. I am aging much quicker than I thought possible, and I'm feeling my mortality what with many of my friends and family already passed. In fact, yesterday my B-I-L went in to have a biopsy and flat-lined twice during this routine exam (he is fine as of this morning btw).</p><p><br /></p><p>But I digress. Earlier this year I began having auctions to liquidate some of my collection. In general, I did not make any profit off the auctions, but I sold off about 30-40 coins. Having auctions is one way to remove coins, but I found it very time consuming and not a labor of love. I hated getting rid of most of the coins I sold. My thought was to do something like [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] and just keep a few cherished coins. For many reasons, I have not had an auction for several months even though I keep telling myself it's necessary since none of my relatives are interested in continuing when I have passed over. Giving my coins to a museum is not an option for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is that it's never been about investment for me. Just natural curiosity about history. I don't buy many top shelve coins, so my collection will never be considered as an investment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 3699275, member: 44132"]If it's an investment, I'm a poor investor. It has not even kept up with inflation. In fact, many of the coins I purchased 10 years or so ago are approx. the same value as then. I am aging much quicker than I thought possible, and I'm feeling my mortality what with many of my friends and family already passed. In fact, yesterday my B-I-L went in to have a biopsy and flat-lined twice during this routine exam (he is fine as of this morning btw). But I digress. Earlier this year I began having auctions to liquidate some of my collection. In general, I did not make any profit off the auctions, but I sold off about 30-40 coins. Having auctions is one way to remove coins, but I found it very time consuming and not a labor of love. I hated getting rid of most of the coins I sold. My thought was to do something like [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] and just keep a few cherished coins. For many reasons, I have not had an auction for several months even though I keep telling myself it's necessary since none of my relatives are interested in continuing when I have passed over. Giving my coins to a museum is not an option for me. The bottom line is that it's never been about investment for me. Just natural curiosity about history. I don't buy many top shelve coins, so my collection will never be considered as an investment.[/QUOTE]
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