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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4310194, member: 51347"]I like that phrase. Well done, boils down the concept succintly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice comments, [USER=97867]@Sealgair[/USER] ... my thoughts too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed. I am but a steward holding my coins for a short period in my lifetime on a long timeline of their past and future existence. When I pass, I hope my children / grandchildren enjoy them, and/or sell them to those that truly appreciate them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To museums? LOL, no. Too much open floor space devoted to making things look "pretty" vs. pulling everything out of their storage basements to put them out for everyone to enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to Ancients being more or less "popular"? I have no opinion, just thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although folks may buy more, or buy less in a given year, does that make the Ancient Coin Hobby more or less popular? I treasure, enjoy, research, learn, etc. my coins whether I am acquiring more, or less during a given year. That is me. However, I am sure many others feel the same of their collection or other Ancient Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not define my Hobby as an investment, that each year the Ancients Coins Industry visits how much was bought and sold. I am not sure if we can define whether the Hobby has become more popular or less by the monetization of purchases by year. That approach moves the Hobby to a Commodity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient coins are a avocation for me. I spent my life in vocations that monetized our industry into Billions of dollars, and the yearly changes in those revenues determined the health of those industries. I look at the Ancient Coin Hobby as a means for me to de-stress, enjoy History and those Coins that are tangents to periods within History. In my heart, the popularity is incosequential, as I have always enjoyed Ancient Coins for 30+ years, and Ancient History since I was child 50 years ago...</p><p><br /></p><p>I caveat the above thought on those who provide a market to exchange Ancient Coins: Auctions, Dealers, Sellers, etc. When a livelihood of the business depends on annual sales success, that becomes another position on whether their <i>Industry</i> is doing better or worse from year-to-year. I am a Hobbiest, ergo that is another discussion left to those experts. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4310194, member: 51347"]I like that phrase. Well done, boils down the concept succintly. Nice comments, [USER=97867]@Sealgair[/USER] ... my thoughts too. Agreed. I am but a steward holding my coins for a short period in my lifetime on a long timeline of their past and future existence. When I pass, I hope my children / grandchildren enjoy them, and/or sell them to those that truly appreciate them. To museums? LOL, no. Too much open floor space devoted to making things look "pretty" vs. pulling everything out of their storage basements to put them out for everyone to enjoy. As to Ancients being more or less "popular"? I have no opinion, just thoughts. Although folks may buy more, or buy less in a given year, does that make the Ancient Coin Hobby more or less popular? I treasure, enjoy, research, learn, etc. my coins whether I am acquiring more, or less during a given year. That is me. However, I am sure many others feel the same of their collection or other Ancient Coins. I do not define my Hobby as an investment, that each year the Ancients Coins Industry visits how much was bought and sold. I am not sure if we can define whether the Hobby has become more popular or less by the monetization of purchases by year. That approach moves the Hobby to a Commodity. Ancient coins are a avocation for me. I spent my life in vocations that monetized our industry into Billions of dollars, and the yearly changes in those revenues determined the health of those industries. I look at the Ancient Coin Hobby as a means for me to de-stress, enjoy History and those Coins that are tangents to periods within History. In my heart, the popularity is incosequential, as I have always enjoyed Ancient Coins for 30+ years, and Ancient History since I was child 50 years ago... I caveat the above thought on those who provide a market to exchange Ancient Coins: Auctions, Dealers, Sellers, etc. When a livelihood of the business depends on annual sales success, that becomes another position on whether their [I]Industry[/I] is doing better or worse from year-to-year. I am a Hobbiest, ergo that is another discussion left to those experts. :)[/QUOTE]
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