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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2821287, member: 19463&quot;]I continue to believe that we would be better off if we looked at both coin activities as Ken suggested we do cleaners.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying coins for their investment potential has one serious shortcoming.&nbsp; You have to sell them to cash in.&nbsp; Over the years I have bought hundreds of coins that I could sell for more than I paid and more hundreds that I&#039;d be lucky to get anything close to what I paid.&nbsp; The problem is I don&#039;t want to sell the ones people would buy and people won&#039;t buy the ones I have outgrown.&nbsp; That is a lose-lose situation.&nbsp; If I look at what I learned and the fun I had along the way, it turns into a win-win even if I threw away the ones I can&#039;t sell.&nbsp; The difference is very much like yesterday&#039;s lunch and Bruce McNall&#039;s career:&nbsp; Fun While it Lasted.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&amp;bih=739&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=fun+while+it+lasted+mcnall&amp;oq=fun+while+it+lasted+mcnall&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.12...153873.153873.0.155812.1.1.0.0.0.0.114.114.0j1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.orNzJfaMTqA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&amp;bih=739&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=fun+while+it+lasted+mcnall&amp;oq=fun+while+it+lasted+mcnall&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.12...153873.153873.0.155812.1.1.0.0.0.0.114.114.0j1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.orNzJfaMTqA" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&amp;bih=739&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=fun+while+it+lasted+mcnall&amp;oq=fun+while+it+lasted+mcnall&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.12...153873.153873.0.155812.1.1.0.0.0.0.114.114.0j1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.orNzJfaMTqA</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The above link shows many photos of Bruce McNall, his book (both as expected) and half a dozen ancient coins.&nbsp; The first four coins shown are all mine.&nbsp; What are they trying to tell me?&nbsp; The fifth one belongs(ed?) to Valentinian.&nbsp; Google picked up our discussion here in 2014:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-fun-while-it-lasted-by-bruce-mcnall.256309/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-fun-while-it-lasted-by-bruce-mcnall.256309/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-fun-while-it-lasted-by-bruce-mcnall.256309/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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