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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2250848, member: 15588&quot;]I buy what appeals to me and what I can afford within reason. Collecting can become pathological if not kept within some boundaries. I try to use caution with purely numismatic coins because I like to think I can get something back for money spent and my experience with selling numismatic issues has been pretty atrocious so far (though I can in no way afford any big money pieces which often do rise in value).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bullion issues are easier looked upon as investments because I buy them almost exclusively for their metal value. I&#039;ve made far heftier purchases there than with collector coins. They go into the vault.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I always find myself veering back to numismatic issue regardless, though with an aimless meandering that would probably cause many to brand me an &quot;accumulator.&quot; I have explored coins from Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Japan, various Medieval eras, Edward VI, classic and modern US issues, silver Mexican pesos, Roman, French commemoratives, Canadian beaver nickels, Australian Kookaburras, and others. There&#039;s no real plan behind much of what I purchase, so perhaps I&#039;m just hoarding what appeals to my aesthetic neurons. But I keep my spending under control.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it really matters how I categorize myself, I enjoy it all anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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