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Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1886078, member: 31533"]There are other things that get in the way of the hobby. For instance, I have been diagnosed with essential tremor. For me that means that when I hold a coin (left hand) my hand shakes and will not be still. This can interfere with checking the coin. I am still lucky that I do not take medicine and it is not interfering with much else, and only really acts up at some times. Though it does impede taking photos when you absolutely have to keep the camera still (hand held) also, so as I age I am sure it will be harder for me to keep up. Thinking ahead, I will probably have to adapt my appreciation for coin collecting away from CRH and looking through change to other aspects of this hobby. I also have vision issues, having a retina detachment and associated cataract (and so called 2nd cataract) which I have been treated for. So that eye is not perfect and I don't use lenses on it to make it so (it's off a little and correcting my other eye to perfect works to cover it's failings in most cases). Long story short, some things will definitely make it hard if not impossible to fully enjoy the aspect of coin collecting you prefer, but I think it's possible to divert your preference into another aspect to at least keep in the hobby somewhat for most people, even those impared significantly with things.[/QUOTE]