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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trish, post: 7722012, member: 75691&quot;]Great subject,I&#039;ve often wondered how people handle this. I respect the folks that bring their hobby down to under 100 coins to just the coins they can&#039;t do without.&nbsp; I&#039;m definitely not there yet, lol.</p><p>I&#039;m married, am raising a daughter and my husband works full time.&nbsp; I am self-employed, part time gig. Once I got back into this hobby I struggled because I couldn&#039;t justify purchases unless I figured out a way to save us money in some way.&nbsp; My husband had the same issue for his hobby so we figured out a small monthly stipend so we can each can be guilt free, honor system, and we can&#039;t go over it.&nbsp; When I went to a big show, I sold duplicates to fund my purchases over my stipend.&nbsp; It&#039;s worked for 5 years now and on my birthday my husband gives me a homemade gift certificate (in the shape of a coin) for a certain amount to shop, really sweet. </p><p>Caveat- if I see an interesting coin, I research it and think about it.&nbsp; If I forget about it because I&#039;ve gotten busy, it wasn&#039;t something I was interested enough in to buy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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