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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 812878, member: 4552"]As to greed for coin collecting. Yes and no depending on the individual. As with any hobby, some do it for relaxation, fun, monitary gains, showoff abilities and much more. Almost any hobby finds a large variety of individuals with different reasons for involvement. Naturally some collect coins for purely a possible investment attitude and sell anything and everything if there is a profit to that. Is that greed? I would say that that is just buisness. If an individual attempts to collect all of one type of coin where there is a limited amount available and knows that eventually that individual will have them all. Is that greed? Possibly not just a desire to have a lot of something that others do not have. </p><p>Such is true of all hobbies where you must purchase the items you collect. For hobbies where there is no monitary investment, greed is seldom even thought of. No one would say a person is greedy if they collected shells on a beach. Nor different rocks. Nor butterflys either. </p><p>As to discussing a hobby such as coin collecting with a coworker, I'd be carefull with that one. Unless you know them really, really well, remember the walls have ears and the windows have eyes. Whay you say at work may spread much more than you would like at a later time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 812878, member: 4552"]As to greed for coin collecting. Yes and no depending on the individual. As with any hobby, some do it for relaxation, fun, monitary gains, showoff abilities and much more. Almost any hobby finds a large variety of individuals with different reasons for involvement. Naturally some collect coins for purely a possible investment attitude and sell anything and everything if there is a profit to that. Is that greed? I would say that that is just buisness. If an individual attempts to collect all of one type of coin where there is a limited amount available and knows that eventually that individual will have them all. Is that greed? Possibly not just a desire to have a lot of something that others do not have. Such is true of all hobbies where you must purchase the items you collect. For hobbies where there is no monitary investment, greed is seldom even thought of. No one would say a person is greedy if they collected shells on a beach. Nor different rocks. Nor butterflys either. As to discussing a hobby such as coin collecting with a coworker, I'd be carefull with that one. Unless you know them really, really well, remember the walls have ears and the windows have eyes. Whay you say at work may spread much more than you would like at a later time.[/QUOTE]
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