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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tompkins316, post: 1830010, member: 28947&quot;]I think this might be the most important post in this thread when looking at both sides of this argument. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m definitely more along the thoughts of the OP. For the most part, I don&#039;t really care if the coins I have in my collection have problems (usually unless the problems are because of some alteration made by someone recently ie cleaning). I collect because I love the history that coins carry. I love thinking about where the coin has been, whose hands it may have passed through, what it has &quot;seen&quot;. I collect because I enjoy it, it provides entertainment and fun. I don&#039;t care if I buy coins and wont make my money back on them later or if they were in the same condition from when they were first released. As a matter of fact, based on the reasons I collect, many times I prefer to have a coin that was passed among countless hands,&nbsp; been through wars, dropped on the ground and found years later, etc than one that was tucked away in a box untouched and preserved for decades and decades. And I don&#039;t think that makes me any less of a collector, or any less intelligent than anyone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I do agree that it is important that if you collect like this it is by your choice, and not because you don&#039;t know any better. A couple posts in this thread kind of gave me the vibe that some may think anyone who collects problem coins for any reason does so out of ignorance or that even doing it knowingly makes them somewhat less of a collector, which is why I emphasize what GDJMSP said. </p><p><br /></p><p>I draw a parallel to my other hobby, collecting hockey cards. I have a very impressive collection of a lesser known player. I&#039;ve &quot;invested&quot; a crazy amount of money into this collection, especially being that the guy I collect is not a superstar. But I can sit here and say I am the ONLY person in the WORLD to have completed certain sets of this player. I collect him because I love watching him play and he is one of my favorite players in the league, regardless of his lack of a superstar status. Also, because of this, if I decide to sell down the road I would barely get a fraction of what I put into it. Does that make me any less of a collector because I don&#039;t pick Gretzky rookie cards?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately it comes down to the individual&#039;s idea of collecting and what makes them happy, and shouldn&#039;t be judged based on how others think collecting should be defined as...as long as the person knows what they are getting into.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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