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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 575423, member: 18390&quot;]I can relate Houston...my wife tells me on a regular basis I am the supreme geek, that I&#039;m an old man (I&#039;m 31, same as her) and that a buffalo nickel is still only worth 5 cents if you stick it in a vending machine.&nbsp; My kids are more forgiving, they are young.&nbsp; When they are teenagers I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll reign with the geeks.&nbsp; My 3 year old has the most enthusiasm for coins.&nbsp; I let him play with my pocket change and a jar and he has a blast.&nbsp; He&#039;d like to play with the other ones too, but I keep em in a fire safe.&nbsp; I collect pretty much for the joy of it, I don&#039;t care that my statehoods are AU instead of MS. I don&#039;t have anything slabbed but I do like airtites.&nbsp; I would like to see my collection prove viable for my kids if none of them embrace the hobby though.&nbsp; I just think of it like a treasure though.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun to discover, and it&#039;s fun to hunt.&nbsp; I like searching bankrolls and I think someday I&#039;d like a metal detector.&nbsp; I play around cleaning junk coins to help me tell what&#039;s the real deal and what&#039;s doctored.&nbsp; I&#039;m starting to come out of the U.S. shell and look at world coins.&nbsp; It&#039;s very overwhelming.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see the excitement going away, but I see it getting harder to find a thrill.&nbsp; I tell my wife this beats scratch-off tickets hands down.&nbsp; I don&#039;t hang out at the bar and I don&#039;t go to the strip club.&nbsp; I pester bank tellers and hang at the coin shop.&nbsp; She still picks on me.&nbsp; She accepts it though, thank goodness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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