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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 228348, member: 4367&quot;]I&#039;ve had people consider me odd ever since I took my collection to my fifth grade class and showed it off on &#039;Hobby Day.&#039;&nbsp; Hey, it&#039;s hard to compete for the girls when your best friends dad hauled his horse and saddle to the school (rural small Texas town) and all you&#039;ve got is couple of a metal lunch boxes with blue Whitman folders and some old silver coins loose in 2x2 flips, No competition, LOL...</p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously, in my college days people have called me wacky for spending money on such a trivial pursuit when the legal drinking age was still 18 years.&nbsp; Nut, Nerd, Poindexter, Idiot Savant, and others not printable have been hurled at me in veiled jest. Then a big portion of my collection got stolen by the one close friend who I opened up to and explained the who, what, where, how, and why of the hobby, Alas...</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently my wife&#039;s friend and her husband found out I collect coins and just can&#039;t seem to fathom the fact.&nbsp; Yes even &quot;Solid Gold Ones&quot; as Ron blurted out after I showed him a double eagle.&nbsp; They just don&#039;t understand especially when they have to work so hard to make three car payments and a new house mortgage.&nbsp; He even told his (ex-con) buddies all about my collection at the Waste-Water Treatment Plant where he works, &quot;Oh Goodie...&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone (maybe several have) ever considered you &quot;just different&quot; because of your love of the hobby numismatics?&nbsp; Has it ever overflowed into more than joke?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve found collecting coins takes a certain type of individual.&nbsp; One who&#039;s self sufficient and independent is perfect to embart on the coin collecting oddsey. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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