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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;walterallen, post: 228479, member: 4068&quot;]Great topic!</p><p><br /></p><p>I love my collection and never tire looking it over and over. I try to educate myself almost daily on the coins I collect with grading and history surrounding their entrance into the world. In short I am an addict, and I find I can not afford most of the coins I wish I could acquire and may never will. I feel blessed to have what I have, which is relatively &quot;a lot&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was at the coin shop the other day and we got on the subject of the cost of being a &quot;collector&quot;. Thats when it hit me, my collect serves no real purpose but to feed my own ego in some way. They don&#039;t do anything but drain my spare cash to make me feel good just to have them to look at. My only rationalization is that one day I can get a return, not necessarily a profit, that is if i don&#039;t give them away to a promising new collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>My family and friends are fascinated with my obsession. Yet I can not get them on the same page that says I would prefer gift certificates to buy coins or the coins themselves as gifts. They just don&#039;t understand my level of addiction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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