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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 21251, member: 1235&quot;]Well, I&#039;m 31... I think that falls into the range of young to some and old to some others =)&nbsp; I have a 15 year old daughter, and she thinks I&#039;m old - she tells me so everyday, it seems.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hear, and agree with most of what you said - except the end there, about the working poor.&nbsp; Other than that, I have, since this thread was listed, read three books about collecting, and it seems, when it came to gold all three sources agreed with what you said.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love buying gold coins - but not because I think it is a safe place for my finances in the event of economic disaster, but because I love the aesthetics of the coin, itself.&nbsp; Sure, it helps that there is a certain value associated with it, because of it&#039;s basic nature.&nbsp; I think I buy them because of the economic importance in history, to some degree, as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have about 25 gold coins, that probably add up to somewhere around 5 ounces of gold - only two of which have collector value other than bullion content or bullion + 3% (etc.).</p><p><br /></p><p>So what you are saying is that even when they allowed it, it was more of a means to invest in the gold market, anyway... right?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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