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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 4409542, member: 1765&quot;]The more things change, the more things stay the same.&nbsp; Of course, the initial collecting phase is the gateway to getting people more interested in the things they&#039;re collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what his interest in the art and science of numismatics was when he started out as a teenage dealer in 1950.&nbsp; He had to be concerned primarily with rarity and value then, too.&nbsp; Would his comment had been more complete and insightful had he said, &quot;Most new collectors, myself included, ...?&quot; Of course, rarity and value is a lot more flashy and highly regarded than art and science, and this goes well beyond the field of numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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