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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 24092, member: 112&quot;]Tony - </p><p><br /></p><p>I think you and just about everyone else who has ever seen my posts anywhere on the net knows my feelings about this subject so I won&#039;t go into it again. People believe what they want to believe no matter who tells them otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you did ask a rather different question in your quote above. My answer to your question is an absolute no. For me to say anything else would be kind of silly wouldn&#039;t it ? After all - take a look at the coins <b>I collect</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I search for those coins worldwide - I spend countless hours doing so. It would be much easier for me to just accept <b>any</b> example of a coin type &amp; design that appeals to me. But I&#039;m not satisfied with that - I may wait months, even years, for just the right coin to come along before I purchase one. And when I do - it is most often of the finest quality and very high grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now why do you suppose I do that ? Number one I do it because it pleases me to do so. I get a great deal of satisfaction from finally being able to find &quot;just the right coin&quot;. But I&#039;m not buying it because I&#039;m saying to myself &quot; boy look at all the money I can make in a few years&quot;. I&#039;m buying it because the coin is absolutely, drop dead gorgeous in my eyes. And 99 out of 100 times it also has a significant historical aspect that appeals to me. Like my franc a&#039; cheval - can you imagine owning a coin that was struck specifically, to pay the ransom for a King that was held captive by his nation&#039;s mortal enemy ? Now I don&#039;t know about you or anyone else - but just the idea of that - rings my bell !!</p><p><br /></p><p>I look at all my coins this way - first, foremost and always. But there is also another idea that is always in the back of my head because I spend a great deal of money on my coins. That idea is this - no matter what happens to the coin market overall - I really don&#039;t have to worry to much if the time ever arrives that I am forced to sell my coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is because I make it a point to do all of the things that I have said must be done if one wishes to forestall potential future losses on the value of one&#039;s collection. And because I do those things I can focus on <b>enjoying</b> my collection instead of worrying about how much money I might lose. </p><p><br /></p><p>So if anyone wishes to call that investing in coins - then I&#039;m investing. But I prefer to think of it as simply buying smart&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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