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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Metalman, post: 26162, member: 1454&quot;]Sylvester</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok lets set the mark !</p><p><br /></p><p>5 1/2 hrs. a day as a minimum for time .</p><p><br /></p><p>and lets be conservative-&nbsp; 4.000 dollars a month as a minumum for expense,Purchasing, attending coin shows etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>or lets try this your serious if you have collected consistently ,meaning bought or added at least one coin per month for 25 years.This of course does not include any coin bought that was subsequently sold ,even if the proceeds were used to purchase more coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you qualify? I dont !!! based on this minimum mark that I have set as a guide for what would be a serious collector . Based on your criteria .</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you can tell that Iam being sarcastic in my remarks, but the cast that you have set in your post as a bench mark for (seriousness) leaves both points open to a personal judgement of what constitutes each.</p><p><br /></p><p>I repeat (seriousness) is a heart condition ,not one of economics. or positional time management.</p><p><br /></p><p>in other words the Husband, Father who works two jobs to see to the means of his family and can only buy one coin a month or 3 coins a year and spend 2 hours a week sometimes ,can be just as serious as the retired or better employed collector with 5 or 10 times the time and money.But just does not have what it takes to reach the mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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