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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 61836, member: 3011&quot;]The world has changed.&nbsp; Professional atheletes care more about their contract than whether the team wins.&nbsp; Endorsements are more valuable than victories.&nbsp; CEOs view their job as making the stock price rise, not building the business.&nbsp; Politicians work to ensure they will receive lucrative jobs as lobbyists when they leave office, not to better the nation.&nbsp; Musicians spend more time perfecting their intellectual property rights than composing and playing music or even caring if people like it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m afraid the profit motive is invading numismatics too and will probably change the landscape forever.&nbsp; People like me are part of the change (problem?).&nbsp; I will continue to put circulated coins in folders for the fun of it, never expecting a profit.&nbsp; I won&#039;t spend a worn wheat penny out of respect for what it is, even though I know it will never contribute to my retirement.&nbsp; But any significant amount of money I spend on coins goes to what I consider bargain priced gold and silver coins that I consider to have investment potential in an inflationary environment.&nbsp; So I apologize for my tiny contribution to the damage investors have done to the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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