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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3916633, member: 72790"]I don't want start an argument but the idea that coins were a good investment almost drove me out of the hobby some years back. I went out of my mind trying to figure out the differences between an MS 65 and an MS 67 Morgan dollar. When I was a youngster, eons ago, we collected coins as fun, an enjoyable way to learn geography and history and later on I did hope that someday someone else would value and care for my collection. I have found that it is in the collection of ancient and medieval coins and maybe early moderns, that this spirit best lives as opposed to cornering the market on some bullion tokens and making a quick profit. Numismatics is a science, worthy of searching for, preserving and passing on to posterity these tangible links to those gone before us. I hope I have not angered those who collect for investment purposes but at that point, for me, it is something I care little about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3916633, member: 72790"]I don't want start an argument but the idea that coins were a good investment almost drove me out of the hobby some years back. I went out of my mind trying to figure out the differences between an MS 65 and an MS 67 Morgan dollar. When I was a youngster, eons ago, we collected coins as fun, an enjoyable way to learn geography and history and later on I did hope that someday someone else would value and care for my collection. I have found that it is in the collection of ancient and medieval coins and maybe early moderns, that this spirit best lives as opposed to cornering the market on some bullion tokens and making a quick profit. Numismatics is a science, worthy of searching for, preserving and passing on to posterity these tangible links to those gone before us. I hope I have not angered those who collect for investment purposes but at that point, for me, it is something I care little about.[/QUOTE]
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