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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 696530, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Great topic but I really don&#039;t quite see it that way.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Great topic but I really don&#039;t quite see it that way. 2 caveots though first.</p><p>In really big investments it certaily does make a differents - I don&#039;t make really big investments in anything except enjoyment.</p><p>The second is yes it may be that $100 is only worth $25 today as compared to 1975, (although I would at least hope it would be $35 or close to 1/3rd).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Somethings go up but many go down so will that be factored in? - a TV or computer is a fraction of the costs were just a few years ago.</p><p>If you are the type that&#039;s really into making up your dollars today as compared to years ago coin collecting is probably not the hobby for you unless you are buying coins over $10,000 on a regular basis - I&#039;m glad that&#039;s not me but maybe you wish it were you.&nbsp; If so go for it.</p><p>Time and time again on here I don&#039;t hesitate to mention that all this &quot;coin stuff&quot; is valuble in enjoyment, education, meeting folks and I find it very hard indeed to place a value on that.</p><p>I mean &quot;just how would you place your lifes satisfaction over 30 years on a scale of monetary inflation&quot;?&nbsp; It could be that $25 spent in 1975 could be worth thousands today if you measured it against your learning and happiness that this hobby can bring.&nbsp; Could it not also be that that $25 spent in 1975 has garnered you the knowledge today to be able to save thousands upon thousands because of the lessions you learned from that cost.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Folks I would love to see the answers to this in dollars and cents just to learn something from it.&nbsp; To be truthful I don&#039;t really know much about math, numbers, inflation and the like but if I wanted to get rich I would not invest in coins.&nbsp; I have found that most anything that has $$$ attached to it stears a body away from fun and becomes a job.&nbsp; That&#039;s not what I got into coins for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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