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<p>[QUOTE="Maxfli, post: 3233659, member: 69089"]I realize this old thread was necro-bumped by a new member (as newbies are wont to do), but thought this comment by Condor was worth noting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to believe what you describe is a chain of events that has played out countless times in the lives of coin collectors. It certainly did for me. I got interested in coins around age 8, thanks to a much older cousin who was a collector. I later put my collecting pursuits on the back burner for — you guessed it — girls, cars, college, building a career and starting a family. I became a serious active collector again by around age 30. That’s earlier than in the scenario you cite, but in broad terms it’s still the same process: get the bug at a young age, set it aside for a while, then come back to it for good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Maxfli, post: 3233659, member: 69089"]I realize this old thread was necro-bumped by a new member (as newbies are wont to do), but thought this comment by Condor was worth noting. I have to believe what you describe is a chain of events that has played out countless times in the lives of coin collectors. It certainly did for me. I got interested in coins around age 8, thanks to a much older cousin who was a collector. I later put my collecting pursuits on the back burner for — you guessed it — girls, cars, college, building a career and starting a family. I became a serious active collector again by around age 30. That’s earlier than in the scenario you cite, but in broad terms it’s still the same process: get the bug at a young age, set it aside for a while, then come back to it for good.[/QUOTE]
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