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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3719789, member: 14873&quot;]Oh I am not a sturdy soul at all [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER]&nbsp; - in my youth I never considered the size of my collection when I added coins to it. But when you grow old like me it assumes great importance when you contemplate your impending demise. Although it is a gloomy thought, most collectors have to face up to what is going to happen to all those coins when they die. If you are going to die alone in the world - or if you are furious with your family and do not care if they are going to experience great trauma in disposing of your coins - then do nothing. But if you are leaving behind a loving family or maybe cherished friends who you really care about and want to leave the coins or proceeds from their sale to them - then either sell off your coins when your end is approaching, or go through the procedures for disposing of them with the survivors you wish to benefit. (<b>Doug Smith discusses this in another post and I reply to it in my proceeding post above). Reducing the size of your collection really helps here.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>When you are young (pre-50?) this may sound unnecessary - even ridiculous - but as the old saying goes: “it is later than you think”! Your end date has a nasty habit of creeping up on you very quickly - it seems like I turned 60 only a very short time ago, yet here I am 90!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen so many surviving spouses, family members and favored friends suffer great trauma due to well-meaning collectors failing to follow similar procedures to those I outline here - for all kinds of collections too - not just coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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