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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1990419, member: 36248&quot;]Everyone has a different idea of what &quot;cheap&quot; means.&nbsp; To me, that means &lt; $350 each.&nbsp;&nbsp; Someone here will think that&#039;s ridiculously cheap as they don&#039;t go less than $1000 on their coins, others can only dream of owning a $350 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do like submitting to CAC, but I had to slow down since it ties up money for a period of months, and I&#039;m not a dealer, just a collector using personal funds.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Compared to many collectors here, my whole collection is cheap.&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean, I literally have a $15 coin in my permanent collection, and a whole slew between $25 and $99.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s what I mean by cheap, again, to someone else the word means something very different.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like most hobbies, buying coins is a discretionary purchase.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, when there is no extra money laying around for a coin, I do wish aloud that I had more &quot;play&quot; money.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I try and put my personality into my posts, and let people know we can&#039;t all just buy every coin we like.&nbsp; Money is the limiting factor in <u>most </u>collections.&nbsp;&nbsp; I want anyone who reads my posts to get that sense.&nbsp; Am I oversharing, perhaps.&nbsp;&nbsp; Over time, a newbie or poor guy (like me), can curate a nice collection on limited funds.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some people might think my collection is a bunch of trash.&nbsp; &nbsp; But somewhere lurking here on CoinTalk is a new collector, with $50 to spend on a coin, and I hope they find my posts and understand a nice collection can be formed on very limited means.&nbsp; &nbsp; My hope is that people here can relate.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, your point seems to be that if I wanted raw and/or non-CAC coins, my money could go further.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe that&#039;s true.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I don&#039;t think so.&nbsp; &nbsp; I see a lot of people waste money on cleaned, damaged, fake coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Someone might get burned one too many times, and be burned out before they ever get street smart.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly, and this is the part you don&#039;t seem to understand, <u>I don&#039;t want, raw and non-CAC coins.</u>&nbsp;&nbsp; Who cares if I could have bought 10 raw coins with my limited funds, instead of 5 CAC coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want ANY of those raw coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Raw and naked (no sticker) coins are not part of my collecting goals, sorry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe in 10 years, I will be the biggest raw-freak you&#039;ve ever seen.&nbsp; For now, I&#039;m making a <b>CAC Type Set, </b>it sort of requires CAC approved coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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