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<p>[QUOTE="imrich, post: 1750233, member: 22331"]I believe that only you can make that personal decision, which you make periodically for your personal reasons. If your asking whether there may be future financial benefits for your current actions, again, only you can determine the rewards. If you're asking whether the coins might monetarily appreciate in the future, I would guess not.</p><p>Are there other rewards for collecting coins, I believe that I, and many others viewing this site would answer yes.</p><p> </p><p>I became a collector because saving seemed to be an impossible task, requiring great effort to implement others rules, who seemed to benefit most from my efforts. My efforts were selfish, so that I could occasionally have the funds saved to ride a Bus (or originally a street-car) to where-ever I needed, rather than walk, run, or pedal our only family mobile vehicle. Our family never had a motorized vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>I eventually developed a habit of collecting (accumulating?) monetary "tokens", with which I hated to part. In my "spare time" between multiple full time jobs, and auditing classes for credit, I'd "sort" my "collection" as mental therapy to determine what was missing. To my current "significant other" chagrin, I still collect (accumulate?) in large containers, some of the items you've mentioned, crushed Aluminum cans, copper cents, state quarters, etc., until a "need" (at the behest of another) arises to "convert".</p><p> </p><p>I no longer need to have change for a bus!!</p><p> </p><p>Is there any benefit for you? There may be yet "unrealized benefit"!! Time will tell. JMHO <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="imrich, post: 1750233, member: 22331"]I believe that only you can make that personal decision, which you make periodically for your personal reasons. If your asking whether there may be future financial benefits for your current actions, again, only you can determine the rewards. If you're asking whether the coins might monetarily appreciate in the future, I would guess not. Are there other rewards for collecting coins, I believe that I, and many others viewing this site would answer yes. I became a collector because saving seemed to be an impossible task, requiring great effort to implement others rules, who seemed to benefit most from my efforts. My efforts were selfish, so that I could occasionally have the funds saved to ride a Bus (or originally a street-car) to where-ever I needed, rather than walk, run, or pedal our only family mobile vehicle. Our family never had a motorized vehicle. I eventually developed a habit of collecting (accumulating?) monetary "tokens", with which I hated to part. In my "spare time" between multiple full time jobs, and auditing classes for credit, I'd "sort" my "collection" as mental therapy to determine what was missing. To my current "significant other" chagrin, I still collect (accumulate?) in large containers, some of the items you've mentioned, crushed Aluminum cans, copper cents, state quarters, etc., until a "need" (at the behest of another) arises to "convert". I no longer need to have change for a bus!! Is there any benefit for you? There may be yet "unrealized benefit"!! Time will tell. JMHO :)[/QUOTE]
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