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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eyestrain, post: 1086882, member: 24213&quot;]I know most people here are fixated on collecting American coins, but it seems many of the upsets, disappointments, scams and controversies surround this narrow (albeit hugely popular) focus of numismatics. If you&#039;re sick of it all, I recommend trying something different. Coins have been minted for thousands of years by thousands of nations, governments and political entities. There&#039;s so much variety to collect, you can focus on ANYTHING. I, for one, couldn&#039;t conceive of paying anywhere near $300 for a coin minted in the last decade (or century for that matter) when the same money could buy me something stunning from the B.C. era or a handful of lesser, but still excellent coins, from the 3rd or 4th centuries. And if you want to stay in the modern era, I never hear the same complaints from people collecting (oh, let&#039;s say) Euros. In fact, I never hear from anybody collecting Euros because they&#039;re all too busy trying to fill gaps in their run of Morgans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone has their own area of interest, but I&#039;ve always had difficulty identifying with fellow collectors who seem to only be interesting in coins sonically sealed in plastic that have never seen a day in circulation and have never been used for the purpose they were supposedly created for. There&#039;s so much more out there. Browse and see for yourself. Something new might strike your fancy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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