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<p>[QUOTE="LRL, post: 505166, member: 16881"]I've collected coins over forty years. Nothing special, just circulated stuff from Lincolns, Jeffersons, mercs, Roosevelts and Washingtons, Kennedy halves. No old stuff. Just the moderns. Yeah, I've got pre-1900 silver people have given me but don't activily seek. Never bought a coin. My whole collection fits in one drawer. Well, maybe a drawer and a half.</p><p>The only hobby I ever walked away from was because I wondered what to do with it all. Finally quit because I got to wondering what to do if my grandkids wouldn't want it.....and space for it. Do you know how much space it takes to store 275,000 <b>different</b> baseball cards from 1953 to 2003? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I've been to hundreds of sportscard shops and only seen one that had as big and varied inventory that I have. It takes a lot and got to wondering, "Am I just making work for my heirs to dispose of?" So I quit.</p><p>For me, coin collecting is much more manageable....</p><p>BTW, this is my first post here...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LRL, post: 505166, member: 16881"]I've collected coins over forty years. Nothing special, just circulated stuff from Lincolns, Jeffersons, mercs, Roosevelts and Washingtons, Kennedy halves. No old stuff. Just the moderns. Yeah, I've got pre-1900 silver people have given me but don't activily seek. Never bought a coin. My whole collection fits in one drawer. Well, maybe a drawer and a half. The only hobby I ever walked away from was because I wondered what to do with it all. Finally quit because I got to wondering what to do if my grandkids wouldn't want it.....and space for it. Do you know how much space it takes to store 275,000 [B]different[/B] baseball cards from 1953 to 2003? :D I've been to hundreds of sportscard shops and only seen one that had as big and varied inventory that I have. It takes a lot and got to wondering, "Am I just making work for my heirs to dispose of?" So I quit. For me, coin collecting is much more manageable.... BTW, this is my first post here...[/QUOTE]
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