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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;torontokuba, post: 1811134, member: 56793&quot;]Never considered profit, so, I don&#039;t care who gets how much, if and when it gets sold. Won&#039;t be by me. I can tell you that the coins they will get will be in amazing condition and hopefully, all uncleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the last several years, I&#039;ve probably done an average of 10 - 20 swaps a year. They ranged anywhere from $20 - $500 value, the latter being insured and registered. I do not swap my coins, the ones from my collection, unless I am upgrading as a result of another swap or a great ebay auction. I swap modern coins at my disposal, silver commemoratives, silver bullion and whatever I can get to fulfill a friends request. The list of private contacts just grew over time and I usually end up getting something older and silver that I really want, in return.</p><p><br /></p><p>I seem to be fascinated with coin appearance and enjoy taking a photo or scanning a coin to get a better close up look. I zoom in, zoom out and can look at a coin for days, wondering who did what to it and how it ended up looking the way it looks. The frosted natural patina look is my prize in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can be a numismatist and not own a single coin, at least that is my understanding. Then you can feel like your hobby is more research than coins, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of books, bought them mostly for the quality coin photos within the pages. That is one thing the numismatic resources often lack, good quality, large colour photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from these books with photos, I can&#039;t bring myself to spend money on elaborate packaging, grading of my collection, books, cleaning supplies and anything else that isn&#039;t another beautifully toned, uncleaned coin. It hurt when I invested in Air-Tites, but, I knew that had to be done. For the rest, cardboard holders and staples suffice.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I wrote enough and for the most part in answer to your topic.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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