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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Travlntiques, post: 1832031, member: 39129&quot;]Being in my twenties, I&#039;ve sought to collect ancient coins exclusively because of influences on the internet.....that&#039;d be all y&#039;all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Also, as was mentioned before, popular culture is and will continue to bring more interest to the ancient empires &amp; I see no reason for either of these factors to decrease in the near future. I view my coin collection almost as a savings account that has so far provided a solid rate of return, to the extent that I&#039;ve been surprised when I have sold them. It&#039;s because of this investment mentality that I&#039;m moving away from US coins more and more, especially common, easily obtained examples. My generation has a keen &quot;brand awareness&quot; and the draw of non-investment grade numismatics is less than strong, while the pieces with &quot;wow&quot; factor should only grow stronger. Paper money has long been neglected as well; early small size $100 dollar bills can practically be had for face value even though it&#039;s the one denomination that status seeking social climbers desire most. Let&#039;s face it; my generation is not lacking those who love taking twitter pictures next to Ferraris &amp; Black Am-Ex cards…</p><p>History and relics of our past will never be worthless, while items with a certain panache will only continue to increase in value in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for flipping coins, it can be an incredible rush! I don’t do it as often as I should, but 2-weeks ago I acquired a 1 dollar gold piece on eBay for $147 and just last night auctioned it for $355, an amount that pays the fees and still leaves some coin buying money for me![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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