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<p>[QUOTE="masterswimmer, post: 24616648, member: 102022"]It's a shame that our hobby became another money grab for .gov to reach into our pockets. I do see that some make a living buying and selling coins. For them keeping detailed records should be a no-brainer. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the hand, the casual collector who started collecting as a youth some 50+ years ago is saddled with literally an impossible task of trying to recreate history without any means of proving or documenting those transactions. Those who started collecting within the last 25 years or so have an advantage to their documentation. They've known they needed to maintain meticulous records, if for nothing more than the information readily available on the internet. As a young collector in my youth, there was not one inkling that proof of cost and acquisition would be needed anytime in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="masterswimmer, post: 24616648, member: 102022"]It's a shame that our hobby became another money grab for .gov to reach into our pockets. I do see that some make a living buying and selling coins. For them keeping detailed records should be a no-brainer. On the hand, the casual collector who started collecting as a youth some 50+ years ago is saddled with literally an impossible task of trying to recreate history without any means of proving or documenting those transactions. Those who started collecting within the last 25 years or so have an advantage to their documentation. They've known they needed to maintain meticulous records, if for nothing more than the information readily available on the internet. As a young collector in my youth, there was not one inkling that proof of cost and acquisition would be needed anytime in the future.[/QUOTE]
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