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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tonycrouch, post: 1408470, member: 36585&quot;]Although fairly new to the coin hobby (less than a year) I too am very OCD when it comes to collecting.&nbsp; I have learned over the years (I&#039;m 43) that I have to be careful and very carefully narrow down my focus when collecting something. I&#039;ve went through everything from comics, to cards, to paperback books, etc.&nbsp; As I grew older and my bank account grew larger I moved up to cars, guns, knives, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I learned from being OCD about collecting is that if I&#039;m not careful I lose interest/focus in the actual item I&#039;m collecting and start obsessing over just having more and more of what I&#039;m collecting.&nbsp; For instance with guns, I got to where I was just buying a particular brand until I had all of that brand, but never went out to shoot them anymore.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done it with other things in the past as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things I&#039;ve done different with coins was that I have involved my 13 year old son.&nbsp; We do it together and he gets/collects all the foreign stuff and I stick with the US stuff.&nbsp; Even if I like something foreign, I give it to him and he looks it up, catalogs it, puts it in binders, etc.&nbsp; It&#039;s been a great release for me from my OCD to let him be involved because I don&#039;t feel like I have to keep everything that comes my way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve purchased quite a few collections over the past year and have settled on focusing strictly on Carson City coins.&nbsp; I either sell off the other stuff or trade it.&nbsp; Some items I actually put away for the kids one day such as bullion, but for the most part if it&#039;s not CC then it goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do love coins and love reading about the history behind them.&nbsp; It&#039;s a very broad and fascinating field in which you can spend as little or as much as you like in both time and money being involved in it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve met alot of new friends and glean a great deal of knowledge from you folks here on cointalk.&nbsp; I&#039;m on here everyday just reading and reading. I don&#039;t post alot but this one sorta hit home with me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for being long-winded....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tony[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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