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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 682373, member: 12718&quot;]Hi Elaine......good thread.&nbsp; Everyone likes to talk about themselves!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think of myself as someone between a beginner and intermediate collector.&nbsp; I have and am still paying tuition for my steep learning curve about U.S. type and British provincial tokens.&nbsp; I have bought some coins I regretted and, fortunately, I&#039;ve sold them for an acceptable loss.&nbsp; A good, but expensive and inefficient way to learn!</p><p><br /></p><p>I see myself as a collector who cares about longer term value.&nbsp; My collection approach is to buy fewer in better quality rather than more with lesser quality.&nbsp; Of course, quality is all relative.&nbsp; Many might see my stuff as lesser quality.&nbsp; Anyway, my collection stands at less than 25 pieces.&nbsp; For many, that would seem anemic.&nbsp; I do admit some frustration in that I must learn patience to save money for what I want, but I get satisfaction in owning a higher graded piece that brings me pleasure.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will be 50 in a couple of weeks.........collected as a kid, sold my little collection to my Dad when I was a teenager so I could buy a stereo and blast Aerosmith and Led Zepplin, and just returned to the hobby 2 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>I sure wish he was still alive so I could share my collection with him.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my goals for my hobby is to learn about each piece I collect so that I can appreciate the times and/or the artistry associated with when they were made.&nbsp; My desire to learn the historical context is one reason for my interest in Conder tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, time to stop rambling and thanks for the thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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