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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1026120, member: 57463&quot;]Sort of drifting off topic there...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure what &quot;most&quot; collectors would do.&nbsp; Also, some numismatists are not collectors.&nbsp; I stopped buying stuff about a decade ago. For me, the history was always the reason to own the object.&nbsp; So, finally, the history itself was enough.&nbsp; I still did buy on occasion because as a writer, I need to actually know the subject first hand.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Like others here, however, I have been underemployed for too long.&nbsp; Having already unloaded the bullion and other better items to dealers, I now set up at local shows to meet other collectors directly.&nbsp; Also, much of what I have is books and those are hard to lug around, so I get a table at a show.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I worked through the Dot Com Meltdown. When the last contract ended, I was not too concerned, but that was Friday, September 7, 2001 and four days later, the world changed and I never saw $40 per hour again.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife and I found new directions in a new town and just as we were getting resettled, her parents were both sick and her brother&#039;s National Guard unit was activated.&nbsp; So, we took time off for the family.&nbsp; After that, it was 2005 and we decided to finish the four year degrees we never needed when all you had to do was be smart and work hard.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have a master&#039;s degree. </p><p><br /></p><p>All along, these past 40 years, I always worked for myself, worked as a contractor or a consultant, temporary, free lance.&nbsp; I am pretty good at finding work -- or was.&nbsp; Things are pretty grim here in Michigan for everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like meeting people.&nbsp; I like talking about numismatics.&nbsp; So, I sell coins and books.</p><p><br /></p><p>... and by the way, greed is good.&nbsp; That&#039;s another discussion, <span style="color: red">edited</span>&nbsp; We are in a depression because we abandoned the capitalist work ethic of Benjamin Franklin and Adam Smith.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/52-fra.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/52-fra.html" rel="nofollow">Read Franklin&#039;s &quot;Way to Wealth&quot; here&nbsp; </a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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