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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bisquitlips, post: 1823335, member: 24057&quot;]Been collecting since about 1982 and have spent way too much $$$$$$$ on coins over the years.&nbsp; However in all that time, I have NEVER been focused on what the &quot;market makers&quot; have tirelessly tried to focus my attentions on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Listen.... Never EVER collect coins for a profit.&nbsp; Just embrace the hobby as the pure joy it is and you will never go wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several thousand coins in the collection and every one of them has a story.&nbsp; Only a handful were added&nbsp; as an &quot;investment&quot;.&nbsp; And ALL of those were a disappointment!!!&nbsp; I have NEVER purchased a coin as an INVESTMENT that I didn&#039;t REGRET!!!&nbsp; Never one time!!!&nbsp; And I am not talking about profit!&nbsp; If you don&#039;t get this then stop reading now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even today I will make a 200 mile round day trip to visit a coin dealer just to browse their new acquisitions and pass the time.&nbsp; And that to me is the JOY of numismatics.&nbsp; Isn&#039;t it?&nbsp;&nbsp; If not for you, then think about why you love coin collecting as you do.&nbsp; Is it the coin or the $$$?&nbsp; If it is the $$$ then move on to your next interest.&nbsp;&nbsp; If it is the history, beauty, track, and numismatic traits, then you are true to our love.</p><p><br /></p><p>At almost 60 years of age, I have no time for those who prostitute their love of $$$ for their love of rarity, beauty, strike, toning, history, and exquisite desirability.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will be dead in 30 years.&nbsp; My collection will then be put up at auction.&nbsp; But my love for the science and satisfaction of numismatics will live on in the rare few that feed on what that really means.&nbsp; I salute you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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