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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2535614, member: 10461&quot;]I had to develop it, believe me.&nbsp; There have been many periods of economic instability and downright poverty in my life (not homelessness or anything, but close enough- but for the grace of God and family).</p><p><br /></p><p>Because of this, I&#039;ve been forced to sell my collection a couple of times in my life.&nbsp; Add to that several <i>voluntary </i>purges, and I&#039;m left with only two coins from my original childhood collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>All of this experience has taught me a little bit of material detachment.&nbsp; I love my coins and do get attached to them (some more than others), but in the end, they still come and go.&nbsp; I enjoy &#039;em for a while and then sell or swap &#039;em on to the next owner.&nbsp; This enables me to pursue fresh material a lot more often than I would otherwise, on my small budget. </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;one in, one out&quot; rule may be difficult when it means parting with a coin, but it also means that when you sell it, you&#039;ve got a head start on purchasing its replacement.&nbsp; If it were not for this, I&#039;d be collecting $10-50 pieces and there would be no $500-1,500 pieces in this box like there are (not to mention one $2,500 piece). </p><p><br /></p><p>It took me <i>decades</i> of gradual selling and swapping and the selloff of several entire <i>collections</i> to accomplish this one box.&nbsp; And not a lot of coin money comes out of my modest paycheck.&nbsp; Most of my coin-buying funds come from coin <i>selling</i>.&nbsp; (This helps keep me in ladymarcovan&#039;s good graces.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So parting with the old stuff has been worthwhile, and educational.&nbsp; And keeping the collection small means higher quality coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m essentially a &quot;vestpocket dealer&quot; who uses my own collection as inventory.&nbsp; But even if my hold time is shorter than that of a lot of collectors, I don&#039;t enjoy the coins any less.&nbsp; Still love &#039;em.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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