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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;masterswimmer, post: 6658373, member: 102022&quot;]You&#039;re obviously entitled to do whatever you&#039;d like with your property. I have a hoard of 1970&#039;s-2010&#039;s proof and mint sets. Just like your granny. The difference is, I paid for mine. I like mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets say you break out every coin you&#039;re thinking of using as pocket change. Can you give me an estimate of how much pocket change you&#039;ll have? $300? $400? $500? </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately for me I guess, any figure I just listed, even if it&#039;s $1,000 in change, won&#039;t change my lifestyle one iota. I would rather give those sets (that I have too) to my grandkids as they get older. When their interests can possibly be molded into hobbies that may interest them as they grow.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a matter of fact my grandson is turning 5 in two weeks. Just last week coincidentally, before your thread was posted, I happened to give him a proof set from 1988. Just a random year I picked out of the stash. His mother, my DIL, said wow, that&#039;s so nice. I&#039;ll put it in the safe for him. I asked her to please let him keep it in his room to look at and play with. Let his interest in it become inquisitive. She said, &#039;he&#039;ll open it up&#039;. I said, he can try. He probably won&#039;t be able to, but if he can, it&#039;s worth probably $4-$5. No big deal. It&#039;s worth more to me to see him touch it and hold it than to put it out of sight and out of reach.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve given proof sets and mint sets from these same years to nephews and nieces over the holidays. People are intrigued by them. They can help others enter the hobby cheaply, and through nothing more than research into the gift I&#039;ve bestowed upon them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Going out to eat? Leave one of these proof sets on the table as part of a tip. These sets are more valuable than the intrinsic value of the coins themselves. Your grandmother specifically gave those sets to you because she saw in you exactly what she was herself, a collector. Not necessarily to save them forever, but maybe to be the go-between for someone who knows nothing about coins to someone who might be able to have their interest piqued by an unknowing, unsuspecting, stranger who was thoughtful and generous enough to share something more than a &#039;Hallmark&#039; card. This makes it more personal.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yes, [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER] we see things about coin collecting very differently. My collection might not be worth millions in cash, but it&#039;s priceless if I can be an ambassador of goodwill to the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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