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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhoggman, post: 389347, member: 13987&quot;]I am amazed at how many people try to trivialize coin collecting to merely a hobby. Do certified model airplanes trade on the open market &quot;sight unseen&quot;? Does anyone around here have a scrapbook full of precious metals that have increased in value over 1200% since the early 70&#039;s? How many stock market certificates or federal reserve notes are backed by a valuable commodity? What would you rather use to hedge against inflation Treasury Bills, or silver and gold coins? What is easier to trust, a goverment promise, or something you can see, touch, smell, and taste that has had value for the last 4,000 years? What is more liquid a collection old coke cans, or a collection pre-1993 US gold? Which is more prone to decay, and deterioration a 1962 Chevy Impala, or a 1911d $5 Indian Quarter Eagle?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I will agree that for some people coin collecting is only a hobby; however, many many people also buy and sell coins to their benefit, and hold coins as a store of wealth. I don&#039;t think there is anything at all wrong with detatching the investment aspect of numismatics from the enjoyment aspect; however, I dont think coin collecting should be presented as only a hobby, or for people to constantly assume the only righteous way to collect coins is as a hobby.</p><p>On the contrary... I belive coin collecting is a hobby, and acedemic discapline, a means of investment, a store of wealth, a source of pleasure and income, and many more things to many people.</p><p>None of us in our motives have a higher ground but lets not put our &quot;hobby&quot; in a box. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>nu·mis·mat·ics</b>&nbsp; <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/ahd4WAV/N0194100/numismatics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/ahd4WAV/N0194100/numismatics" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/audio.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/audio.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Audio Help</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (nōō&#039;mĭz-māt&#039;ĭks, -mĭs-, nyōō&#039;-)&nbsp; <a href="http://cache.lexico.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cache.lexico.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Pronunciation Key</span></a>&nbsp; </p><p>n.&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>(used with a sing. verb)</i> The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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