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Message:: [QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 81835, member: 4230"]im with you. I would much rather have a collection that i could look at and look through then a collection that is kept in a safe deposit box and never looked at because of its value. Now, certainly its not that i dont want coins that are extremely rare and valuable. If i had 10 million dollars to spend, i would certainly get the most for my money. But even then, in the end, i would have a collection consisting of more then just a single $10mill coin. I would buy lots of coins over several series. The enjoyment of looking through several hundred, maybe thousands of coins with my daughter is more valuable to me. Even at 3-1/2 years old, she has her magnifying glass, and although doesnt understand the concept, she looks at her special pennies (cudds, corroded items and the like) through her mag and imitates me and looks through her small, yet growing, collection. Although at this point ehr collection is for the most part junk, over time i think her appreciation of the hobby will grow and so will her collection. Because i dont have the 1922 plain in ms-69 condition, or any other uber rare coin in ubber rare condition - i can sit with my daughter and let her 'sift' through my cents, because i know she cant and wont damage them any more then they allready are. As for investment -- i dont think anyone will argue, that a childs future is a better investment over anything else!![/QUOTE]