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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3183840, member: 19463&quot;]The new collector has one other choice whatever there budget level might be.&nbsp; That is to get over the idea that they will be making a profit on coins and buy coins they can afford realizing that they may never sell them.&nbsp; I have known several people for whom a $100 bill meant no more than a $1 does to me.&nbsp; There are people who have that feeling about gold bars.&nbsp; They can collect dekadrachms by die variety; I can&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had lunch; I put gas in my car; I bought a coin.&nbsp; I did not plan on reselling any of the three.&nbsp; Sure, I will sell some coins (for more than I will get for used food or gas) but I will sell the coins I want to sell, not those that are primed for profit.&nbsp; The hope for gain drives people to pay more than they themselves believe is appropriate for the coin or to buy coins that they do not want but feel they &#039;should&#039; buy.&nbsp; If we buy only coins we can afford not to consider recoverable investments, we are free to enjoy them for what they are rather than what we hope they will be.&nbsp; Perhaps there will be a &#039;surprise&#039; cash return before or after we die but that is not the reason to collect.&nbsp; When I die, some of my personal effects (cars, clothes and coins included) will be sold; some will be donated to charity; some will be kept by family to remember me by; some will be put in the trash.&nbsp; Which category is which is not a primary concern of mine now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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