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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 8052322, member: 10461&quot;]You didn’t- not in the slightest.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s an important point.&nbsp; One doesn’t want one’s hobby to be a major drain on the household finances.&nbsp; I learned this in my previous marriage, when we were <i>really</i> broke.&nbsp; The <i>first</i> Ladymarcovan was not so tolerant of my collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to learn to wheel and deal and trade and cherrypick to make my hobby self-supporting.&nbsp; Which it is… <i>mostly</i>.&nbsp; I do allow myself little splurges out of my non-coin funds once in a while.&nbsp; It’s not like I have any other hobbies that cost money.</p><p><br /></p><p>My needs are simple.&nbsp; I drive a beat-up but paid-for 20-year-old car.&nbsp; I paid off the somewhat nicer car our daughter drives.&nbsp; Cable bill?&nbsp; Heck, we don’t even own a TV anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not make very much money as a hotel clerk in GA (there are newly-hired fast food workers in NC making four bucks an hour more than I do, for less responsibility), but I manage to live within my means most of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Truth be told, I went into debt with my dealer friend for this coin, but he knows I’m good for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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