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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joecoincollect, post: 2508937, member: 71338&quot;]Flea/antique markets are wonderful, since you know what you&#039;re doing. Sure, there are some sellers here that prey on ignorant people and overcharge them, but you can bypass them and find hidden stocks of coins from time to time. It&#039;s largely about the hunt for me at these places, then taking it home and relishing it, organizing and occasionally selling at a nice profit. I have a limited budget as well, around 100-200 a month if I&#039;m lucky but it goes far! My hobby pays for itself a lot of time. The problem as I see it, is not money or family commitments, but psychological. You are running into a dead end as far as taking in new coins or experiences related to them. I used to have more or less money to spend, but regardless I find ways to make myself happy with the hobby, whether that entails reading about them, doing Coin Talk, anticipating or attending a weekend flea market, etc. It also helps tremendously to have a few other hobbies - I like to read and used to draw somewhat. Numismatics could just be another hobby for you among others, and you can switch more to other ones when needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I also got a large number of binders I heave around sometimes but I&#039;m okay with these low value coins. There was a time where I wanted to create these huge things, currently though I&#039;m adding little to them and just upgrading holders, re-organizing etc. Maybe sell one or two binders, or sell off some silver coins for melt at a loss. I do it all the time - collecting interests change and what you do is fine as long as you&#039;re okay with it mentally. It&#039;s easy to succumb to the desire of wanting more, to stay in that mode of thinking. I always reflect on how I&#039;m forever waiting for something, or wanting just one more coin that I think I need but don&#039;t. But I also try to look at everything I have and remind myself that there&#039;s stuff here that is still intriguing to me or at least to someone else out there I can sell it to. Either way, I&#039;m staying active and happy with the hobby by moving stuff around. Coin collecting and life are like a game to me where you win and lose but the most significant thing to me is that I keep playing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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