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<p>[QUOTE="gunsmoke, post: 185226, member: 6896"]Listen, children, I want you to tell us about the people who have put you down for being coin collectors. People who "don't understand." When I first got into numismatics way back in the 1960s and told my best friend about my new hobby, he summed up the view of many when he said, "It's so mundane." I remember his exact words after all these years. </p><p><br /></p><p>He and others think of us as jerks without intelligence or education who are saving Jefferson nickels, Lincoln cents, Washington quarters, etc., out of circulation for no good reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, coin collecting is so much more than they know--but we all know--and I would love to hear about your encounters with such people, who may be loved family members or close friends. What did they say and what did you say to enlighten them?--gunsmoke[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gunsmoke, post: 185226, member: 6896"]Listen, children, I want you to tell us about the people who have put you down for being coin collectors. People who "don't understand." When I first got into numismatics way back in the 1960s and told my best friend about my new hobby, he summed up the view of many when he said, "It's so mundane." I remember his exact words after all these years. He and others think of us as jerks without intelligence or education who are saving Jefferson nickels, Lincoln cents, Washington quarters, etc., out of circulation for no good reason. However, coin collecting is so much more than they know--but we all know--and I would love to hear about your encounters with such people, who may be loved family members or close friends. What did they say and what did you say to enlighten them?--gunsmoke[/QUOTE]
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