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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SmokeMonkey, post: 328770, member: 6459&quot;]as a person on a budget tighter than a gnat&#039;s behind i support my hobby by going through change and getting rolls at the bank.&nbsp; occasionally i might fork over a few bucks for something but i still dont own one piece of silver.&nbsp; not one.&nbsp; but what i do own is coins from around the world, a 1935 silver certificate, a 1963 2$ red seal, a star note, etc.&nbsp; its not much but its my collection.&nbsp; ive loved looking at coins since i was a kid and even if i never have a piece of silver or a slabbed coin im ok with that.&nbsp; collecting doesnt mean buying slabbed coins or buying silver, those are fun im sure but collecting doesnt mean you have to spend a fortune on the hobby.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>i also build models, tanks, cars, etc.&nbsp; i COULD get high end products to help me but i get by without them.&nbsp; its about the attention to detail, how much time and effort i put into making something look as real as possible, not how much money i can throw into an airbrush for a slightly better finish.</p><p><br /></p><p>i think people sometimes forget that collecting coins also means going through rolls to find all kinds of errors, finding a wheat or something else in a roll.&nbsp; part of the fun in collecting is looking through your change just to keep your skills honed and the possibility of getting lucky, it happens more often than we think.&nbsp; i think its about using what we&#039;ve learned, not what we have in our wallets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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