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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 328886, member: 5719&quot;]If you consider the history behind even the least expensive vintage coin, even a single purchase out of the &quot;treasure box&quot; can lead to many enjoyable hours researching the coin&#039;s &quot;story.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>We are also on a very limited budget.&nbsp; Fortunately, three of Thalia Elizabeth&#039;s four interests can be satisfied on that limited budget: coins from 2000, the year she was born; coins from 1900, because they are 100 years older than she is; and anything with Queen Elizabeth II on them.&nbsp; Her first example of that last category was what started all this off for her: a Canada cent.&nbsp; (The fourth item she likes is gold, and, well...)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve finely narrowed my current focus so as to not blow the budget.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also become very involved in my local club now so the majority of the time I spend on the hobby isn&#039;t actually &quot;collecting&quot; at all-- it&#039;s being a club officer and doing outreach activities.&nbsp; Like, for example, setting up a display for a local coin show a week from this Sunday.&nbsp; I&#039;ll probably spend more on gas and materials for that show than I will on coins, but that&#039;s OK.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider reading the various opinions and stories here to be part of the hobby as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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