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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 1813201, member: 20480&quot;]I like your post alot, but would refine and add to the definitions somewhat as follow:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>-<b>a numismatist</b> - a person who studies coins and / or the various processes involved in their development, production, use, and decommision. </p><p>- <b>a collector</b> - a person who pursues an assemblage of coins having some logical relationship to one another, as in a type set, date set, grading set, variety set, etc.</p><p>- <b>an investor</b> - a person who buys coins, the study / research of which is limited to a calculated determination of the potential for profit;</p><p>- <b>an accumulator</b> - a person who buys coins, believing they are a good investment, without substantiating that belief through research.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any one of the above can be, and probably is at least a little bit of another in one or more areas.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As an example, I have been a lifelong collector, for less time a numismatist and investor, now a dealer, and very occasionally an accumulator.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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