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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7878365, member: 120820&quot;]It seems being a collector is part of the human condition, at least for some humans. Maybe a mild type of disfunction akin to OCD - being irrated by something (a set of things) being incomplete, or excessively compelled to complete it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Curtis Clay (numismatist) once noted that one of the (main?) motivators of coin collectors is to make other collectors jealous, which has some ring of truth to it! Maybe not the prime motivator, but certainly a component. After all, who else can really understand how special your latest shiny thing is, other than another collector?! Maybe this is a reason some people are drawn to collecting modern stuff - because it may be easier to find like-minded people to share it with and try to impress!</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course nostalgia is part of it too when it comes to collecting things you may have owned in your youth, such as baseball cards or comics.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I personally like about collecting roman coins (specifically Constantine), is the element of discovery in that the history is only partially known, as are the things you are collecting. It&#039;s fun to be able to put together the jigsaw pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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