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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 2359354, member: 1886&quot;]When I first got on the Internet in 2000 I became interested in Lincoln Cent BIEs. I accumulated several hundred of them in about 8 months and my excitement towards them began to dwindle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the past, a collector in 1965 might spent five years or more to collect several hundred BIEs-- buying and trading with other collectors, writing letters, drawing pictures of what he had to trade with or trying to make sense of someone elses sketches.&nbsp; Nothing happened fast or in abundance. </p><p><br /></p><p>This speed and so much access to so much, including ready to go info, I think is a&nbsp; real danger to coin collecting. I think the speed (and abundance in many areas) causes bordom or burn out. Isn&#039;t that also called diminishing marginal returns? </p><p><br /></p><p>Or maybe speed,&nbsp; efficiency and abundance&nbsp; is really&nbsp; the fast lane to atrophy city. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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