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<p>[QUOTE="Pocket Change, post: 222802, member: 8012"]I suppose the increasing number of coins to buy is impossible to stop.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen the same thing happen to two other hobbies I have dabbled in - stamps and sports cards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just check out the hundreds of different items that you can buy from the post office this year alone. And I must admit, some of it is kinda cool, but you just can't keep up.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the 1990's killed Sports Cards - the companies were literally printing cardboard money and collectors were left holding the 3-ring binders. There were so many things to collect and so little time...</p><p><br /></p><p>In both cases, you're not really collecting - you're amassing or hoarding. And of course, any hope of an "investment" goes out the window - after all, how many different versions of a state quarter will people be willing to buy 10, 20 or 70 years from now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the weekend, I saw the HSN Coin show -they were selling Washington Dollar error coins in bulk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The end is near............[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pocket Change, post: 222802, member: 8012"]I suppose the increasing number of coins to buy is impossible to stop. I've seen the same thing happen to two other hobbies I have dabbled in - stamps and sports cards. Just check out the hundreds of different items that you can buy from the post office this year alone. And I must admit, some of it is kinda cool, but you just can't keep up. And the 1990's killed Sports Cards - the companies were literally printing cardboard money and collectors were left holding the 3-ring binders. There were so many things to collect and so little time... In both cases, you're not really collecting - you're amassing or hoarding. And of course, any hope of an "investment" goes out the window - after all, how many different versions of a state quarter will people be willing to buy 10, 20 or 70 years from now. Over the weekend, I saw the HSN Coin show -they were selling Washington Dollar error coins in bulk. The end is near............[/QUOTE]
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