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Message:: [QUOTE="ErolGarip, post: 2870575, member: 88736"]What [USER=77126]@Bman33[/USER] is doing is Learning, also by collecting ... What [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] is doing is Learning and writing books (teaching) not by collecting (anymore)... In one of them, in [USER=77126]@Bman33[/USER]'s case, there is a kind of trade of coins, that is what is being done by antique shops and dealers. In the other, in [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER]'s case, there is a kind of trade of knowledge/info about coins, that is what is being done by museums and scholars. I don't see any "pure learning" in either case. In either case, this way or that way, with different methods, the target is to make some more money, isn't it? Then, one may ask, what is "pure learning"? I can think of only one answer and it is that the "pure learning" is "learning what the money is"... What people here are doing is learning what the coins are... This is far away from pure learning, however, also very close to pure learning... It depends on how you view the coin. If you view the coin as the money, you are close to pure learning. If you view the coin as a goods, as a commodity  with a value which can be convertible to the money, then, you are far away from pure learning. Therefore, "pure learning" is possible only when we study the coin as the money.[/QUOTE]