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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 15306, member: 68&quot;]All coins have a tale to tell, but it is really based on the fact that so many of them have spent their lives and gathered their tales by going from person to person to square debts and make commerce possible.&nbsp; It is commerce and money which are the basis of civilization and it is coins which are present in most cases.&nbsp; Without trades occurring to the mutual benefit of both parties there would be no wealth and no need for coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Even the pristine coins that most collectors seek are only pristine because someone saw value in protecting it, saw value in it for its own sake.&nbsp; This ties us, too, to the ancient (or not so ancient) numismatist who said to himself, &quot;here is something of value which deserves to remain unravaged by circulation&quot;.&nbsp; Even those coins not made to actually circulate derive their value from those that do. Collectors are tied together by the love of the hobby and the pursuit of coins, but they&#039;re also tied to the collectors who have come before and even those who used the coins in everyday life.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hardly surprising that most collectors have a keen interest in history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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