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<p>[QUOTE="tmoneyeagles, post: 602122, member: 17557"]For me, it comes down to, do I want to own some gold, or some pieces of paper</p><p>If you give me $1000 to spend, I might buy a 1914 $10 or $5 bill, but that might be it</p><p>I think that old notes, are very interesting, and those $5 Chiefs, series of 1934, and the 1914 series, are all interesting to me</p><p>My thing is, I find what we use today, is just monopoly money, as is the paper used hundreds of years ago, just a piece of paper, with ink, not a whole lot more (Unless gold or silver certificate) but even with those, I'd much rather own the actual metal myself</p><p>I love coins, coins are my passion. I have a small paper money collection, and RickieB, you've been nice enough to comment on it</p><p>It will never grow to be big, and beautiful, like a collection, such as yours, because I simply don't want to put more money into it, I'd rather put money, into the metals, that are worth money, beyond numismatic value, but also for their metal content</p><p>I think the ratio of the paper money collectors, to coin collectors, has a little bit of both, price, and people wanting to have $200 worth of silver, rather than a 1899 silver certificate, with a face value of $1</p><p>Those are my thoughts on this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tmoneyeagles, post: 602122, member: 17557"]For me, it comes down to, do I want to own some gold, or some pieces of paper If you give me $1000 to spend, I might buy a 1914 $10 or $5 bill, but that might be it I think that old notes, are very interesting, and those $5 Chiefs, series of 1934, and the 1914 series, are all interesting to me My thing is, I find what we use today, is just monopoly money, as is the paper used hundreds of years ago, just a piece of paper, with ink, not a whole lot more (Unless gold or silver certificate) but even with those, I'd much rather own the actual metal myself I love coins, coins are my passion. I have a small paper money collection, and RickieB, you've been nice enough to comment on it It will never grow to be big, and beautiful, like a collection, such as yours, because I simply don't want to put more money into it, I'd rather put money, into the metals, that are worth money, beyond numismatic value, but also for their metal content I think the ratio of the paper money collectors, to coin collectors, has a little bit of both, price, and people wanting to have $200 worth of silver, rather than a 1899 silver certificate, with a face value of $1 Those are my thoughts on this :)[/QUOTE]
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