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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 602228, member: 8033&quot;]Well, as many of you folks here know I am Bi and proud of it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I collect PM and coins. A LOT of my paper has come out of circulation and face value and, in this regard, it can get expensive in a hurry.</p><p>Saving a wheat cent from change doesn&#039;t hurt nearly as much as saving a $100 star note. No offense to anyone but everytime I read &quot;I save every star note&quot; I chuckle to myself. Back in my truck stop days I would frequently see over $100 face in stars in an eight hour shift so I learned fast. Still, I have well over $1000 face in star notes pulled at face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also think a big reason is upbringing and conceptions. I see this at work every day. People come in to see what their coins are worth. Often it was left by a parent or grandparent. Then you might here &quot;I have some old dollar bills too&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p>Why is this? Perhaps because coins have been around a lot longer than paper money?</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike many most of my collection IS small sized U.S. material. Why, as a life long coin collector, did I ever even start with paper money? Well, it was the &quot;collector&quot; in me. I realized I was probably overlooking a lot of scarce material because I had NO knowledge. I don&#039;t like that feeling.</p><p>The more I learned the more I became hooked. I was almost totally paper for a few years then started to miss my coins. The fact that I do both is a big reason I now work in a shop believe me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s face it folks as collectors we&#039;re all a bit &quot;different&quot;. Some of us worse than others. I&#039;m a perfect example. I have one of the largest Fort Worth 295 engraving error collections known. About 2500 one dollar notes and the vast majority picked up at face.</p><p>Know what? MOST paper money collectors don&#039;t even know what they are.</p><p>Cripes! I&#039;ll complain that I&#039;m broke and there sits $2500. $2500 that I&#039;d rather see a collector have than the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my point is paper money people can be like this. Just a different set of variables once one learns more. No different than an obsessed coin collector actually.</p><p><br /></p><p>The paper money numbers will grow as more people learn and pass stuff along. You&#039;re a perfect example RickieB.</p><p>You are creating a &quot;monster&quot; in AJ. Cool little monster you have there my friend.</p><p><br /></p><p>clembo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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