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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;north49guy, post: 602319, member: 16065&quot;]I would say my opinion of collecting comes down to the basic beginning of most peoples interest in the coin/paper hobby. Their first find, which is usually in change. People eventually start looking at their change and start to see neat things. This then turns them into &#039;roll searchers&#039;. This sparks their hobby even more since they will be finding many more older coins, I still roll search and find wheats every few rolls of pennies. With paper it is a bit harder to &#039;roll search&#039;. Just to search 100 $1 bills it costs $100 withdrawl from the bank. I think this discourages people from coming into the hobby.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Beyond getting started, I also agree that paper costs more since the face value alone is high beyond $1 and $2 bills. I have many bills now for my paper money collection and also many coins. I find both extremely interesting but I love the designs a lot more on the paper. I feel also is it much easier to grade coins (maybe because of my experience in it more then paper) because you really just need to look at luster and the high points in a coin to determine the grade. With paper it comes down to color, crispness, tears, rips, corners, etc.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another reason I think it is harder to get into paper money is the many many people that try and build sets of a certain (or all) coins based on collecting every year. With paper it is a lot different as they change the dates less often and many times you cannot relate the date printed with the actual date it was printed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also agree with the precious metals statement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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