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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbeth87, post: 602530, member: 18369&quot;]Great topic Ricky.&nbsp; As you know, I collect both, though I have a lot more in coinage than paper.&nbsp; Here are my theories:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1.&nbsp; Tradition:&nbsp; Many of our coin collecting interests came from being introduced to it by our fathers, and they their fathers, and so on.&nbsp; This is powerful.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Tactile:&nbsp; A coin in the hand just feels better than paper.&nbsp; It is shiney, it is heavy, you can flip it, etc.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Knowledge:&nbsp; This goes along with the first one, but at a young age, I knew that the penny to own was the 1909 s vdb.....because of my father.&nbsp; I think the public knows more about coins and therefore collect it more.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Treasure hunt:&nbsp; Coin collecting is a treasure hunt, and lets face it, more coins pass through our hands in our lifetime than bills.&nbsp; Many know that a special coin may be in their next handful of coins.&nbsp; Again, this relates to the previous item.</p><p>5.&nbsp; Longevity:&nbsp; You can get a 70 year old penny in change which will spark an interest in the treasure hunt, but it probably wont happen with paper as its shelf life is very short.</p><p>6.&nbsp; Coinage is just more interesting to most folks because they have never seen some of the old bills but have seen a merc and Rosie dime, a franklin and kennedy half, 50 state quarters, etc.&nbsp; Nearly all of the public have only seen George, Abe, Andrew, etc. on the same bills their whole life and not seen anything else.&nbsp; For example, I just saw my first $5 indian chief bill a month ago and now I REALLY want one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Those are my theories.&nbsp; I always appreciate your posts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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