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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zlotych, post: 1480280, member: 36837&quot;]The deeper meaning? </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it depends on your personal history. My dad collected a bit, as did his father before him. My pops showed me many of the circulated U.S. coins from the early 1900&#039;s, explained a bit of the history behind them, and explained my grandfather&#039;s military career and the significance of he coins he had. </p><p><br /></p><p>My gramps had a $2.5 gold piece and explained how it was once commonly circulated and how the value of something that had a value of $2.50 later became much more valuable. We still have it in the family. It actually causes anxiety when I think about the future of that coin. My dad keeps it in a safe. I know I will never sell it, but will my son, or one of my future children or grandchildren, see its value to our family or get behind on a light bill and sell it for its monetary value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now stack silver eagles for my son. I collect other coins for the enjoyment the art and history gives me, and also the investment potential of owning something that will hold value or even gain value when I retire. I plan to sell them all when I retire (about 30 years from now) to furnish a small portion of my retirement, but also so none of my descendants wonders about sentimental value. I don&#039;t want to give them the same inner-conflict that coin gives me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I continue to collect for the enjoyment of the art, the history, and the family connection. I honestly hope my dad sells all of this old silver and gold so I don&#039;t have to make decisions about it. He deserves a cruise and some steak dinners which is better than the fate I feel like I can guarantee those pieces. Maybe I&#039;ll keep a dirty old wheat cent he liked for sentimental value. I hold dear to me a silver St. Sebastian necklace my grandfather gave to me. Silver value = $20, value to me = irreplaceable. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope my son sells all of what I give to him and forgets the sentimental value. I want it to be part of a house for him or part of his child&#039;s college education.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, coins are pretty universal and pretty easily identifiable. They are family to me. If you don&#039;t have this type of history, they are pieces of metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, junior likes to pick out coins with pictures of animals and he spreads them out on his floor to look at. If he keeps this enjoyment, continue on. Otherwise, get money.</p><p><br /></p><p>That gold piece? Maybe I tell my wife to bury me with it in my pocket. Maybe I tell my son to sell it immediately. The coin still cause me an ethical debate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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