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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 605029, member: 2486&quot;]Why it is only &quot;Human Nature&quot; to want to be knowledgeable about areas of interest to people with similar interest, and to advocate expertise in that chosen area, it seems we all share an opinion of what we know and what we judge to be our realistic interpretation of that said entity.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, all of you are here for a reason and share that interest mutually.</p><p>If the opportunity arose to direct the growth of your personal interest in collecting Paper Money (or coins for that fact) what would you consider to be the area in which you would contribute not only to your own knowledge, but yet to the collecting community? </p><p>Most of us receive some form of Numismatic material in the form of Magazines, Internet (on-line subscriptions) access to TPG CO info and read every word published by those who take the lead in the field. Those that command a presence, we uphold them and place them on pedestals.</p><p>Why not you? What prevents you from accomplishing what others have done before you?</p><p>What would be your ultimate contribution to the accumulation of a vast collection, perhaps even a curator for a Paper Money Museum?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had the privilege of learning about a man who at one time made all these thing his reality, seeing and archiving unknown Banknotes from collectors like Amon Carter (for one) and Foreign Dignitaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>It made me stop and think...what prevents us/you from following a dream?</p><p><br /></p><p>Tell us about what you would like to do, your dream and how you might make that possible. Does it take buying a huge amount of banknotes to become a self made legend in your on right? It sure has made me stop and think about it. </p><p>Perhaps for me it is to accumulate the notes I seek and to be able to possibly provide a link to past history for those who might never really know what that history was!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to be so profound, however, this person that has stopped me in my tracks and made me think of something different than the norm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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