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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2543225, member: 76194"]You said it best. The dealers can't see it because they have a money interest in things continuing as is. They make short sighted decisions now because it benefits them in the present, and they don't care what happens in 15 years because they'll be retired, dead, or will have moved to something else. And the government employees don't see it because they don't have a private business mentality and get paid and have relative job security either way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally have no emotional or financial interest in the U.S. Numismatics market, being an ancient and medieval collector mainly focused on ancient Roman coins and obscure ancient/medieval Asian coins hardly anyone bothers to collect. So when I analyze the U.S. coin collecting hobby and market, I do so from an impartial outsider's view, using my personal knowledge of the coin hobby as a whole, my experience as a business owner, and my personal experience of having been trained in law school to analyze things impartially from all angles...which has served me well in my legal career. And it is that experience which led me to the same conclusions as yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2543225, member: 76194"]You said it best. The dealers can't see it because they have a money interest in things continuing as is. They make short sighted decisions now because it benefits them in the present, and they don't care what happens in 15 years because they'll be retired, dead, or will have moved to something else. And the government employees don't see it because they don't have a private business mentality and get paid and have relative job security either way. I personally have no emotional or financial interest in the U.S. Numismatics market, being an ancient and medieval collector mainly focused on ancient Roman coins and obscure ancient/medieval Asian coins hardly anyone bothers to collect. So when I analyze the U.S. coin collecting hobby and market, I do so from an impartial outsider's view, using my personal knowledge of the coin hobby as a whole, my experience as a business owner, and my personal experience of having been trained in law school to analyze things impartially from all angles...which has served me well in my legal career. And it is that experience which led me to the same conclusions as yourself.[/QUOTE]
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