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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2459966, member: 15588"]I am slowly evolving to GDJMSP's perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>It gradually occurred to me over the past year or so that I don't need to actually own coins to find them fascinating and interesting. I can instead buy fascinating and interesting, and typically far more affordable, books to read and simply study these amazing metallic discs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I generally like to own very few coins because as I accumulate a great number of anything it starts to overwhelm me and I forget what I actually do own and may even inadvertently purchase something twice or just plain forget what I have. Accumulation for the sake of accumulation has never satisfied me, but I've also found myself falling into that pattern now and again because I do love the experience of attending coin shows and buying interesting looking pieces. Regardless, I really do want to become a much more fussy buyer and actually possess only a few meaningful pieces that have a deeper personal connection. The rest I can just read about.</p><p><br /></p><p>We'll see how I do. I highly doubt that I'll stop purchasing coins completely, but I hope I do purchase fewer going forward. On my recent trip to Denver I bought only 3 coins, but I could have bought loads more. Someday the withdrawal twitches will subside...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2459966, member: 15588"]I am slowly evolving to GDJMSP's perspective. It gradually occurred to me over the past year or so that I don't need to actually own coins to find them fascinating and interesting. I can instead buy fascinating and interesting, and typically far more affordable, books to read and simply study these amazing metallic discs. I generally like to own very few coins because as I accumulate a great number of anything it starts to overwhelm me and I forget what I actually do own and may even inadvertently purchase something twice or just plain forget what I have. Accumulation for the sake of accumulation has never satisfied me, but I've also found myself falling into that pattern now and again because I do love the experience of attending coin shows and buying interesting looking pieces. Regardless, I really do want to become a much more fussy buyer and actually possess only a few meaningful pieces that have a deeper personal connection. The rest I can just read about. We'll see how I do. I highly doubt that I'll stop purchasing coins completely, but I hope I do purchase fewer going forward. On my recent trip to Denver I bought only 3 coins, but I could have bought loads more. Someday the withdrawal twitches will subside...[/QUOTE]
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