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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 6317786, member: 111037"]Thank you for your kind words. When I do a write up I am fully aware that English is my second language and it is probably full of mistakes. Thankfully CoinTalk members are too polite to point them out. </p><p><br /></p><p>For me the happiest side-effect of coin collecting is that it allowed me to reconnect with history. Every coin is attached to an important historical civilization or personality/event and researching the coin allows us to indulge into the associated history in such detail that we never experienced in school. And it doesn't have to be a fancy tetradrachm, you can equally achieve this with a humble Byzantine copper. The physical value of the coins is only important as far as the ability to acquire them is concerned, and this is whether we like it or not attached to the real world. I was hit with a rather big and unexpected home-maintenance bill yesterday that demolished my coin budget for the months to come. It takes reality to burst the coin bubble sometimes. So no more tets for a while, but hopefully a bronze or two will be possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 6317786, member: 111037"]Thank you for your kind words. When I do a write up I am fully aware that English is my second language and it is probably full of mistakes. Thankfully CoinTalk members are too polite to point them out. For me the happiest side-effect of coin collecting is that it allowed me to reconnect with history. Every coin is attached to an important historical civilization or personality/event and researching the coin allows us to indulge into the associated history in such detail that we never experienced in school. And it doesn't have to be a fancy tetradrachm, you can equally achieve this with a humble Byzantine copper. The physical value of the coins is only important as far as the ability to acquire them is concerned, and this is whether we like it or not attached to the real world. I was hit with a rather big and unexpected home-maintenance bill yesterday that demolished my coin budget for the months to come. It takes reality to burst the coin bubble sometimes. So no more tets for a while, but hopefully a bronze or two will be possible.[/QUOTE]
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