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<p>[QUOTE="SteveInTampa, post: 1079321, member: 27107"]Collecting paper money HAS become my favorite hobby. </p><p>I collected coins for over 10 years, and also enjoyed that hobby, but not nearly as much as paper currency. Unlike coins, paper currency has more room/space for design, and paper currency also has the added personality of a SERIAL NUMBER. Both coins & currency have denominations, dates, mint marks/districts, and CONDITION, but currency alone has that added ingredient, and in some instances can become "fancy", and/or meaningfull (birthyear & lucky numbers). </p><p> </p><p>The other hobby, that I enjoyed almost as much as currency, was collecting metal lunchboxes/thermos's because of the nostalgic factor. But sometimes while competing with other lunchbox collectors, some of the examples crossed over to the "entertainment" collectors, and drove up prices on highly sought-after pieces.......</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/mbwizkid/IMG_0012.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Whatever you decide to collect.....have fun and enjoy the new friends.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SteveInTampa, post: 1079321, member: 27107"]Collecting paper money HAS become my favorite hobby. I collected coins for over 10 years, and also enjoyed that hobby, but not nearly as much as paper currency. Unlike coins, paper currency has more room/space for design, and paper currency also has the added personality of a SERIAL NUMBER. Both coins & currency have denominations, dates, mint marks/districts, and CONDITION, but currency alone has that added ingredient, and in some instances can become "fancy", and/or meaningfull (birthyear & lucky numbers). The other hobby, that I enjoyed almost as much as currency, was collecting metal lunchboxes/thermos's because of the nostalgic factor. But sometimes while competing with other lunchbox collectors, some of the examples crossed over to the "entertainment" collectors, and drove up prices on highly sought-after pieces....... [IMG]http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/mbwizkid/IMG_0012.jpg[/IMG] Whatever you decide to collect.....have fun and enjoy the new friends.[/QUOTE]
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