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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8319656, member: 19463"]I can not agree with either Aaron Berk or Heliodromus on this one. I do not expect to sell my core collection and will leave that to whoever gets them next and does not want them. The only way to reap a profit on coins is to sell them and doing that means they are no longer yours. That makes me unhappy. However I do not collect by a list and have no idea if, when or what will be my next coin. I know it won't be something Aaron Berk would find interesting but that means nothing since he would be among the last people who would find interest in my under 4 digit trash. It is quite possible to collect opportunistically based not on price but on feeling lucky to find something interesting even if I had no idea it even existed. It troubles me seeing so many people willing to pay ridiculous prices (as Aaron so regularly shows with his podcast features on those who bought unwisely) but what I see is not people buying a $300 coin for $3000 but more often paying high prices for things I would feel guilty giving to a kid. I apologize to any kids (some are old now) to whom I have given coins that would not pass muster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8319656, member: 19463"]I can not agree with either Aaron Berk or Heliodromus on this one. I do not expect to sell my core collection and will leave that to whoever gets them next and does not want them. The only way to reap a profit on coins is to sell them and doing that means they are no longer yours. That makes me unhappy. However I do not collect by a list and have no idea if, when or what will be my next coin. I know it won't be something Aaron Berk would find interesting but that means nothing since he would be among the last people who would find interest in my under 4 digit trash. It is quite possible to collect opportunistically based not on price but on feeling lucky to find something interesting even if I had no idea it even existed. It troubles me seeing so many people willing to pay ridiculous prices (as Aaron so regularly shows with his podcast features on those who bought unwisely) but what I see is not people buying a $300 coin for $3000 but more often paying high prices for things I would feel guilty giving to a kid. I apologize to any kids (some are old now) to whom I have given coins that would not pass muster.[/QUOTE]
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