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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8321025, member: 110226&quot;]The whole point of collecting coins, ancient or modern, is to undertake a journey of discovery and fulfillment through an appreciation of history, art and the acquisition of knowledge and understanding through the study of these &quot;time travelers&quot;, uniquely human activities.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As collectors we have divergent interests quite often, which can often inform and broaden the perspective of fellow collectors, especially through a forum such as CT.&nbsp; That helps make the collecting of ancients and other coins even more enriching.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is the primary focus of collecting, in my view.&nbsp; The discussion of how one goes about acquiring additions of one&#039;s collection is guided by, again, area(s) of interest and one&#039;s economic circumstances.&nbsp; A collector may have a desire for collecting the tetradrachms of Syracuse, an expensive undertaking even in mid grade.&nbsp; On the other hand a collector may be interested in the more attainable bronze coinage of Heraclius, with all of the overstrikes inherent with his coinage.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In either situation experience and knowledge play important roles in how a collector goes about deciding what to buy and what to pass on.&nbsp; Unless a collector happens to be a Silicon Valley billionaire with an unlimited budget, this applies to the vast majority of everyday collectors, whether sitting in a coin shop or at a dealer&#039;s table at a coin show or at an auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am against buying coins as investments.&nbsp; The future is unknowable.&nbsp; We can try to predict that the value of a given coin, or even stock, that will grow at a certain rate over, say, a twenty year period, but that is really a guess, perhaps a sophisticated one, but a guess nonetheless.&nbsp; History has taught us how fallible our predictions can be. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for me, I generally have mid-grade coins, many located in spots throughout the house, mingling with the dust bunnies, some waiting to be researched, others waiting to be boxed (they are remarkably patient!).&nbsp; I guess that I need to stipulate in a trust what is to be done with the collection after I leave the house feet first, and that is something that I&#039;ve procrastinated over many years, but, for me at least, making a ton of money is not a consideration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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