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<p>[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 3139541, member: 1886"]OP: If you go up to a temple in the Himalaya Mountaians you'll probably find numismatics shown in a negative light. Get used it. If stackers' negative light is steering people <span style="font-size: 16px"> from numismatics, so what? The result will be less price pressure. That should only bother people who want to see price pressure. But oh no, we all know everyone collects strictly for pleasure. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">Yeah, right. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p>IMO, there are purist collectors who care nothing about profit and are mostly interested in the scholarly side. I don't believe there are many of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of us, I think, are just kidding ourselves. We should all own a Fugger stamp so we can see what someone who was never confused about the profit motive looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTF3bG72mDLQglgOyubCg_LeXVUaPTVueA8hJBv5gVNArC74i6G" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"> </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 3139541, member: 1886"]OP: If you go up to a temple in the Himalaya Mountaians you'll probably find numismatics shown in a negative light. Get used it. If stackers' negative light is steering people [SIZE=16px] from numismatics, so what? The result will be less price pressure. That should only bother people who want to see price pressure. But oh no, we all know everyone collects strictly for pleasure. Yeah, right. [/SIZE] IMO, there are purist collectors who care nothing about profit and are mostly interested in the scholarly side. I don't believe there are many of them. Most of us, I think, are just kidding ourselves. We should all own a Fugger stamp so we can see what someone who was never confused about the profit motive looks like. [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTF3bG72mDLQglgOyubCg_LeXVUaPTVueA8hJBv5gVNArC74i6G[/IMG] [SIZE=16px] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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