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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 4037192, member: 57463&quot;]Thanks. That speaks to numismatics broadly and allied or related fields more generally, such as stamps or books. Clifford Mishler (<a href="http://www.eclecticpursuitsiola.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eclecticpursuitsiola.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.eclecticpursuitsiola.com</a>) called collecting &quot;a gene you do not inherit.&quot; (I once had an editor change that to &quot;a gene you inherit&quot; which is redundant and not what he said.) Sometimes we find collecting in families, often skipping a generation, but most often, it is one person in the family and just that person. But that person shares so much with other collectors. </p><p><br /></p><p>And I see this in astronomy, just for example. The Astronomy League gives pins and certificates to people who complete projects to sight and record different classes, such as Messiers or planets. Some people pursue those passionately. Even people not in the AL seeking pins to wear will work through sighting and recording all 110 Messier objects. I see them as collectors. </p><p><br /></p><p>Myself, that is not my passion. I am not a collector in that sense. Just for openers, I lack passions completeness and condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>But if you pursue Classic federal now, you will likely move into another numismatic niche and then another and then another... Even if at some point you &quot;stop collecting&quot; you will continue to be interested in the subject and likely pick the hobby up again later when your kids are grown. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a thing with hobbies like ours: it fits well with the anti-social personality. I know the same story from other collectors who went to a local coin store (LCS) and got a cold reception. On the other hand, I work at an engineering firm and the sales people are as friendly as all get-out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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