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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smitty, post: 1413906, member: 35044&quot;]Coin collecting is whatever you want it to be.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For me it&#039;s -- A.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, I don&#039;t necessarily buy into the &quot;coins are a bad investment&quot; argument any more than I buy into stocks are a bad investment because the S&amp;P500 is lower than it was 12 years ago. With either, you just have to buy the right ones at the right time for the right price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I appreciate the history and aesthetics of some coins, I don&#039;t have the &quot;collector&quot; gene.&nbsp; I lean toward collecting experiences and memories rather than any&nbsp; material thing. Actually, the older I get the more I&#039;m divesting myself&nbsp; of &quot;stuff&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my own personal definition of coin collecting is&nbsp; simply the same as my collecting of stocks or bullion, only on a longer&nbsp; time frame. With stocks I&#039;m looking 3 months - 2 years out. Bullion, 1-5 years. IRA/401K, 5-10 years. Coins, 15-20 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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