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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 8276978, member: 15481"]15 years ago, the dollar was relatively weak towards the kroner, arond 5 NOK for a dollar. It’s usually been between 7.5 and 9. At that time I spent 1500$ on a coin. I have rarely gone over 1k since then.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461354[/ATTACH]</p><p>The last years, I have made a collage of the coins I have bought, ranging them for how much joy they bring me. This has been educational:</p><p>1. I repeatedly get little joy from the «snack» coins that I pick up at auctions because they are cheap. That money is better saved up for more important coins.</p><p>2. The coins that bring the most joy, again and again, are coin types that I have been watching for a long time. Those, plus being able to add a new emperor to the Imperial Silver Collection bring the most joy.</p><p>3. Many times, a real joyer will outrank a coin that cost far more. Then again, the top 10 mostly consists of expensive coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1461357[/ATTACH]</p><p>Considering that I have bought this many coins so far this year at least tells me I spend quite a lot of my money on coins.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 8276978, member: 15481"]15 years ago, the dollar was relatively weak towards the kroner, arond 5 NOK for a dollar. It’s usually been between 7.5 and 9. At that time I spent 1500$ on a coin. I have rarely gone over 1k since then. [ATTACH=full]1461354[/ATTACH] The last years, I have made a collage of the coins I have bought, ranging them for how much joy they bring me. This has been educational: 1. I repeatedly get little joy from the «snack» coins that I pick up at auctions because they are cheap. That money is better saved up for more important coins. 2. The coins that bring the most joy, again and again, are coin types that I have been watching for a long time. Those, plus being able to add a new emperor to the Imperial Silver Collection bring the most joy. 3. Many times, a real joyer will outrank a coin that cost far more. Then again, the top 10 mostly consists of expensive coins. [ATTACH=full]1461356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1461357[/ATTACH] Considering that I have bought this many coins so far this year at least tells me I spend quite a lot of my money on coins.....:nailbiting:o_O[/QUOTE]
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