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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 59614, member: 669&quot;]Your remarks most assuredly didn&#039;t strike me as either patronizing or disrespectful, but then I don&#039;t have a chip on my shoulder about the difference between collectors and coin/bullion investors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect coins for their beauty and historical meaning.&nbsp; I try to constantly acquire, and share, knowledge about those aspects.</p><p><br /></p><p>I invest in (or more precisely gamble on) the stock market, real estate, and startup businesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I give legal advice on some subjects, because I <i>am</i> licensed to share my education, experience and opinion on those subjects.</p><p><br /></p><p>I refrain from giving investment advice because I am <i>not</i> licensed to to share my 50-plus years of education, experience or opinion on <i>that</i> subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>The numismatic hobby is plenty big enough to accomodate all of us - those like me who don&#039;t consider our collections as &quot;investments&quot;, those who combine collecting and investing, <i>and</i> those who strictly &quot;investors&quot;; so let&#039;s stick with the policy of this forum, and agree to disagree without indulging in personal attacks or criticisms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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