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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jon Brand, post: 2856301, member: 89353&quot;]This is gonna be a ramble so skip it if you have ADD like I do! lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t finished reading even half of this thread yet but will thrown in my two cents. I am only 34, born in 1983 and am not an expert in coins but heres my breif history in this.... I started collecting old american coins as a child and got most of them at a local coin shop that is still here today. I was probably around 12 years old. Then I lost all interest until a few years ago. I took out my coins which I hadn&#039;t looked at in probably 22 years and sold all of them back to this coin shop and immediately started buying $2.5 and $5 indians again.. The best coin I had in my collection as a kid was a non slabbed, most likely cleaned $2.5 indian. Those have been my favorite design by a long shot since i was little. My specialty as a collector is custom knives and I know alot more about those then I do coins. I primaraly collect what I like. Thats why I focus on gold BLP Indians, indian head pennies and a few morgans.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think with cell phones and internet the world is a different place and it will appear that kids are distracted by fast moving life/internet very easily. I always worry about my knife collection, and even more so that world/community in itself. I don&#039;t like to insert politics into anything but I also believe changing political climates can decide what is still &#039;cool&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway...&nbsp; I was very moved to go on instagram and start searching for coin and knife collectors, and all of them seem to be around my age and even much younger. Its clear to me that my hobbies are still alive and well to new generations but I think you still never know what will go in and out of style to collect. You always have to grow with the spinning world and adapt to the changes, and for people like me who buy what they like that can be a problem but I think life is too short to not at least buy some things that you like. Using any hobby as an investment cant be as fun if looking and holding your items doesnt bring you joy. A good example of this is that I carry a $2000 handmade knife every single day and use the <span style="color: #ff0000">Edited </span>out of it. Alof of collectors like the knives they buy but wont use them. I save most of my collection and preserve its value but also sacrafice a few to really be hands on in my everyday life. I believe that brings so much more joy to the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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