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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3250315, member: 26302"]Regrets is why I am a hoarder. I haven't looked at my US coins in 20 years, yet they just sit in the bottom of one of the SDBs. I am sure it is a personality flaw, but I would rather not spend as much on my current interests than selling the old interest to free up funds for new purchases. New purchases come from new funds, and just like the Jeff Foxworthy joke about men and underwear, we are making a lifetime commitment when I buy something. Kids can sell them off when I am gone. </p><p><br /></p><p>To be a little fair to me, my interests change constantly. I go in cycles of about 5 years with ancient chinese coins, I will not care about them at all for 5 years, then that is all I study for the next 6 months. If I sell off everything I don't currently have an interest in, I would be buying back my old coins all of the time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3250315, member: 26302"]Regrets is why I am a hoarder. I haven't looked at my US coins in 20 years, yet they just sit in the bottom of one of the SDBs. I am sure it is a personality flaw, but I would rather not spend as much on my current interests than selling the old interest to free up funds for new purchases. New purchases come from new funds, and just like the Jeff Foxworthy joke about men and underwear, we are making a lifetime commitment when I buy something. Kids can sell them off when I am gone. To be a little fair to me, my interests change constantly. I go in cycles of about 5 years with ancient chinese coins, I will not care about them at all for 5 years, then that is all I study for the next 6 months. If I sell off everything I don't currently have an interest in, I would be buying back my old coins all of the time. :([/QUOTE]
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