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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 775770, member: 13650"]Same here! Almost makes me ill to think about how much more stuff I could have had right now had I just gotten back in, in 2000! It wouldn't have taken much for me to have gotten pushed back in. Somehow, I hit 28 and something just clicked in me again and I suddenly felt as strongly about collecting as when I was a kid. </p><p><br /></p><p> I guess I collect for the joy of ownership, the art and the history. I'm hoping that my collection gets passed on to an appreciative collector. If it's not my kid, it will likely be another family member.</p><p><br /></p><p> I think people like collecting them because there are few old things like coins that are not only readily available to purchase, but also stand the test of time as well as they do. One reason gold and silver have stood the test of time as real money is because of their resistance to breaking down and deteriorating over time. (For that matter, maybe people miss real money?) Other old things deteriorate and get thrown away. Not everybody has room for or wants to store an old couch or chair from the 1800s. But you can easily store a Morgan dollar and know where that dollar came from and what year it was made. </p><p><br /></p><p> I'm glad people collect. They are treasures from a by-gone era that 99% of people have no idea ever existed. Collectors get to have a better knowledge of a slice of Americas past that most people have no idea about. Another neat reason to collect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 775770, member: 13650"]Same here! Almost makes me ill to think about how much more stuff I could have had right now had I just gotten back in, in 2000! It wouldn't have taken much for me to have gotten pushed back in. Somehow, I hit 28 and something just clicked in me again and I suddenly felt as strongly about collecting as when I was a kid. I guess I collect for the joy of ownership, the art and the history. I'm hoping that my collection gets passed on to an appreciative collector. If it's not my kid, it will likely be another family member. I think people like collecting them because there are few old things like coins that are not only readily available to purchase, but also stand the test of time as well as they do. One reason gold and silver have stood the test of time as real money is because of their resistance to breaking down and deteriorating over time. (For that matter, maybe people miss real money?) Other old things deteriorate and get thrown away. Not everybody has room for or wants to store an old couch or chair from the 1800s. But you can easily store a Morgan dollar and know where that dollar came from and what year it was made. I'm glad people collect. They are treasures from a by-gone era that 99% of people have no idea ever existed. Collectors get to have a better knowledge of a slice of Americas past that most people have no idea about. Another neat reason to collect.[/QUOTE]
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