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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1111766, member: 66&quot;]Now we have PK Boomers&#039; other two questions.&nbsp; The first one is easy.&nbsp; I think we enjoy collecting because we are genetically inclined to enjoy it.&nbsp; If a person has the collecting &quot;gene&quot; you will most likely collect something, you will be compelled to.&nbsp; And it can&#039;t be explained to someone who doesn&#039;t have the &quot;gene&quot;.&nbsp; Nor can you convert such a person into a collector.&nbsp; You might get them to start collecting something, but as soon as you stop working with them and leave them to their own devices the collecting will quickly stop.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second question is more difficult.&nbsp; We now understand why we collect, but why coins?&nbsp; I think we will avoid the idea that it&#039;s a facination for small shiny objects.&nbsp; To some extent I think it may be an extention of some of our other interests.&nbsp; I like history, economics, politics and some other fields&nbsp; Coins fit in well with all of these.&nbsp; If I liked geology I might have been more interested in rocks and minerals or maybe gemstones.&nbsp; If I had a talent for art&nbsp; I might like paintings or prints or other objects of art (hummels? gak).&nbsp; If literature was my thing, I might collect books.&nbsp; But you get the idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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