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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pk_boomer, post: 1112123, member: 23933&quot;]I definitely have the collecting &quot;gene&quot;, and my wife definitely doesn&#039;t. She just doesn&#039;t &quot;get&quot; collecting but she knows it makes me happy so she is understanding about it. My theory is that the collecting gene is a tamer version of the &quot;hoarder&quot; gene. I suspect it&#039;s related to anal-retentive personalities.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for why coins, I guess everybody will have their own reasons... and I know that many coin collectors also collect other things, especially stamps. I for one collect only coins, and only circulation coins in fact. I have a very few banknotes, proofs and error coins that I came by over the years, but I don&#039;t actively seek out these items. And I&#039;m a completionist - my ultimate goal (unrealistic as it is) is to get one of everything. When I am one or two coins short of a set, I have an almost compulsive desire to get the last coins I need.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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