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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tonphil1960, post: 92402, member: 1629&quot;]<b>Collecting</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hi all, </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I agree with Mike to a point, I also agree with many others in this thread. I had collected as a kid like most, just small stuff from change. Stopped,, I started back into collecting in the 80&#039;s an 90&#039;s,,, I quit again, because I saw all dealers as HAWKS just waiting to prey on unsuspecting customers. I&#039;d attended a few big shows and the bigger the show the worse it was. It sickened me. I started back into collecting last year and am enjoying it alot.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect to get anything out of my collection other than enjoyment and love of the history. Like Mike I love books all books!! I spend at least 90% of my time reading and a small portion collecting and buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Since I have been back in the hobby I have not bought a coin for more than $50.00, sure I could but I get just as much enjoyment out of the coins I do collect as I would from multi thousand dollar rarities. I think I still have a beautiful collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I am involved in several noncoin hobbies, I build and show military armor and vehicle models,I also write about the builds.&nbsp; In the scale modeling hobby I have seen it go from just a group with similiar interests to a cutthroat hobby where everyone is out to win or they act like kids. The accy&#039;s from the kit vendors have gone through the roof. It is very expensive to build a model if you go for all the aftermarket goodies. We have professional modelers who build everyday competing wih hobbyists. Everyone must win!!&nbsp; It&#039;s real Bull s&amp;%t.. Like the coin collecting hobby it is what you make of it.&nbsp; So I do participte, I build and I show and I go home, if I Medal good if not, so, I enjoy building and enjoy the research as long as I enjoy it then it&#039;s good!!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Collect to enjoy history and the coins produced because of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If the collector enjoys his collection that&#039;s all that matters regardless of weather it&#039;s a Lincoln collection or a Saint collection!! Collect for yourself!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Well just wanted to voice my opinion,&nbsp; Tony[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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