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In a lot of ways Collecting & Hoarding are both branches on the same tree, while investing is not only on a different tree, it's in another forest on a different continent.
While I'd guess the vast majority of people think hoarding is "not normal", if you were honest and told people not just how much you spent on collecting but how much time you spend thinking about or reading the subject of your collection they might start to have a different opinion about the state of your mental health.
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Pillar of the Community
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While I'd guess the vast majority of people think hoarding is "not normal", if you were honest and told people not just how much you spent on collecting but how much time you spend thinking about or reading the subject of your collection they might start to have a different opinion about the state of your mental health. I was LIVING in a (TV world) of war, hate, politics, mass murder, bombings, greed-rich-poor-envy-crap, drugs, Religion gone nuts, etc, etc,etc. I now spend a lot of time out of that junk. ah ... Think I am better off in coins. |
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Domain,
my post was about what I suspect might be other peoples thoughts on collectors, not how we view ourselves. If she were reading this, my wife would be nodding her head up and down as would my 4 children!
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I'm a collector to my friends, an investor to my wife, and in reality... a hoarder.
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I'm a collector to my friends, an investor to my wife, and in reality... a hoarder. I buy it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm ... an investor to my wife... Heh. As I mentioned earlier, I mostly see investing in coins as a way to justify buying some really nice eye candy that I don't actually need to complete any particular set, and that includes justifying it to my wife as well as to myself. Case in point, I just spent my tax refund on a proof Morgan dollar I've had my eye on for quite awhile. I showed it to my wife and mentioned that it seemed like a good price and she said, "well, as long as you think it's a good price and will make a good investment, go for it." Bingo! To be honest, though, I just really, really wanted a proof Morgan dollar... |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm a collector to my friends, an investor to my wife, and in reality... a hoarder. I like the sound of that  ! , talk about a double life  ......or should that be a triple life    |
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Certainly not an investor, but a collector and sometimes hoarder. On the other hand the large jar of copper cents I am hoarding will eventually turn a small profit. But it is kinda hard to call that an investment.
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Bedrock of the Community
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All four, less one.
My numismatic motives are reasonably similar to those of Sap.
I collect, hoard, do not buy for investment, but like to engage in numismatic study. I guess with the last one, perhaps I may qualify as a 'numismatist'.
Many nice coins, that were acquired long ago, now have a greatly increased value, but the motive to profit from them has never played a part in acquiring them in the first place.
1. collector
2. hoarder
3. investor
4. student (numismatist)
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