well i see yr geek and raise you fellas some nerd squared.
In the not too distant past I used to be a coin and banknote dealer. I had a shop, traveled, bought, sold and spent far too much $$ at auctions. I specialised in Australian Pre-decimal copper (pennies and half pennies) and moved into all sorts of collectibles, from banknotes, slightly into stamps, medallions, a limited amount of medals, cigarette cards, virtually anything small, old and collectible within the general field of numismatics
I sold and donated pieces to museums, met all sorts of characters, made some amazing deals, got ripped off, got drunk at auctions and spent thousands, touched history and was lucky enough to own some history as well.
It truly was some of the best fun Id ever had in life and like many things it was something I just fell into.
But of course all good things come to an end, and money makes people do & say shitty things.
So one day, dismayed at the behavior of my fellow man I stopped doing it, the fun was gone for me.
So I shut my shop , sold all my shit and continued to renovate my house.
Ive taught myself two new skillsets since then & consider myself grateful I made any money out of it at all.
Now I am a loose student of Austrian economics, geo politics & the return of gold and silver as real money once again.
But those threads are ones to be made for another day.
What I was doing in a coin shop back then seems so silly and inconsequential now.
Value in regards to collectibles, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I love all the collectible and pawn shop shows.
I still love and appreciate the history & stories old things have to tell us.
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