Coin collection
Many moons ago, when the US Mint began coining the State Quarters collection, I decided (who knows why) to start a coin collection of the fifty state quarters. At the time, I decided to collect eight of each state. Why eight? I have no idea. Later I changed my mind and kept seven of each quarter (I actually do know why I made that decision-- I needed quarters for laundry). I got all the way through Mississippi, in order of release date, with seven quarters per state, and beyond that I had more than a dozen states with five or six quarters (just shy of my goal). This collection weighed approximately five pounds. FIVE POUNDS. While we were in DC recently, I acquired several new quarters for my collection, but only one of each (one Montana, one Idaho, etc.). Upon returning home, I was faced with the sheer stupidity of the whole thing. WHY seven quarters per state, totalling 350 quarters at completion? If it's going to be a collection, why can't it be a collection of fifty? I asked Wise John, who confessed that he never knew why I had my heart set on collecting seven per state, and suggested that I keep only one or two per state. Now, after culling my collection, I've got a ziplock bag of excess quarters, totalling $34.75.
People, I should be studied!