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does anyone here ever set out to collect anything other than coins? i
know the answer is yes and maybe some of you can pitch in what other
areas you've dabbled in.

today i'm letting go of one collection which at its height i had just
about as much passion for then as i do now with coins. it was a
collection, oh boy this is going to sound geeky, of... chemical
elements.

Fascinating. How many did you have? Do you collect isotopes of the same
element?

Some would be impractical. FWIK Californium, for example, would be
millions of dollars for a minute quantity that has a half life of 2 and a
half years (most isotopes anyway) not to mention it is highly radioactive.

Not to mention Lawrencium.

I'm sure most collectors of the periodic table would be well aware of
the -ummm- "key" elements.
Here's one of my favourite collections:

http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/

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Jeff R.