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Coins have an obvious connection to both precious metals and currency but they can also capture more history than any other widely collected asset.
Postage stamps first came into existence in 1840 with the introduction of the ‘Penny Black’ in Great Britain. Before the Penny Black post was paid on receipt - the postage stamp was the solution to asking people to pre pay for postage.
Much has been written about the psychological drivers behind collecting, even Freud and Jung wrote extensively about the ‘objects of desire’.