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The Hobby of Kings
Of course, hoarding coins for greed goes back to the beginning of coinage. Hoarding coins for artistic value is almost as old. Known as “the Hobby of Kings,” coin collecting was begun in ancient times. In fact, Julius Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome, was an avid coin collector and actually published the first know book on the subject.
基於貪婪而收集錢幣可追溯其鑄造之初，而為了藝術價值而收藏錢幣的歷史竟可與之競短長。收藏物本身就是一種易物象徵，一般人自然無福享受此樂趣，因此蒐集錢幣被喻為『國王的興趣』。據說羅馬的第一位君主凱撒大帝就是此中愛好者，甚至以此為主題出版過書。
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