Collector

I'm not much of a collector. After moving house so many times owning things feels like a burden, plus it can become an expensive hobby - especially if you're interested in sports cars, Bauhaus furniture or first editions of Beatles records.

Fortunately, I have cheaper tastes. When I saw Casey's cherished collections on Elegant Musings I thought of the little coin collection that lives on my bedside table. I started collecting coins as a child, when abroad was a faraway place with mysterious money. They looked so exotic, with their strange monarchs and indecipherable words. Most of the coins were given to me by friends and relatives who had been on holiday, but I do remember once spending 50p to buy an Italian lira in an antique shop. It was worth it to hold that beautiful little metal disc and wonder about the land it came from.