If you are a collector, how often do you add a coin to your collection?

BryceM

If you need clarification, average things out over the past 2 years. Don't include coins without at least some numismatic value (disregard bullion purchases).

Feel free to post your most recent purchase.

Mdcoincollector2003

I maybe buy once a month but when I do it is normally quite a few whether it is from the bargain bin at a coin show or a shop. The prices usually though for 100$+ coins it is maybe 3-4 a year last year I made my biggest purchase 425$ for a XF seated dollar.

LindeDad

Not too many now 3 to 6 per year now.

coinpalice

I buy whenever there is a e bucks promo, so very often until I max out at 500 for the quarter

ARCO

I would buy more, but I prefer to take my 100 dollar bills that I might spend on coins and use them to light my cigars. I lose less doing it this way.

Dave99B

Whenever Tyler sells a nice and dirty Barber half.

Dave

SmEagle1795

I told myself I would plan on adding just 1-2 coins per year but somehow coins keep coming up for me to add so I voted 2-4 per month (on the lower end of that scale, roughly ~25/year)

My most recent purchase is this sestertius of Maximinus Thrax from 236 AD which isn't a terribly remarkable coin on its own except for the silver inlay on the obverse. This mark was used by Leonello d'Este, and shows it was part of the collection formed in the fifteenth century (born 1407, died 1450), subsequently finding itself in the Gonzaga collection and a number of other prominent collections in the intervening half-millennium.

Most of the collection was sold to pay off family debts in the early 1600s and the remaining coins were looted in 1630 during the sack of Mantua, causing the coins to be distributed all throughout Europe into various collections and museums.

It's one of the oldest pedigrees that can be owned and a case where I don't mind a coin that should technically have a "Details" grade for a punch:

BryceM

That is so cool.

That's it. I'm commissioning a small gold punch that I can use on my entire collection.

BillJones

I put down 2 to 4 a month, there are months when I don't buy anything. It tends to come in bunches when I go to a major show.

johnny9434

7 to 12 times a year unless its something real expensive. just saying

yspsales

Having taken the ANA grading class, it reaffirmed I need and want to build a grading set.

Mostly common slabbed Buffs and Morgans from AU to MS 65 that double for registry pursuits.

They have been coming at a fairly healthy click.

The other pursuit is Proof coins. Cheap fun looking for cameos and toners with plans to send off for grading.

Walkerfan

It's been almost a year since I've added to my primary set.

I have other side projects to which I add about 7 or 8 a year.

hchcoin

@SmEagle1795 said:
I told myself I would plan on adding just 1-2 coins per year but somehow coins keep coming up for me to add so I voted 2-4 per month (on the lower end of that scale, roughly ~25/year)

My most recent purchase is this sestertius of Maximinus Thrax from 236 AD which isn't a terribly remarkable coin on its own except for the silver inlay on the obverse. This mark was used by Leonello d'Este, and shows it was part of the collection formed in the fifteenth century (born 1407, died 1450), subsequently finding itself in the Gonzaga collection and a number of other prominent collections in the intervening half-millennium.

Most of the collection was sold to pay off family debts in the early 1600s and the remaining coins were looted in 1630 during the sack of Mantua, causing the coins to be distributed all throughout Europe into various collections and museums.

It's one of the oldest pedigrees that can be owned and a case where I don't mind a coin that should technically have a "Details" grade for a punch:

Awesome !

Timbuk3

Very selective in my purchases !!!

jabba

It was dry on eBay then bam Beaver coins galore again

Traz

No answer. I buy when the right coin comes along. Might be three in one auction or one a year.

Broadstruck

When something comes up that talks to me I buy just to stop the voices

BryceM

For the record, I voted in the 7-12 a year category.

santinidollar

I run hot and cold. I go a while without finding anything on my list. Then here’s a coin, there’s a coin, a coin everywhere. In between, I try to sit on my hands and have enough ammo to fire at the right time.

MrMonkeySwag96

@SmEagle1795 said:
I told myself I would plan on adding just 1-2 coins per year but somehow coins keep coming up for me to add so I voted 2-4 per month (on the lower end of that scale, roughly ~25/year)

My most recent purchase is this sestertius of Maximinus Thrax from 236 AD which isn't a terribly remarkable coin on its own except for the silver inlay on the obverse. This mark was used by Leonello d'Este, and shows it was part of the collection formed in the fifteenth century (born 1407, died 1450), subsequently finding itself in the Gonzaga collection and a number of other prominent collections in the intervening half-millennium.

Most of the collection was sold to pay off family debts in the early 1600s and the remaining coins were looted in 1630 during the sack of Mantua, causing the coins to be distributed all throughout Europe into various collections and museums.

It's one of the oldest pedigrees that can be owned and a case where I don't mind a coin that should technically have a "Details" grade for a punch:

Its cool to own such an old pedigree. After all, people collected ancient coins long before US coins was a thing. I've always been a fan of Roman and Byzantine history. I collect mostly US coins but I've been thinking of getting into ancient numismatics. Silver Denarii and gold Solidus are quite affordable for their age. I believe Maximinus Thrax was 8 feet tall when he was alive?

BryceM

Interesting. Really not what I expected. I thought we’d see a few people in the 2-4 a month club with many more being at <1 per month. It seems that a near-majority of people here need a weekly or biweekly fix.

asheland

Some coins are as low as $50, but I just buy what I like when I see it typically, I am always open to a new addition.
This is my latest from last Saturday:

asheland

ricko

3-6 a year... never know... long stretches without anything, then it seems I catch a fever and buy a few.... Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

1 or 2 per year now, only need about 10 to finish where I want my collection to be when I die

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asheland

@1630Boston said:
1 or 2 per year now, only need about 10 to finish where I want my collection to be when I die

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Nice one!

ReadyFireAim

I'm about upgraded as far as I want to go.
It's the BIG holes now and those are BIG.

Unless I find something else & I'm not there yet.

coinbuf

It always seems to go in spurts, I'll go several months and find nothing of interest to buy (that I need anyway) and then bam two or three will pop up together. But overall I have slowed down my impulse buys to only a couple a year.

divecchia

I voted 7-12 per year and it's on the low end of that. I only started a modified US Type set in the last 2 years so there are plenty of spots to fill, but as time passes and the number of slots to fill decreases it will likely slow to more like 3-6 per year. My set will consist of about 110 coins when complete and my plan is to take about 20 years to complete it.

Donato