Would be cool to see some big time collector make a treasure hunt out of some of their coins with clues and maps and get the nation involved. Everybody trying to locate the hidden treasure.
Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
Successful Transactions with the following board members: Pruebas & SimonW
I would love to parse out to my friends in the hobby the good stuff and take the rest to a show and split a table with an old friend and walk the rest at the end of the show. Anything unclaimed is sent to an auction. Done it in the past and everything is gone in a weekend for the right price.
I'm probably going to sell (to a dealer maybe?) a bunch of accumulated stuff I've picked up over the decades, hopefully within the next year or so. I'm keeping a small handful of collections, three of which I will keep working on until I can't for whatever reason. What's left after I die, well that'll be my kids' problem.
@CoinHoarder said:
I was going to sell my collection when I retired. I have been retired for 5 1/2 years, and still haven’t started selling them, I’m such a procrastinate!
I relate.
The problem is that now everything takes twice as long to do than in the past.
A day is still 24 hours.
After sleeping... eating.... going for walks... resting...checking the computer...calling around...the day is done.
Selling coins means boxing, mailing, e-mails, etc which will only interfere with After sleeping... eating.... going for walks... resting... checking the computer and calling around.
The number of hours in a day should increase in retirement.
My bullion type pieces will be handed down to my daughters after I am gone as part of a diversified portfolio inheritance. My numismatic pieces are for me and I will sell them when I am done enjoying them. Hopefully that’s a long time away.
I'm gonna bury the whole thing and set up an elaborate treasure hunt that only the most devoted of numismatic researchers will be able to figure out the clues.
@CoinHoarder said:
I was going to sell my collection when I retired. I have been retired for 5 1/2 years, and still haven’t started selling them, I’m such a procrastinate!
I relate.
The problem is that now everything takes twice as long to do than in the past.
A day is still 24 hours.
After sleeping... eating.... going for walks... resting...checking the computer...calling around...the day is done.
Selling coins means boxing, mailing, e-mails, etc which will only interfere with After sleeping... eating.... going for walks... resting... checking the computer and calling around.
The number of hours in a day should increase in retirement.
This is SO true.
I love it!
Count your blessings if you can still sleep though!
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
I have a long time friend who is a dealer. My wife has his cell number. She knows where all my coins are along with a detailed spreadsheet with values. She will call him to arrange the sale.
USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.
Would be cool to see some big time collector make a treasure hunt out of some of their coins with clues and maps and get the nation involved. Everybody trying to locate the hidden treasure.
Forrest Fenn did this and people died. Fenn lived in Santa Fe New Mexico and hid a treasure worth some $1M. It got so bad with mishaps of people trying to find Fenn's treasure that the New Mexico State Patrol requested Fenn to recover the treasure himself and call off the search. Five people died searching for Fenn's treasure which was supposedly hidden on public land in one of five western US states.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
I could see bailing on some bulk until I was down to a few fancy pieces I would hope stay in my family generationally. I envision taking up a table at a few major shows and try to sell what I can direct and let someone else enjoy them. Before I even buy a piece I consider how hard it would be to exit from it by a non collector. Basically auction ready material.
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Would be cool to see some big time collector make a treasure hunt out of some of their coins with clues and maps and get the nation involved. Everybody trying to locate the hidden treasure.
Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
Successful Transactions with the following board members: Pruebas & SimonW
Figure I'll just ship it to myself via USPS and wait for the insurance adjuster to call
Crowbar.
Treasure map
100% Positive BST transactions
I'm going to donate it. As far as te relatives are concerned I'll tell them the same thing they told me , 🖕
We’ll see. My son is interested now, but he’s 7. If no one cares in 40yrs, I’ll sell it and do something with the money.
I would love to parse out to my friends in the hobby the good stuff and take the rest to a show and split a table with an old friend and walk the rest at the end of the show. Anything unclaimed is sent to an auction. Done it in the past and everything is gone in a weekend for the right price.
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I'm probably going to sell (to a dealer maybe?) a bunch of accumulated stuff I've picked up over the decades, hopefully within the next year or so. I'm keeping a small handful of collections, three of which I will keep working on until I can't for whatever reason. What's left after I die, well that'll be my kids' problem.
My OmniCoin Collection
My BankNoteBank Collection
Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
I relate.
The problem is that now everything takes twice as long to do than in the past.
A day is still 24 hours.
After sleeping... eating.... going for walks... resting...checking the computer...calling around...the day is done.
Selling coins means boxing, mailing, e-mails, etc which will only interfere with After sleeping... eating.... going for walks... resting... checking the computer and calling around.
The number of hours in a day should increase in retirement.
My bullion type pieces will be handed down to my daughters after I am gone as part of a diversified portfolio inheritance. My numismatic pieces are for me and I will sell them when I am done enjoying them. Hopefully that’s a long time away.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
I'm gonna bury the whole thing and set up an elaborate treasure hunt that only the most devoted of numismatic researchers will be able to figure out the clues.
This is SO true.
I love it!
Count your blessings if you can still sleep though!
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
I have a long time friend who is a dealer. My wife has his cell number. She knows where all my coins are along with a detailed spreadsheet with values. She will call him to arrange the sale.
USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.
Goodwill?
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Would be cool to see some big time collector make a treasure hunt out of some of their coins with clues and maps and get the nation involved. Everybody trying to locate the hidden treasure.
Forrest Fenn did this and people died. Fenn lived in Santa Fe New Mexico and hid a treasure worth some $1M. It got so bad with mishaps of people trying to find Fenn's treasure that the New Mexico State Patrol requested Fenn to recover the treasure himself and call off the search. Five people died searching for Fenn's treasure which was supposedly hidden on public land in one of five western US states.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Like others, if I have control I will eventually sell them to fund something else. If not, my wife has a detailed spreadsheet with instructions.
I could see bailing on some bulk until I was down to a few fancy pieces I would hope stay in my family generationally. I envision taking up a table at a few major shows and try to sell what I can direct and let someone else enjoy them. Before I even buy a piece I consider how hard it would be to exit from it by a non collector. Basically auction ready material.