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Are coin collectors destined to go the way of stamp collectors?

Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
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If so,when might this happen.
Almost seems inevidible with our move towards a cashless society.
Your thoughts?

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  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭
    As much as everybody loves their little plastic cards, it will be many years before we move into a truly cashless society. Coins and cash will still be needed for the small transactions and I don't see things changing in our life time. Coin collecting will be a round for a long time.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I dunno, which way did the stamp collectors go?
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Mr.Lee-I breathed a big sigh of relief when I read `Coin collecting will be a round for a long time. `
    image

    I dunno, which way did the stamp collectors go? ..lol.This thread was inspired form what I saw at the
    antique shop other day.
    One guy(merchant) in a musty corner surrounded by tons of stamps and not even one looker in sight.
    Maybe stamp collectors` tongues` become swollen to the point they cant breath and they die.
    Maybe their motto should have been`Lick the dealer,Not the stamp`image
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    At least when we go cashless we can finally stop the modern vs. classic debates. image
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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    no coins will only grow and get better wait until the new reverses of the jeff nickel!! and when texas and calif get their state quarters lots of new collectors with many becoming more advanced in knowledge and appreciation and get more buying money to spend and then start collecting the older series

    sincerely michael
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Do any coin collectors lick their coins? Is it ok to lick a coin dealer?
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    I dunno Tad, there's already a classic Visa!image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Ah yes.More encouraging news.image Thanks Michael.Good insight.

    Dog-Even if it was ok,I for one would probably not....unless the owners young gorgeous daughter
    had taken over the counter.image

    Don-..to Tad.....lol Touche` image
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Does supercoin have a daughter? He's a dealer aint he?
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Not sure,I know Shiro does......(Shiro points to his boot)image
  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
    We will never be a cashless society as long as the Mint and Bureau can make $ from coins and currency! Dog, you keep taking the words right out of my mouth!
    You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Shiro's daughter is 3 years old you sleaze.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    No she is not 3...she must be 4 by now....(Shiro points to his daughters boot)imageimage
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Yeah, I have a daughter... but let me introduce you to "Betsy" first, just a second...

    image
    imageLibertarian Party
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Tad -Now THATS a pointer.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Uh-oh I'm outta here!
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Supercoin,

    Let me introduce Betsy to my family:

    image

    image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • KAJ1KAJ1 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭
    Russ,

    Nice family.
    I like brother shotgun.
    He seems cool !!!!!


    Kevin
  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Do any coin collectors lick their coins? Is it ok to lick a coin dealer? >>



    ROFLMAO.......Really!
  • nuckleheadnucklehead Posts: 1,500 ✭
    Me thinks it would not be to smart to wanna "barrow" Russ's coins. What an arsenal!
    Friends are Gods way of apologizing for your relatives.
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    in the next five to ten years with the way technology is going to fuel jobs and the market

    and with the population aging and dying and leaving billions to heirs

    there will be a huge upswing


    of millionaires and of course the gap will widen between rich and poor even more but all those rich will buy and collect us coins and have the money to do so

    sincerely michael
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    You want some trouble?!?! I'm ready now!
    How many Smiths you seen with unfluted cylinders?
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    dp?
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • gemseekergemseeker Posts: 276 ✭
    I didn't understand the question of this thread. I was a stamp collector before I became a coin collector, so I have gone the opposite way of the question. image
    Recommended reading - The PCGS Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection and The Coin Collector's Survival Manual and NCI Grading Guide
    For the Morgan collectors - The Morgan and Peace encyclopedia by Van Allen and Mallis

    What would your slabbed coins be worth if the grading services went out of business? What would your coins be worth if the Internet was taken offline for good?
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    I guess many a stamp collector did go to coins.Maybe that IS the way of the stamp collector.I was meaning,will coin collectors er,this hobby .......you know what I mean.
    Maybe `I` dont know what I mean.image
    Maybe I should scan MY arsenal TOO,and post em here.

    45 auto 70series
    44 spec.
    SKS
    Browning 12g Auto
    Daisy BB
    Clear Blue Water Pistol.....FULL AUTO.image
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Russ-Is that a Robar?308?BADASS sniper rifle.
    And ...a Ruger 22?I had one once....I hated that thing..Not too accurate and hell to disassemble for a good cleaning.

    Ok this thread is dead.We,re talking guns now.
    NEW CU FORUM.`HOME PROTECTION`.guarding your coins.
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Just a Gold Cup for me, filled with wad cutters. I have a small house, so everything is in range!image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    1) What was the original intent of this thread?
    2) Dog where did you get that great error coin?
    3) At the local coin show I attend bi-weekly, there are a lot of stamp dealers and buyers (doesn't look dead to me).
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ-Is that a Robar?308?BADASS sniper rifle. >>



    It's a Savage Tactical Model 110FP .223, 26" heavy barrel, Bushnell 6x24 rangefinder, trajectory compensating scope. Built by Savage for SWAT teams. They do also make it in .308.



    << <i>And ...a Ruger 22?I had one once....I hated that thing..Not too accurate and hell to disassemble for a good cleaning. >>



    The other rifle? If so, yep, it's a 10-22. You must have gotten a lemon, because this one is very accurate. Most people I know who have them are very pleased. Nice little plinker.

    Russ, NCNE

    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • FlashFlash Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭
    Is it ok to lick a coin dealer?

    Not sure about that dog, but I'm sure they would frown upon you if you try humping their leg. image
    Matt
  • MacCoinMacCoin Posts: 2,544 ✭✭
    I don't see anything but more coin collector.

    some dog will lick anything.
    image


    I hate it when you see my post before I can edit the spelling.

    Always looking for nice type coins

    my local dealer
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Lick this, MacCoin.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.

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