Question for Russ and other "hoarders"

Mark

Russ, et. al.:

I recall reading a message in which you said you had 20-some AH Kennedy halves. Now, don't get me wrong, I think ALL ways of collecting coins are neat and cool, but why are do you concentrate on one particular date? For instance, I like commemoratives because I think that having all the different design types is interesting and I like dimes because I like the "thrill" of trying to complete a date/mint-mark set. And I can readily understand why people collect errors. But these motives are missing when you collect one particular date. Can you, or someone else, explain the rationale behind collecting one particular coin? What am I overlooking?

Thanks in advance.

Mark

KlectorKid

i hoard silver quarters and dimes from 63 and 64 i do this because i find them or buy them and dont feel like selling. Someday they might be worth something or silver will go up to an all-time high.

Russ

It's not the only thing I collect. Just happens to be one of my favorites.

Russ, NCNE

PhillyJoe

When I started collecting, I bought EVERYTHING (shotgun approach) I had proof sets, gold eagles, I even bought THAT 1995w ASE, Australian gold proof sets (what was I thinking?) Among all the buys I started to appreciate the Kennedys and then the '64s and then the Accented Hair within the '64s. Selling off the other stuff allowed me to collect numerous AH. The registry set is gone, but I still have 50 slabbed '64s; 29 of which are A/H. I just like them. I'll never have enough. I enjoy looking at them whenever I can. If Russ and I weren't 3,000 miles apart, we'd have one heckuva coin club.

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Russ

Joe,

You have 29? Damnit, I'm never going to catch up!

Russ, NCNE

PhillyJoe

I should have used the registry money to pay down that credit card, but then I saw a coin I just had to have...... (paste compulsive thread here).

Just got another ngc '64 pr69 cam 5 minutes ago. My apologies if I stepped on another member's bid, BUT IT WAS A KENNEDY for cris' sake!

Joe

airplanenut

I'm on the "shotgun" approach right now, I guess But I do wanna focus later on buffs and maybe Indian Cents... when I can afford to-

WHen I do that, I would probably find one type of coin, be it an d/d or the 64-L that I would try to get a lot of- its the thrill of the hunt or the cherrypick