Do You Have A "Bait" Collection?

danreller

Do any of you have a "bait collection"? Let me explain. I collect both US and Japanese Type coins and I find myself collecting both High Grade examples for my real collection and "eye-appealing" lesser grade examples to place in a pre-made frame for the US and a self-made frame for the Japanese to hang on the wall to stimulate conversation from visitors. If they show "real" knowledgeable interest I know I can "show off my real stuff".
I know it's real fun collecting both.

Dan

BlueCole

good idea!!! if they ask questions, but don't know much about it, do you still show the real stuff?

How did you make the japanese frame?

B.

Russ

I would consider doing this were it not for the fact that my obsessive nature would soon have me upgrading bait set #1 and starting bait set #2 with the leftovers.

Russ, NCNE

jp

Good idea,

danreller

Russ Bud,

That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm even to the point where I'm cracking out slabbed examples for my bait set. Talking about obssesive - that's me and I'll bet most serious coin collectors are such. For my Japanese coins I'm actually at the teritary level.

I used the Dansco Album pages and mounted them. Interesting that the Dansco album requires different examples (eg. square and V squares) that I had to get that my 'Primary' collection does'nt have. Actually to complicate matters, I have a Dansco "like", but , much better made album from Japan that has the holes "just large enough" that allows the coins to drop low enough to prevent the "slide scratches" that I like and I use as my "Secondary" Collection. The Japanese acquired album is my "Secondary" level. The Dansco level is the third.

Dan

airplanenut

Sort of- I keep some cheapo coins (a few proof sets, unaccounted for darkside, stuff I like to look at) on my dresser- I figure if someone breaks in, maybe they will take it and leave, since finding the rest isn't easy...