Is it wrong to get emotionelly attached to your favorite coins

barberlover · June 5, 2003 1:18PM

Even when i was on the hunt for coins, i bought very few because so few have what it takes to really grab me. So when i buy a coin the eye appeal must have a special effect on me, but i wonder sometimes if i get to attached to my "shiney ittle round pieces of metal"

How about you ? Les

mdwoods · June 5, 2003 1:20PM

loves our precious, yes we does

joejeweler · June 5, 2003 1:31PM

Les....know the feeling very well. The worst part of being this way......is having to keep most of the really valuable pieces safely tucked away in a bank vault! The world is not what it once was......and the days of casually having your prized pieces out on display for all to see(and enjoy!) are long gone.

At least on the registry (mine is NGC)........i get to look at the pictures anytime i want......front and back!

Russ · June 5, 2003 1:34PM

I even get a little emotionally attached to some of the ones I buy only to sell.

Russ, NCNE

boz · June 5, 2003 1:34PM

Sure do, can't seem to sell one, unless I find one better, and even then I have a hard time and the price better be right.

RKKay · June 5, 2003 1:35PM

I agree. My favorite coins, the ones I consider untouchable, really are. They are locked away in a vault, and visiting hours are limited.

ursabear · June 5, 2003 1:39PM

This is a hard one for me. I have several that I thought I'd never sell. But times change and I'm in the process of selling my collection. There is most definitely an emotional pull involved.

There will only be a few raw ones left when it's over. I'll be glad to have them... Russ' AH, my Peace, labmom's little gathering, and Pushkin's IHC...

CLASSICS · June 5, 2003 1:42PM

<< <i>Even when i was on the hunt for coins, i bought very few because so few have what it takes to really grab me. So when i buy a coin the eye appeal must have a special effect on me, but i wonder sometimes if i get to attached to my "shiney ittle round pieces of metal"

How about you ? Les >>

......................you sound like me, few have what it takes to turn me on.....yes the eye appeal is everything..do we get attached..you bet......and theres nothing wrong with that.......if ever sold, it could take years to find another one like it...........i have a few put away which i purchased back in the 1960,s........could have sold them many times over for what i paid.......geeeee, it would be like selling one of the kids............but, i dont care what they are worth, when ever i see them, they some how take me back to the old collecting days., and i enjoy them just as much today as the day i bought them.......

RegistryCoin · June 5, 2003 1:44PM

On the one hand, one shouldn't get attached to inanimate objects. but on the other hand, no.

BAJJERFAN · June 5, 2003 1:50PM

A bit of advice via one Bruce Williams "Never fall in love with something that can't love you back."

Be that as it may it is sometimes tough to part with yer little round metallic friends especially those that are hard to find in the first place.

dorkkarl · June 5, 2003 9:52PM

it's wrong NOT to get emotionally attached to your favorite coins. if you don't, you don't belong in this hobby!

K S

michael · June 5, 2003 10:55PM

for me......................

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it is wrong

sincerely michael