What is the longest period of time you gone....

Tootawl

...without buying a coin or anything coin related? I'm curious how many collectors we have out there versus coin addicts.

MrEureka

Nine months. Then I was born.

Cam40

I know I shouldnt for being currently unemployed... but I HAVE to either visit the coin shops for rinky dink stuff
or go to the bank for rolls to search.
I,m sorta addicted to hunting down coins `in the wild`= from circulation.

ARCO

Since I resumed collecting three years ago, not a day has gone by where I have not been searching for coins, studying coins, thinking about coins, or madly buying them when I can.

Your seeing who else is addicted? I AM ADDICTED.....help!

Tyler

Merc

I went 5 years while I was in college. I bought cheaper coins at auctions when I was in high school and made some good buys. When I was an undergrad, I stopped collecting, but I still had my coins. Then in grad school I started again. Right now, I am going on 1 month without buying a coin. I've made some bids but it seems the prices have gone up recenltly and I'm not ready to pay the new prices.

LucyBop

I've been collecting over 30 years, but have gone years in between without a single purchase..... I collect alot of things and I seem to do it in cycles...Sometimes I real heavy into comics, other times into my music....... Lately, its been coins and comics.... I need to start up again on my vintage radios.....

Cam40

Arco wrote>Since I resumed collecting three years ago, not a day has gone by where I have not been searching for coins, studying coins, thinking about coins, or madly buying them when I can.

Cam40 says he can honestly say that he could have written the exact same thing and been perfectly honest about it.

I guess there IS a parallel universe out there after all.

Cam40

Show of a pic of a neat art-deco radio from back in the day....just tell em I said it was ok.

relayer

The entire 1990's

Baley

a decade... the high school, college, and early working years. 1984-1994

kranky

I went about 15 years without buying a single coin (not even proof sets from the Mint). But I still continued my ANA membership and Coin World subscription all that time.

09sVDB

As far as buying, only once or twice a month. On the other hand, thinking about, talking with others, reading, etc. : DAILY!

lordmarcovan

I pretty much dropped out of the hobby from late 1984 to 1990; the (post) high school, college, and early working years, as in Baley's case. I'd sold off all but three of my "sentimental" coins.

bigindie

<< <i>Arco wrote>Since I resumed collecting three years ago, not a day has gone by where I have not been searching for coins, studying coins, thinking about coins, or madly buying them when I can.

Cam40 says he can honestly say that he could have written the exact same thing and been perfectly honest about it.

I guess there IS a parallel universe out there after all.

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Although I've just started collecting for the first time, I have to agree with the "not a day goes by" statement.

merz2

Cliff
To be honest,I don't think there has been a week iin the last (3) years I haven't thought about,searched or purchased a coin.

ANACONDA2

About 8 months

ConstellatioCollector

My longest period in withdrawals was about 6 mos. Actually I take that back... 2 years when I was working in, of all places, Alice Springs, Australia. If any of you know where that is you'd know why!!!