Who collects every damn thing there is?

JohnZ · October 28, 2003 5:54AM

Like me? I've got Colonials, a US type set, several US date sets, Civil War Tokens, Commems, Bullion, Medals, Hard Times Tokens, Transportation and Misc. Tokens, Elongated Cents, Ancient Coins, Medieval Coins, and all manner of World Coins? Slabbed and raw, in all grades. And I'm starting to ogle bills.

ClausUrch · October 28, 2003 6:00AM

kamehameha00 · October 28, 2003 6:12AM

I collect anything I can get my grimey little hands on.

ms70 · October 28, 2003 6:54AM

Just U.S.

mgoodm3 · October 28, 2003 7:10AM

I collect most any US coin. I like almost all of them. Well, mostly. Uh, I don't know.

coachleonard · October 28, 2003 7:11AM

John Z,

Ditto-- except I refuse to start in on elongated cents

wallstreetman · October 28, 2003 7:17AM

Anything with eye appeal and I think isnt overpriced!

Keyrock · October 28, 2003 8:36AM

all us coinage is fair game in my book along with my U.S. paper

Cam40 · October 28, 2003 8:43AM

I collect anything I can get my grimey little hands on.

Ditto to that.

SeattleSlammer · October 28, 2003 8:55AM

...just eye catching coins--

At shows I literally do a quick scan of each case and I'm only interested in the coins that are able to jump out a bit at me. Maybe mirrors catch my eye. Maybe color. Maybe ridiculous luster. But if it isn't eye catching, I don't want it.

mintluster · October 28, 2003 9:55AM

Right now:
PCGS Morgans
PCGS Commemoratives
ICG Roman coins

After I complete my current strategy, then I will probably begin a new one.
Collecting "everything" is quite chaotic and will usually make you lose interest quickly.
With a reasonable strategy in place, you are constantly focused on a goal or goals.
And the strategy does not have to be a set of something, the strategy can be whatever you make it.
I knew a guy who a simple strategy (not simple to complete but the focus was simple). He wanted to own one of every single coin the United States has minted. Just ONE, but one of everything. That is a strategy.

Conder101 · October 28, 2003 10:01AM

JohnZ, you need to start collecting slabs. Cameron can help you with the sample slabs and I can come up with the right reference book for you. It even has checklists so you can chart your progress.

Lakesammman · October 28, 2003 10:04AM

I thought you meant coins, americana, oil cans, gas cans, antiques, Ironstone, fishing gear and other stuff, like me!

mintluster · October 28, 2003 10:13AM

<< <i>...just eye catching coins--

At shows I literally do a quick scan of each case and I'm only interested in the coins that are able to jump out a bit at me. Maybe mirrors catch my eye. Maybe color. Maybe ridiculous luster. But if it isn't eye catching, I don't want it. >>

This is what I mean. This is a strategy. You like eye-popping coins.

kieferscoins · October 28, 2003 10:14AM

<< <i>JohnZ, you need to start collecting slabs. Cameron can help you with the sample slabs and I can come up with the right reference book for you. It even has checklists so you can chart your progress. >>

I think sample slabs would be perfect for him.

Cameron Kiefer

JohnZ · October 28, 2003 10:16AM

All my slabs have real coins in them.

kieferscoins · October 28, 2003 10:18AM

What makes a "real coin"?

Samples have all kinds of coins in them.

Cameron Kiefer

JohnZ · October 28, 2003 10:19AM

Big fat gold coins? Key dates?

tjkillian · October 28, 2003 10:21AM

Mad magazines!

Tom

Conder101 · October 28, 2003 10:25AM

I thought you said you collected everything.

I will admit I've never seen fat gold pieces or key dates in sample slabs, but they do come in the over 240 different varieties of production slabs! There's a challenge for you, all 240 production slabs with an 09 SVDB in each one.

Too tough? How about just one for each company? Gets you down to around 95 pieces.

JohnZ · October 28, 2003 10:28AM

If I had the money to collect all those SVDBs, I'd settle for one or two, and some Patterns. There's something I'd really like to collect. Gonna keep playing that Powerball game.

Coinosaurus · October 28, 2003 10:28AM

Mad magazines are VERY cool. The Gaines file copies are to die for.

As for collecting EVERYTHING, I would recommend that collectors make a plan and stick to it, you will be far more successful in the long run. Also, if you get into a speciality, you will find that over years you will learn more about it than many dealers and on occasion be able to rip some really kewl coins..........

Deadhorse · October 28, 2003 10:30AM

Nearly all US coins and dark side gold as well.

Also I have a penchant for antique tube radios, my prize one is an Addison model that is 1 of only 2 known to still exist and it is the finest example by far in near mint condition. I turned down a 7K offer for it recently.

Don't even get me started on 18th and 19th century French antiques.

It's all good, though.

LanLord · October 28, 2003 10:38AM

Absolutely everything I can, I even collect lint (okay, maybe that one is a stretch).

I love to look at collections of stuff.

Bulldog · October 28, 2003 1:17PM

I am a Whore der!

cosmos66 · October 28, 2003 1:19PM

I went on a buying spree about a year ago and bought morgans, proof sets, mint sets, star notes, 2 dollar bills, silver certificates, and bags of quarters. I still have most of it but I am concentrating on morgans now.

fountainheadgold · October 28, 2003 1:24PM

Yes to eyecatchers, any coin U.S. that has eye appeal

techeff · October 28, 2003 1:29PM

I really dig these...

techeff · October 28, 2003 1:34PM

These too...

cladking · October 28, 2003 9:42PM

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Nice medals. I especially like the Edison medal.

I collect most all US and world coins, tokens, and medals that I can afford, though have
started specializing a little bit in recent years. I even sold off about 30 or 40 collections
so I could concentrate a little more on my favorites.

Edison medals is a collection I kept.

BillJones · October 28, 2003 10:03PM

I have a U.S. type set, a few date and mint sets (e.g. Lincoln cents, Indian $2.50 gold pieces, Roosevelt dimes), Civil War tokens, Hard Times tokens (political pieces only), Proof sets (1950 to date), 19th century presidential campaign medalets and a limited number of 19th century U.S. metal medals as listed in Julian's book on the subject.

I also collect pin back presidential campaign buttons for every campaign from 1896 to the present.

What don't I collect? I don't collect anything that I find boring or contrived as a colectors' item. I also only collect small items. The big stuff would soon take up what little storage space I have. My library eats up a lot of that.