If you got out of coins for a while, what was the reason?

ANACONDA

If you got out of coins for a while, what was the reason?

Lost interest?

Broke?

Career demands?

Wife?

Inprisonment?

braddick

<< <i>If you got out of coins for a while, what was the reason?

Lost interest?

Broke?

Career demands?

Wife?

Inprisonment? >>


For some, the last three reasons are redundant.

razorface1027

Both wife & broke. I didn't exactly "Get out of it," I simply curbed my exorbitant appetites for coins.

HalfCents

Needed money for other things, so I guess "broke" would cover it.

roadrunner

Prices got too high (1979-1982) and then the market crashed.
Also (1990-1995). Unfortunately I wasn't as smart staying away from the effects of the crash the 2nd time around.

roadrunner

TONEDDOLLARS

Like most I am assuming, (Iknow) Left during my teenage years. Girls, sports, girls, cars, girls, money the usual things. Oh did I say girls, that had a lot to do with it. I'm back now though, screw the the girls.

XpipedreamR

<< <i>Like most I am assuming, (Iknow) Left during my teenage years. Girls, sports, girls, cars, girls, money the usual things. Oh did I say girls, that had a lot to do with it. I'm back now though, screw the the girls. >>






I thought that was the whole problem in the first place

XpipedreamR

<< <i>Like most I am assuming, (Iknow) Left during my teenage years. Girls, sports, girls, cars, girls, money the usual things. Oh did I say girls, that had a lot to do with it. I'm back now though, screw the the girls. >>





I thought that was the whole problem in the first place

XpipedreamR

ooh...spooky

coppercoins

Sports cards kept coins on the back burner for about five years - I amassed a huge collection of them and sold them because of a divorce. After the divorce, I got the coins back out, found the internet, and went hog-wild developing, continuing research, and networking.

LanLord

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<< <i>If you got out of coins for a while, what was the reason? Lost interest? Broke? Career demands? Wife? Inprisonment? >>

For some, the last three reasons are redundant. >>

Looks like all 5 could be the same thing

mr1931S

I became addicted to a new drug that doesn't come in a pill and was keeping me up all night.

anoldgoat

My complete collection was stolen in 1988. Only a couple of coins in this set were purchased. I'd been collecting since 1962 and had a couple key date Lincolns, 1909-s and 1914-D.
Came back in 2000.

100proof1957

Blew all my cash on coins,whiskey,and women !
the rest i just wasted !

Proof

JRocco

For me, pursuing my profession took me out of the picture for a while, then the wife and 3 daughters was the icing on the cake, BUT I'm back now....

razorface1027

screw the the girls

I certainly hope so.

puff

I was diagnosed as terminally ill several years ago so I sold my collection to pay hospital bills, and to keep my wife from the hassle of trying to sell my coins....

The doctors were obviously wrong.

mercurynut

I never really got out of coins just stopped buying for a bit to focus on other areas of life.

JLW

Harleys, drugs, and women. Not neccesarily in that order Now I have my priorities straight, Jesus Christ in my life, and I am blessed with a wonderful wife who puts up with my coin collecting.
Joe

pursuitofliberty

houses, cars, wife, girlfriend, three kids, career ... the list goes on and on ...

but somehow, with he exception of a short 18 month stretch when I started a business on a shoe-string, I managed to put some pieces in my eclectic collection every year ...

the interesting thing is some times now the coins now seem to have a "second history" because of that ... I can remember some of the things that were going on at the time I purchased those pieces, and relate those times with the coins ...

it's one of the things that makes collecting great ... for me

Nap

I would have to ask what is meant by being "out of coins"? I still have my coin collection, I still read Coin World and check these message boards, but I am not buying anything new for the next 5 years or so. I guess that'd make me out of coins. Unfortunately time and money demands of med school have put collecting way on the back burner.

Fairlaneman

Changing grading standards in the middle 80's and basically the same reason now. Seems like this occures every time the Market Heats up to Red Hot.

mgoodm3

I was into coins bigtime until about 9th grade when we were robbed. I lost most of my collection. It kinda went on the back burner for years until I got some coins from my father-in-law and got things going again.

ARCO

I am starting to wonder if death would be the only thing that could get me out of coin collecting. Rational will power does not work.

Rampage

As has already been said, left during my teenage years. Was more into hanging out with friends and chicks. Got into non-sports cards for a few years. Gosh what a mistake that was. Somehow or another I need to get rid of them. Still got them. Waste of money. Coins are more fun.

Anyway, also went to college, so coins had to wait then, too. My last two years of college I started getting back into coins and now enjoy them even more now that I got my first degree.

For some damn reason I started back to get a Master's degree last August. Guess it was out of bordom. Have one more year to go. Still enjoying my coins though.

I guess eventually, I need to find a wife and settle down. But then, I may not be able to collect coins. Ahhhh--the choices one must make.

jdimmick

I collected when I was younger (about 10-16), but got out of it when I entered my latter years of high school. Cars, car stereos, and girls took much of my money what little thier was!

I got back into it for a short period when I turned 23 or so, but couldnt financially afford to do much so I somewhat loss intrest, but didnt loose the love of the hobby. As time went by and I became more financially able, I jumped back into it, which has been about 7 years now. Currently, I am into it full force, love every minute of it and have no future plans of stopping as long as I am living. Even a market crash in the future wont stop me now!!

JadeRareCoin

If you got out of coins for a while, what was the reason?

Some rich guy called me a "coin weenie".

ddbird

<<wife, girlfriend, three kids, >>

Does this satement sound odd to anyone else...3 kids with the wife and GF...NICE WORK!

RGL

I was out for about nine years ... kids, new job, new house, divorce, new wife, new job ... had neither much time nor money.

mrearlygold

I took a 2 year sabbatical on an island in SE Asia ( and elsewhere)

Tom

BillJones

Two things have prompted me to stop buying coins or caused me to spend very little on coins in the past.

The first was the need to quit my dead end job, and go back for an MBA full time, which took about a year circa 1978. During the year from a cash flow perspective, I barely had a pot to p*ss in or a window to throw it out of although I kept my core collection intact so I was a long way from bankruptcy.

The second was the toally insane coin market of the late 1970s when the investor/fools drove prices to absolutely stupid levels. The only thing I regret about that period was that I did not sell a couple of items to those fools during that period. I could have made an even larger down payment on my first home if I had.

Catch22

I lost interest years ago when I realized that my collection had virtually no liquidity and the buy/sell spread was too wide. Jumped in and out over the years every now and then until the internet came along and my chief concerns were no longer a problem. Back then, I viewed most Dealers as just a pinch below used car salesmen on the food chain. Toss in the controversies surrounded the Hunt Bros., Wall Street's involvement and all the problems with the new grading services, rare coin portfolios popping up everywhere and it's pretty easy to see how that would sour anybody on the hobby. The early and mid 80's destroyed the hobby for nearly 20 years.

Mikesp1

I got out because I started racing locally in the street stock division. I had to sell everything off, so I could at least attempt to stay competitive. In order to go fast, you had to spend money. Well, I had my fill of that game..........always wanted to do it...........did it for a few years...........am broke because of it...........sold my car and the rest of the team.............and now starting over with my favorites........the "Merc Dimes"..............AH YES>>>>>>>>>Life is simple again!!

Rockhound

Puberty!

Goober

Uncle Sam came calling. Worried that someone might run off with the collectoin while living in a dorm or overseas. Instead my convict brother ran off and pawned most.

Shamika

Chicks, Babes, Girls, Hot Mommas... call them what you want. You get the picture.

oldcameoproofsguy

<< <i>Inprisonment? >>



Going to school for 8 years was a lot like imprisonment. I ate potatoes four days a week; I couldn't afford 19th century wild toned proofs back then.

Heck, I couldn't even afford dateless Buffalo nickels.

I couldn't even afford to date.

aem4162

i rediscover coins like every 10 yrs or so. money, personal, and other stuff keep me out of it

TheLiberator

Let's see...normal teenage stuff for me: puberty, guys, videogames, friends...you name it. Now I'm back in the game! (With what little I can afford to spend!)