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mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
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I was just talking with a fellow forum friend and realized...I don't know ANYONE local that collects coins...wouldn't know what to do if I did image

Am I the only one in this boat or are there others that find all their coin talk on the internet and not in real life?

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  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    I've got one local buddy that collects 19th cenrury type and Walkers.
    Wondo

  • IdahoGalIdahoGal Posts: 255
    If 3 1/2 hours away is local, then yes. Otherwise, I'm in the same boat as you, Ray. image
  • SandhawkSandhawk Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭
    I don't have any friends at all. image

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  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You are NOT alone..I do not even have a coin dealer or Shows on this island to attend!

    WS
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  • coinguy89coinguy89 Posts: 2,151
    I wish I did.
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  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    The closest to me is about an hour away.
  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    Good question...

    About 2 years ago, I was chatting online with someone in Seattle (I live in Minnesota) about coins. I had just recently bought a coin from him. And he asked if I knew so and so. He noticed that the zip code for my order, and this other person's order, were the same. So he hooked us up online via Seattle, and we found out this other person and I just live 1.2 miles apart. Wierd.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    SS350Camaro is the closest that I'm aware of, probably 80 or 90 miles.
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  • UncleWigglyUncleWiggly Posts: 2,467
    An old lady down the road asked me how much a half dime was worth. Another lady excitedly told me her husband was saving pre statehood quarters because he thought they would be worth something one day. That is the extent of my local coin conversations. So, you all are it. Jerry
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    I don't either. I do have lots of football buddies and even befriended a Redskins fan a few months ago so my new Redskins room I just built complete with a 52" big screen HDTV will be rockin' this fall!
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    Nobody near me that I know of.
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I aint got no friends at all.image
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    I wish I had some local coin friends..... image
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I live 10 minutes from NoObIeE... DaveG is pretty local, too, though I'm not sure where he lives, exactly. Also, I see Bustman at the local shows, along with TomB (NGC boards--formerly over here, where he told me about the show). Also, Wihlborg (NGC boards) isn't too far away. And let's not forget MrEureka image

    So yeah, there are locals around image
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  • nOoBiEeEnOoBiEeE Posts: 1,011 ✭✭


    << <i>I live 10 minutes from NoObIeE... DaveG is pretty local, too, though I'm not sure where he lives, exactly. Also, I see Bustman at the local shows, along with TomB (NGC boards--formerly over here, where he told me about the show). Also, Wihlborg (NGC boards) isn't too far away. And let's not forget MrEureka image

    So yeah, there are locals around image >>



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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,292 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know that a few guys live in the area but I've never met themimage I was thinking of putting together a lunch for those who live in the Phx area, as a meet and greet.

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  • TheLiberatorTheLiberator Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭
    None here...in ORLANDO.
  • GooberGoober Posts: 980 ✭✭✭
    A day after finding this site I found one local guy who collects Morgans. We've met, I made a purchase, and I plan on buying more.
    Prost!

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  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    None, this is the most coin talkin' I getimage
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  • techefftecheff Posts: 2,285
    I guess they only grade coins here in Newport Beach, CA. I've tried to link up with a couple members in the So Cal area, but they don't respond to my PMs...

    I did visit London Coin Gallaries here about a year ago when I got back into collecting. They were nice enough to offer me $5 for a 1896-O that ended up gradeing AU-58... Their offer on the 1893-S was $15... image
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The closest friend of mine that is a coin collector is 90 miles away.
  • Jody526Jody526 Posts: 296 ✭


    << <i>I was just talking with a fellow forum friend and realized...I don't know ANYONE local that collects coins...wouldn't know what to do if I did image

    Am I the only one in this boat or are there others that find all their coin talk on the internet and not in real life?

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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Yet the mint claims that over 100 million people collect coins (one out of every three people). image
    No one local here that I know of but there are two coin clubs within 70 miles of me so I get to visit with some twice a month.
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    I have cosmicdebris nearby, RHCN, michael isnt far as well as Oreville, michael dixon is a short train ride away image
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  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    Do you have coin friends in your local area?

    There are 3 fellow coin collectors in my area. One is my local coin dealer. Another used to post here but is now MIA. The other, I barely keep in contact.
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    There are 2 guys local to me, about the same age, that I first "met" on RCC. Subsequent to that, we got together at a monthly local show and often do lunch after the show and do a show and tell.
  • EvilMCTEvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    Meos1 and I met in college over 12 years ago. I have another friend that collects on a part time basis. That's about it.

    Ken
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  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    Weird, although, thinking about it, I'm not sure what to do had I had the opportunity to have a local friend, there are no shows in the area, and no shops in this town...

    I guess coin collecting is a lonely pass time. Good thing my wife enjoys it too image

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