Females and coin collecting.

SanctionII

Most coin collectors are male. How many forum members are female. How many male forum members have girlfriends, spouses and/or female relatives and friends who are coin collectors? Anyone care to opine as to the reason why most coin collectors are male?

Colorfulcoins

dorkkarl

hey sanctionii, there are better places then the pcgs forum to find dates. get lost!

K S

LucyBop

ah but the smart ones are all Kittys!

hamiltonjh

hereeeeeeee kitty kitty kitty......

chrisfuccione

<< <i>Most coin collectors are male. How many forum members are female. How many male forum members have girlfriends, spouses and/or female relatives and friends who are coin collectors? Anyone care to opine as to the reason why most coin collectors are male? >>



We are coin collectors. We are unable to get girlfriends or wives. LOL!

hamiltonjh

so who is that woman i wake up to every day???

Boom

My wife is a member of the ANA and does all the shipping and pre-grading, Stage 1, around here!

coinguy89

I would like to find a girlfriend or just a girl to be a friend that collects coins.

ziggy29

My wife thinks my coins are real purty, and as a history buff (and the owner of a history degree), she thinks a lot of the history behind the coins is really cool. She just has trouble figuring out why people spend so much money for little round pieces of metal.

Boom

You might have to join a local coin club. Maybe one of the members' daughters will hear about you and come to the meetings to check you out!

coinguy89

<< <i>You might have to join a local coin club. Maybe one of the members' daughters will hear about you and come to the meetings to check you out! >>



That might be a good idea, I already tried joining, I email the pres of the club like four weeks ago and sent the same email about four times, and have gotten no response whats so ever.

Boom

Find out when the meetings are and drop in and ask them, "HEY, aren't you guys worried about the future of Numismatics? Who's gonna keep this thing going long after you old birds are dead and gone. I WANNA JOIN"!!

coinguy89

<< <i>Find out when the meetings are and drop in and ask them, "HEY, aren't you guys worried about the future of Numismatics? Who's gonna keep this thing going long after you old birds are dead and gone. I WANNA JOIN"!! >>



I will.

Boom

Shamika

There are probably more women here than you might think.

LucyBop

<< <i>There are probably more women here than you might think. >>



I have always been suspicious about MadMarty!

GoYankees

<< <i>I would like to find a girlfriend or just a girl to be a friend that collects coins. >>



Stay away from the girls that like third tier slabs. They'll break your heart.

100proof1957

Lucy,
are ya worried about Marty's gender or oreientation ?

Boom

<< <i>Stay away from the girls that like third tier slabs. They'll break your heart >>




Not if you find a cherry in them

photog

Well, let's see. My dad (Frank Van Valen) has been collecting since 1961. I grew up around coins, and HATED them! Really! I never wanted to go to conventions, or see his "piggy bank," and getting a Morgan dollar at the bottom of my stocking on Christmas was about as exciting as getting a new pair of socks. I came into the hobby and business in my teens (just hit my mid 20s this year) working with my dad. Then some time back I started working for QDB, etc, and I started out in the auction department assisting in receiving the consignments, so I had hundreds of coins a day passing over my desk. After a while of seeing these coins, helping get them into the computer, proof reading the catalogues, etc, it started to grow on me. I am more partial to the history of the coins though, being a self proclaimed geek and all.
Do I collect? Not really, I still have other pressing things to spend my money on, but I have developed an opinion about coins. I would collect silver commems because as a photographer and artist I see more creativity and beauty in those designs than most others (I am very fond of the reverse of the Bridgeport for its striking eagle). I am also partial to silver three cent pieces, as for such a little coin they are very beautiful and usually toned in a spectacular way.
I have to add though that I am spoiled being surrounded by such high quality pieces on a regular basis- it would cost me a small fortune to amass a collection I would ever be satisfied with aesthetically. When we got Haig Koshkarian's coins I immediately pointed to the most expensive one in the Capital Holder as my favorite, visually (the half dollar- ooh it was gorgeous in person). (I think that's a woman's touch, though, to be attracted to the most expensive item out of a bunch!)
I do have a really cool conder token (with an armadillo on it of all things) and very attractive lightly toned Walker, and somewhere in junk drawer (!) I have one of those Christmas Morgan dollars. I find it occasionally and then re-bury it under scissors, thread, tape, etc.
But as I touched on, I have an appreciation for coins finally, and maybe some day could be swayed into purchasing a few.

Jenna
ANR

SanctionII

No dates for me. I am happily married.

GoYankees

<< <i>Well, let's see. My dad (Frank Van Valen) has been collecting since 1961. I grew up around coins, and HATED them! Really! I never wanted to go to conventions, or see his "piggy bank," and getting a Morgan dollar at the bottom of my stocking on Christmas was about as exciting as getting a new pair of socks. I came into the hobby and business in my teens (just hit my mid 20s this year) working with my dad. Then some time back I started working for QDB, etc, and I started out in the auction department assisting in receiving the consignments, so I had hundreds of coins a day passing over my desk. After a while of seeing these coins, helping get them into the computer, proof reading the catalogues, etc, it started to grow on me. I am more partial to the history of the coins though, being a self proclaimed geek and all.
Do I collect? Not really, I still have other pressing things to spend my money on, but I have developed an opinion about coins. I would collect silver commems because as a photographer and artist I see more creativity and beauty in those designs than most others (I am very fond of the reverse of the Bridgeport for its striking eagle). I am also partial to silver three cent pieces, as for such a little coin they are very beautiful and usually toned in a spectacular way.
I have to add though that I am spoiled being surrounded by such high quality pieces on a regular basis- it would cost me a small fortune to amass a collection I would ever be satisfied with aesthetically. When we got Haig Koshkarian's coins I immediately pointed to the most expensive one in the Capital Holder as my favorite, visually (the half dollar- ooh it was gorgeous in person). (I think that's a woman's touch, though, to be attracted to the most expensive item out of a bunch!)
I do have a really cool conder token (with an armadillo on it of all things) and very attractive lightly toned Walker, and somewhere in junk drawer (!) I have one of those Christmas Morgan dollars. I find it occasionally and then re-bury it under scissors, thread, tape, etc.
But as I touched on, I have an appreciation for coins finally, and maybe some day could be swayed into purchasing a few.

Jenna
ANR >>



I'm trying to get my wife into coin collecting.

Our 2 year old daughter's name is Jenna.

coynclecter

My wife coin collecting.........NOT a chance. I don't want to share my coin budget with anyone. Besides the last thing I need is for her to buy coins that "look pretty" at 4X sheet.

hey... with more women now in coins, maybe thats why the pretty toned common crap is selling for moon money.

kieferscoins

Welcome to the forums Jenna! John Kralevich sometimes posts here also.

Cameron Kiefer

photog

I'm a self-admitted lurker. It's nice to know what's going on in the world outside the office. On a rare occasion I see a thread which I actually feel compelled to participate in. This was one of them!

I had a coworker whose daughter named their German Shepherd "Jenna" after the movie Balto. She told me at the top of her lungs I was "named after her dog"! Ahh, kids.

JRocco

My wife can not understand why I would ever spend more than 1 cent on a Lincoln cent. "It's only a penny!!!!" ---- Grrrrrr.... I break out the glass and tell her to look at the doubling on this 55, or look at the DCAM on this 70S....nothing---I get that blank stare always followed by the "Whatever you like dear, just try not to spend too much".................It's hopeless.

aem4162

female who's into building computers, coin collecting, and record collecting

*sigh*

it's no wonder i scare men


i kinda think that my hobbies (computers and records) are male-dominated because women are somehow steered away from them. most guys i know from tech forums go absolutely bug poo if they find out a girl or woman is on the board - they aren't used to us in real life - and then they never believe us when we say we do our own work. having some twit salesman in compusa/best buy/circuit city tell me some obvious piece of runny puppy poo about a product because he thinks i don't know any better is ridiculous, but the look on their faces when i correct them is priceless (and it's best done in front of other customers). i have no idea why women don't seem to be big on record collecting, except that whenever i bought a seriously collectable who record, for example, the dealer usually said that my bf/husband was lucky to have a gf/wife who appreciated his hobby. if i told them that the record was for me they thought that women didn't listen to that kind of music. i was always one of 2-3 girls in the drafting classes in hs (9-12) and it was always assumed that we were in the class to be with the boys. if i say i'm in mechanical engineering people assume i'm a secretary.

if i see any women in my fave coin store they are always with their bf/husband - he's buying coins and she's looking at jewelry. *sigh*

i should rewire some outlets tonight but i'm too depressed now

idocoins

<< <i>Welcome to the forums Jenna! John Kralevich sometimes posts here also.

Cameron Kiefer >>



Hey Cam, mid 20s.........go for it dude.......ask her out

Neptune

my husband is not into coins, and barely tolerates my expenditures - the ones that he even knows about. I don't really hide things - I just don't 'flaunt' it (well I may stick a few things in the closet before he gets home) - well he does bring home the bacon but I don't squander money shopping at malls for clothes, shoes, make-up and girlie crap like that so figure it is my privilege as his wife to buy coins instead.

At coins shows he asks "are you done yet". So the next one, he will drop me off at coin show and go play golf - sounds good to me. He thinks you just go in and buy a coin or two and leave. I will be much better off with him playing golf!

Oh well, I have gotten my 9 yr. old grandson interested in coin collecting, and he seems really excited about it. I sent him home with some supplies, a red book, and a few buffalos and other coins. Now if I can just get his Daddy to help me to help him keep his interest level up.

Lightside

Recently, I asked my grandson what he was going to do with all the coins I will be giving him when he turns 21.

Answer: "I'll sell um"

Maybe I oughta wait until he's 30???!!!!!

Maybe I oughta sell um and take a long needed vacation.

bushmaster8

Not only are most numismatutes male, they are white males. Go to a big coin show and you will rarely see more than a few Afrikan-Amerikans.

ziggy29

<< <i>Not only are most numismatutes male, they are white males. Go to a big coin show and you will rarely see more than a few Afrikan-Amerikans. >>

I've often noticed that, and sometimes I've wondered why. I've come to the conclusion that coin collecting, at least on the high end, is an "old money" activity, and the "old money" is overwhelmingly white and male.

And what is a "numismatute"? Are they people who sell themselves in order to buy more coins?

coinguy89

<< <i>female who's into building computers, coin collecting, and record collecting

*sigh*

it's no wonder i scare men


i kinda think that my hobbies (computers and records) are male-dominated because women are somehow steered away from them. most guys i know from tech forums go absolutely bug poo if they find out a girl or woman is on the board - they aren't used to us in real life - and then they never believe us when we say we do our own work. having some twit salesman in compusa/best buy/circuit city tell me some obvious piece of runny puppy poo about a product because he thinks i don't know any better is ridiculous, but the look on their faces when i correct them is priceless (and it's best done in front of other customers). i have no idea why women don't seem to be big on record collecting, except that whenever i bought a seriously collectable who record, for example, the dealer usually said that my bf/husband was lucky to have a gf/wife who appreciated his hobby. if i told them that the record was for me they thought that women didn't listen to that kind of music. i was always one of 2-3 girls in the drafting classes in hs (9-12) and it was always assumed that we were in the class to be with the boys. if i say i'm in mechanical engineering people assume i'm a secretary.

if i see any women in my fave coin store they are always with their bf/husband - he's buying coins and she's looking at jewelry. *sigh*

i should rewire some outlets tonight but i'm too depressed now >>



If it makes you feel better I thought you were a girl my age.

billboat

Every time I find a real knockout of a coin for sale I show it to my wife who says "why don't you buy it--I think it's pretty". Needless to say, since I pay the bills, I usually don't buy it but I appreciate her vote of confidence.

orie

Why would a female want a coin to put in a drawer or in a bank box when she can use the money to buy a rug, painting, jewelry or a trip to Paris?

Dog97

Most collectors are men but I noticed that most of the time when I make a check out for a coin buy I make it to a female name.
(scratches head)

mirabela

I think my wife prefers it to a few of my other hobbies, for a variety of reasons. I pursue it mostly in the house, so I'm not gone. Some of my other hobbies are potentially injurious or lethal; this one isn't aside from the choking hazard part, and I think I'm past that. In my other hobbies, you buy stuff you need and the money is just gone; I think my wife likes the idea that if we needed to unload it all tomorrow, we could recoup most of the outlay. Furthermore, she is starting to look at things and say, "Oh, that's a nice one" and "do you have one of those?" All good signs. She has a good eye.

Coppernicus

This may be a bit bizarre, but IMHO, most coin collectors are not very attractive (both male and female). Every show I've been to, the average "look" of the attendees was below average. Many of the guys looked like they don't know how to bathe, comb their hair, buy clothes, etc. Many of the women look a bit "earthy": i.e. similar to the guys in many ways. There are exceptions, of course.

I believe this is all a result of a self-selection process. Good looking boys and girls tend to capitalize on their looks, socialize a lot and don't tend to have hobbies that are "solo" such as collecting (coins, or anything for that matter.) I look at the female faculty in the graduate school of business where I teach. Few, if any, are really knockouts - most are "plain Janes." I think that when they were in high school and college, they weren't very popular and thus gravitated to studying instead of partying and all of that.

I think the same concept holds true in our hobby, at least in general. I bet there are more coin collectors who were in the chess club than were the star football player.

Mike

wingedliberty

I think the difference between the genders as far as brain chemistry goes, does not extend to aesthetic appreciation. I think aesthetics is something that crosses gender lines. This can be applied to other hobbies as well., in the end, its a case by case matter as far as the individual and not gender.