How much of your coin "fun" are Inet coin boards?...poll

topstuf

How much fun would you have collecting coins if there were no coin forums?

Would you expect RELATIVES to enjoy em?

Would you collect more.....or less?

FC57Coins

I've been collecting for almost 30 years - I've only been on the forums for 2 - so I guess the other 28 years were ok.

topstuf

FC....mebbe they were ....foreplay.

ziggy29

I could have plenty of fun collecting without them -- I did for many years -- but I do find two things to be true with forums around:

(1) My interest level remains constantly high instead of waning and peaking periodically;

(2) It gives me an opportunity, sometimes, to live vicariously through the coins of others and in so doing, perhaps giving me something to do coin-related which doesn't always result in...spending money on more coins.

FWIW, I voted for 25% with a slight bias toward the "over".

kranky

Before I joined here, I had only the weekly Coin World, knew no other collectors, and attended the two local shows a year. So for me, this board is a big factor.

mgoodm3

A pretty big part for me. My wife hardly cares about coins and I don't have any nearby collecting friends. Beyond my shopping for coins (online) and looking at and photographing my coins, this is the place to be.

wam98

50% for me. The other half is hunting and hoarding. To me this US Coin forum is the greatest place for sharing and knowledge.

Baley

I voted 50% as well; I love buying and looking at my coins, but as far as sharing with others, my wife just glances at them and says "that's nice, dear" (and winces at some of the pricetags) and one kind of has to keep it secret among friends and neighbors (loose lips sink ships), so it's really nice to have you guys to share pictures and discussions with!

dthigpen

25% - It gives me something to do at work

dimples

ditto

marmac

I hang on the fringes of message board but I voted 50%. I look at the meassage board as foreplay to a coin show or coin shop visit. It gets me "pumped" be for I go.

Plus there are always a few threads that amuse me enough to help get me thru my day in my cubicle.

Veep

Less than 10% as you can see from my 655 posts in almost four years. I do enjoy some of the board topics. I've learned some stuff and tried to help others when I'm qualified to. I'm just not able to hang out here very much.

XpipedreamR

I would say a relatively high percentage, but I don't think it has anything to do with the internet message board environment per se, but rather, the ready availability of a coin community with which to share coin stuff.

If I could afford to maintain a staff of hundreds of on-call coin nerds in a spare room in my house, for example, I don't think the message boards would be half as exciting.