Are you happy with your coin collection?

Steve27

Does it please you to look at your coins, or do you just have a bunch of unrelated unfinished sets which lack focus?

CoinOnTheCob

Yeah, that second one.

solid

Some coins I'm very happy with and it gives me great pleasure to look at them and
share with others. More and more these tend to be nicely toned coins, cameo
proofs and interesting varieties.

Others are just there filling holes in sets - I rarely pull these out.

The past year or two I've been buying far more of the former that the latter.

Ken

slabfab

I used to own a hodge podge of mostly incomplete series, and for the most part mediocre coins. I decided to sell the whole lot and start over. I think I am now much more focused and disciplined in my purchases and as a result I am building a collection that I am very happy to own. I have fewer coins than before, but they are much better. Focus and patience I think are the key ingredients to building a great collection. In the final analysis you will have to decide for yourself what is going to make you happy.

mgoodm3

In general, yes. i'm trying to pare my collection down to the essentials. There are a few coins that I don't like as much as the others.

nwcs

Overall yes. I'm going to be selling half of it fairly soon and keep the best and stop buying for a while.

RYK

Yes. As it grows, it becomes more obvious which coins do not fit. I use these to trade for the ones that do fit.

ziggy29

Yes and yes. I'm happy with what I'm collecting, but I also know I almost certainly have an ice cube's chance in H-E-double-hockey-sticks to finish some of what I'm collecting.

I have focus in my collecting. The problem is, I haven't found a new collecting interest (aside from my small cent collection which is very near complete and "doable") that doesn't include some five-figure stoppers.

coinlieutenant

Yep...

Merc

I have a few complete sets such as my high grade 1940-42 proof sets, but many other coins are just nice coins. I am happy with the collection even if it does not have a single focus. Nice coins can stand alone They don't need the whole set to back them up.

RYK

The problem is, I haven't found a new collecting interest (aside from my small cent collection which is very near complete and "doable") that doesn't include some five-figure stoppers.

That's a very good point. I have found that by finding problem-free lower condition coins (VF-XF) with above average eye appeal, I can circumvent this problem. Problem is, other people are trying to do the same.

BillJones

Yep! I'm has happy as a pig in poop. I've owned some coins for 40 years because they please me. When I get tired of something, I put it in the business, and it usally sells within a show or two.

My collecting goals have no changed that much over the years. I am mostly a type collector. I've collected date and mint sets, and I've even collected by die variety. Still I've got say that I'm a collector who knows a lot of US coins in general and a lot about some series in great detail.

BigGreek

I can't look at my coins because they are all at PCGS

Oh, wait.. that's another thread.

drjules

An interesting question

I have two completed sets and two unfinished ones that I am focussing on (not to mention a whole bunch of unrelated things) and I have to admit the hunt for the complete set is more fun than looking at the finished article

Dr J

CUEBALL

I've been collecting for many years and I still make purchases that I wish I had not made(Does anyone else do this)So I'm guess I'm not fully happy with my collection but it gives me a lot of satisfaction.(Does that make sense)I think for me it would take a lot of the fun out if I was happy with all of it ,there would be nothing left to do.

LanLord

I personally like everyone's coin collection

SEND THEM TO ME!

Hedger

I'm happy with what I have. My collections are incomplete but I have nice stuff. For instance, my Buffalo nickel set is all XF but I am missing many dates. I don't have the scarce dates but I have the semi keys. My Walking Liberty Half set is mostly MS from 41 up but again missing the keys. The earlier coins are Good because that is all I can afford within my budget. The 1917D obv and 21S are the earlier keys I have in that set. My lincoln collection is semi key as well all in VF from 09-16 and the rest XF to 58. I find the coins available in the grades I need and that's good enough for me. I like having incomplete collections.

Betta285

I am happy with my Type Set and a few other minor projects I'm working on, but durring the first few months I started collecting, I bought countless heavily circulated coins of all series, trying to find my niche. I also bought 6 or 7 '60's proof sets just for the hell of it, because they were "pretty", not a cameo or toner in any of them. I have plenty of junk silver and copper in every series and it hurts me to looks at it and think that I could have used all that time and money towards something appealing. I guess it helped me get familiar with several series, but now they're just taking up space in my drawer..

jim

TerrapinWill

I guess the best way to describe my collection is "all over the place." It took me a while to find out what I like. It has been a somewhat costly lesson, as i have lost a few bucks on mistakes. I bought coins on Ebay before I knew better, and lost a couple bucks here and there liquidating. I discovered that I really enjoy moderns, and by and large that is the focus of my collecting. As I discovered this, I came to like what I had much better. I of course have my small collection of certified Morgans, mostly MS64's with I think one MS63.
Foolishly, I started thinking down the line, my grandchildren might profit if I make good decsions. Now I have learned to cut my losses from early bad choices, and focus on what I like to look at. BTW, everyone on here has taught me a great deal. Thanks

MadMonk

Yes, I'm very happy with my collection. But, I am always looking to improve where possible.

badger

Very happy with the 1950-1964 proof collection and 1938-1964 Proof Jeff with Variety. I've had an assortment of other nice looking coins: Morgans, SAE, Modern Commemoratives, IHC, circulated Jeffs, modern Roosie Proofs and even circulated silver picked up at the bank. I was tempted to expand to modern Jeffs (past the silver age), but stopped in the nick of time. Just can't afford to collect everything. (Also, thought I was very focussed until I started replying to this thread.)

I never regretted buying a coin, but have regretted missing some good eye appeal and/or scarce coins.

All but the 1950-1964 proofs and Proof Jeffs are leaving to help upgrade the collection. Except maybe the modern Roosie proofs or the Morgans or the SAE or... Started selling the coins that I obtained in building the collections, too.

Am considering starting a new series, but that's a different thread.....

Colorfulcoins

Focus is certainly key whether its a set or just coins of a particular desire. I'm very focused and as a result, pleased......until I look at how much I have into my collection and then I start thinking about all the other things I could be doing with that $$$. Kind of like owning an expensive Ferrari and theinking about all that money just sitting in your garage not doing very much (but hopefully the coins are stable or appreciating and the Ferrai is depreciating!)

Craig

Shamika

I love some parts of my collection, but other parts should be purged if I can ever get around to it.

BAJJERFAN

For the most part yes to the first part and no to the second part.

csw

No. Yes.

Deb048gold

I jumped into collecting one year ago with both feet! I decided early on that I wanted to have a collection that was:

1. Easy to liquidate in the future.
2. All coins slabbed. (Strictly PCGS)
3. Very high quality.
4. Focused on one large area, in my case strictly Silver dollars and dollars both Modern and Classic, as well
as Saints which that area is a ten year plan to get as close to completion as possible.

The Results: So far so good. 10 complete sets most all in the top 10 in the Registry. I'm still a green horn compared to many of you concerning numismatics, but focus is not a problem for me. I love my coins and look at my coin collecting as amassing hard assets, not a hobby. It's serious business but a blast to boot!

XpipedreamR

I like my coins, but I need more of them.

keets

i get happier with each passing day!!!

al h.

Mercury

I would have to say that since I started collecting about five years ago, I was unfocused. I would buy anthything that appealed to me. Now I am a little better I am concetrating on a Peace Dollar set. However, I now own alot of coins that are adverage condition with no organization. This is from buying just what looks pretty at the time without taking time to study and learn the type before putting down your money.

shirohniichan

<< <i>I love some parts of my collection, but other parts should be purged if I can ever get around to it. >>



Yea, verily.

I picked up a lot of Canadian copper because I thought the coins were good deals, and only afterward did I realize that I don't really like copper enough to finish the Victoria or Edward years (maybe the George V, though).

I should sell a lot of my tangential coins and finish up my George V commonwealth silver collection (I'm almost finished with the florins and shillings, but I still need a number of half crowns, six pence, three pence, and the infamous Waitangi crown).

I don't take out some of my sets often enough to enjoy looking at them, but when I do run across them again it's like finding buried treasure. "Wow-- lookee here!"

vega1

My certified US silver type set gives me lots of happy

Its not even close to complete (trying to get all the varieties in the Red Book... especially key dates), there are more "holes" than filled spots, but adding a new one every so often sure does feel good. I realised early on it was going to be the collecting that's the good part, not so much the finishing. Don't get me wrong, if I had the money and opportunity to finish it today I would... then I'd start over with Gold.

I also have alot of crap that I bought when I first started collecting (1998) though and didn't really know what I wanted.

mommam17

VERY happy with my collection. Started a 50 piece commem set in 1998 with 7 coins and now have 3 to go to finish. I never thought I`d finish it and sometime in the fall I will. My 2 friends that helped me the most are Vince Blume and Dan Oxford.

saintguru

I am very happy with my set...It's only 46 coins, but I look at each one as a piece of art and history.

I am even pleased to share it with anyone that wants to look at it on the link below. All the coins were photographed by Mike Printz of Whitlow...he's fantastic!

CalGold

No.

CG

saintguru

Why not CG???

CalGold

<< <i>Why not CG??? >>



I keep receiving auction catalogs full of all kinds of neat stuff that I don't have and can't afford, and that makes my stuff look like...like.... well, to borrow a phrase from Blackhawk, like a bunch of rusty washers.

CG

coinfreak499

Yes, and I would be more happy if I bought that 1953 S Frankin I saw today In 65 or 66 FBL. It was only $32

saintguru

Ahhhhhh...so do I...we all see stuff that we envy...you gotta forget about what you can't have and enjoy what you DO have. We aren't Eliasberg!

coinandcurrency242

I am very happy with my collection. I like having a few coins of everything. Morgans, Peace, Walkers, Indian Heads and so on. I don't want to force myself to start selcting a certain coin to collect then sticking with just that.

morgannut2

It's gotten too expensive to complete a Morgan Series now for me, so it's going down 50% to the bare essentials I love on a stand alone basis.

CalGold

<< <i>We aren't Eliasberg >>



Why you are aboslutely right. The first thing I am going to do is to return the latest Goldberg catalog with the following letter.

Dear Messrs. Goldberg:

Thank you for sending me your latest catalog. It appears that you have mistaken me for Eliasberg. Let me assure you that I am not he. Accordingly, I am returning the catalog to you so that you may forward it Mr. Eliasberg's executors who I am sure can put it to better use than I.

Very truly yours,

CalGold

ColonialCoinUnion

Sort of.

I still intend to reduce the total number and continue to upgrade and refine my way to a total of 20 - 25 killer coins.

saintguru

CG.....

Wondo

I am getting there. I traded for a great bullion set (Mexican 50 pesos) recently and have a few keys to another set. Looks like my box of twenty is just about complete!

pursuitofliberty

Does it please you to look at your coins, or do you just have a bunch of unrelated unfinished sets which lack focus?

I have a bunch of somewhat unrelated unfinished sets which lack completion focus, BUT it does please me to look at my coins.

Nickelback

I've branched out from Jeffersons and have some wide variations in my collections. Lately I've discovered state tokens, most of which aren't worth that much (at least here in Alaska) but are really interesting. At this point I still look at Jeffs first but if something else catches my eye I'll go for it.