How many coins are now in your collection as a direct result of this forum?

MrEureka

Details, please!

TorinoCobra71

I would guess less than 5%

TC71

DickyBetz

Almost all of them.

bhartman35

One. I've made a deal for a Mercury dime with a forum member (who shall remain nameless, in case he doesn't want to be revealed). The coin is a 1937 PCGS MS-66. Not in hand, yet.

fc

two at least.

AG03 1887S half eagle and a newp from braddick, a 1893P OGH.

make it 3, mark feld viewed a coin for me a few weeks ago.
not yet arrived from kaminski. 1879S

RYK

Too many!

I met board member, "Dahlonega" through this forum. Through him, I purchased my first Dahlonega coin and got hooked. You can therefore credit (or blame) him directly or indirectly for the 25 or so Dahlonega coins that I own. I have also purchased quite a few expensive and inexpensive type coins as a result of interactions with board members.

dwssws

If it wasn't for this forum may not have discovered VAMS so my collection would be greatly reduced! Also due to this forum found the dealer to upgrade my CC collection so I have to say that all my coins are due to this forum

Fairlaneman

2 this weekend.

I do not keep track but many coins have been purchased from members and sold to members.

If you are talking about only the coin forum the answer is zippo. Mine have came from the registry and buy,sell trade forums.

Ken

777

I just purchased complete set of gsa cc dollars off this forum, and many others, I have sold more coins here than purchased though, A great place to buy/sell and learn...

Trime

Directly: A few; very few coins. But indirectly many coins and friends.

Bochiman

Most....that aren't Morgans (got those from K6AZ before all the poking here that helped push him over the edge and get him booted) and aren't "new and from the US Mint". I would have gotten all but one or two of the US Mint sets anyway.

The 1955 DDO Lincoln, the toned IHCs (Proof and MS), the birth year set for myself and the registry sets for my son and I.....those are all because of being on the forum.

Thousands of dollars later, I have a SDB and some picture of coins to show for it

tjkillian

I would say 10% of my coins have come from folks I've met here on these boards.

Tom

coinkat

not as many as I would like but I am thankful for the ones that came my way

kranky

Everything not purchased from the Mint directly, or from my childhood collection.

I kept my ANA membership and CW subscription for many years and didn't buy a single coin or go to a show. When I found this message board, I got to know some people, learned a lot more, and gained enough confidence to dive back in.

Millertime

I haven't actually bought any Kennedys from Russ but it's his fault that I started a registry set of Kennedy proofs and I'm only 5 away from a complete set. I also have about 10 of my better coins in my Dansco 7070 album from members of this forum and another dozen or so from Boom's swaps that I've participated in.

Millertime

mirabela

Directly or indirectly, a good many -- maybe 25% or something like that. Notably, something more like 2/3 of my best "stuff" had something to do with the forum and its members.

KoinDawg

One coin, a 1906 Barber Dime, I just bought from DIMEMAN.

jabba

I would say 80%

mozin

None.

mgoodm3

I've bought 2 directly from forum members:

1915 matte prof lincoln.
1888 proof indian cent.

Baley

Wow, I've gotten a lot of coins from board members now that I think about it, I'll name a few and sorry if I left any out, feel free to remind me, from LordM I got an 1861 half dime, from MgoodM I got an 1845 half dime, from CoinLt I got an 1821 quarter, from Russ I got an 1864 2 center and others, from Darin5 I got a 1938D dime, from TomB I got an 1802 half dollar, from several members Ive traded my junk silver washies for their state quarters, thanks again guys, almost time to do it again, tough to get the Phillies here on the left coast and I refuse to pay more than face value for a state quarter so I kind of cheat by offering '64s.

pursuitofliberty

Probably a dozen or so, maybe a few more than that.

A couple of memorable and recent ones - a colorful 1884 Liberty Nickel from mgoodm3 (BST post) - still have it, still love it

and a nice 1897 Liberty Nickel from CarlWohlforth, who's site I would have never found probably if it were not for this board

Also, a great package of Jeffersons from Keets and a few nice coins from Astrorat and Rwill

I'm probably missing someone

MikeInFL

About 1/3.

I've gotten some very nice large cents from forum members.

I've also met a more traditional dealer who has gotten me many of my finest coins.

Many other purchases have been discussed publically on threads or PMs with several of my forum friends.

With the lessons learned here, my collection has grown in size and quality.

Take care...Mike

coinlieutenant

1938-D MS66 Buff-Braddick
1830 MS64 Half Dime- LincolnCentMan
1829 MS63 Dime- KoinKrazy
1940-S MS67 Merc- LincolnCentMan
1815 AU55 Quarter- Commemdude
1818 AU55 Half- JadeRareCoin
1822 AU58 Half- Anaconda
1823 AU55 Half- TomB
1825 AU58 Half- Anaconda
1826 MS64 Half- Boiler78
1827 AU55 Half- TradeDollarNut
1828 AU55 Half- Elwood
1834 AU58 Half- Commemdude
1872 PF63 Half- LanLord

That is 14 of 32 (~44%) of coins in the collection from board members.

Koinlink

That's an interesting topic! I'm not sure but I'd say only a couple. However I have bought quite a few from really nice board members off of eBay, only I found the coins on eBay, not here.

ChuckC

Big chunk from this forum including members like lucybop, tonedcointrader, licolnsrule, and colorfulcoins.

tmot99

None as of right now. That will likely change this week.

Vrmntcllr

Exactly 34 coins This forum inspired me to do the 7070 album and I have purchased 34 coins specifically for that album.

This is a very small portion of my entire collection but represents some of the nicest coins I own except for my Morgans.

Shamika

Only two, but I'm very happy with them.

LindeDad

I got one on a back door offer from this forum. Now over on the PCGS forum I got about five or six. And then about a dozen on the BST forum, and probably twenty from the BST spams for eBay.
I will add that I forgot the members web sites I learned about here another forty or so from them.

airplanenut

Quite a lot... I don't have a breakdown, but a huge number have been off the BST, from members I've met in person (and most likely sought out to get a better look at inventory), or from eBay auctions where I've known the board member).

At the least, it amounts to many thousands of dollars.

66Tbird

Dozen keepers easy. Icon is one

numonebuyer

about 5

LeeG

I'd guess 75% of my collection has come from Board Members here and on eBay. Too many to list but my sincerest thanks to them all for some "Awesome" coins at fair prices!!!!!!

jdimmick

Zero,

but have bought a few for re-sell.

Nic

All my moderns except a Cherioo's Sac. Not much else though I've tried . Coin Lt. .... a couple of great people on that list.
K

09sVDB

I met one of my favorite dealers here about five years ago. Since then I have purchased many coins here, as well as sold some. I would say around 30, but that's a guess. I just bought 8 coins from a member today at a local show!

orie

I'll make a stab.....one dozen.

morgannut2

100% of my moderns-- Among classics, my knowledge has changed as a direst result--but no purchases except from people I all ready knew.

USCGCraig

14 for my Barber Half Collection.

bosox

Craig - Are you still active duty CG? I retired in 1995. - Rob

BECOKA

so far 0. Still waiting for a 1929 half eagle to be offered.

I have gotten several used books though.

coinnut86

I'm honestly not sure. I've been here about 5 months and have bought and/or traded roughly 50 coins

One thing's for sure though, the people here are great!

topstuf

I have ....REDUCED.... a bunch to a poster. Some to others, but one in particular.

coinlieutenant

Craig - Are you still active duty CG? I retired in 1995. - Rob

Great...another puddle pirate.

bosox

U. S. Coast Guard - "The hardened nucleus about which the Navy forms in time of war", or so they told during my four years in New London.

coinlieutenant

Oh my...and one that went to puddle pirate University!! Annapolis guy here. At least you didnt go to West point!

I actually had dinner with a young Ensign who lives down the street that went to Coast Guard U.


Just realized I better call you sir!! I'm just an LT.

bosox

We could bore the entire board to death with puddle pirate and squid jabs, but to get back on track, your PCGS halfs are nice. Keep up the good work.

BAJJERFAN

This one!!



This one too!!



This one!!



One more!!



And one last one plus there are at least a dozen others!!

Longacre

I've never bought anything directly from a board member, but I've received reccomendations on coins or dealers from a few board members.

Lakesammman

How about you, Andy?