This coin collecting is a sickness

lathmach · October 6, 2006 9:35AM

I saw this 1875-S Seated Quarter on Ebay, and I thought to myself, hey that's not a bad looking coin. I figured I'd feel comfortable paying around $85 for it, so I bid that.
As you can see I won the auction.
I've sent the check and in a week or so it'll go into my collection.
Well, here's the rub.
I just pulled out my Seated Quarters, and guess what........
I already have 11 of the 1875-S.
This coin collecting is a sickness

Ray

Julio · October 6, 2006 9:37AM

Just keep the girl who stayed for the ride. You will be just fine.

. jws

ColonialCoinUnion · October 6, 2006 9:39AM

So YOUR the guy hoarding the 1875-S quarters -

Gemineye · October 6, 2006 9:39AM

Don't feel to bad .....I did the same with a Sac Dollar........look on the bright side ...you got a double....

123cents · October 6, 2006 9:40AM

Coin collecting is a sickness but the only cure is buying that next coin.

ARCO · October 6, 2006 9:40AM

A duplicate? Come back and talk to us about sickness when you are on your tenth or eleventh duplicate for a given date.

Tyler

anablep · October 6, 2006 9:41AM

That's funny.

I guess the real question is, are you having fun?

If so, then who cares if its the 100th 75-S quarter, as long as you're enjoying it!

lathmach · October 6, 2006 9:51AM

<< Just keep the girl who stayed for the ride. You will be just fine.

. jws >>

I kept her as long as God let me. We were married for 34 !/2 years.
She died 4 Dec 2002.

Ray

tmot99 · October 6, 2006 9:53AM

<< I saw this 1875-S Seated Quarter on Ebay, and I thought to myself, hey that's not a bad looking coin. I figured I'd feel comfortable paying around $85 for it, so I bid that.
As you can see I won the auction.
I've sent the check and in a week or so it'll go into my collection.
Well, here's the rub.
I just pulled out my Seated Quarters, and guess what........
I already have 11 of the 1875-S.
This coin collecting is a sickness

Ray >>

Doesn't sound like coin collecting is the problem. Your memory is.

prooflike · October 6, 2006 12:56PM

Just keep going and pretty soon you can make a roll of 75-S quarters

MFH · October 6, 2006 12:59PM

Obsession ?

Two rolls of 1832 Bust quarters.

That's an obsession.

TwoSides2aCoin · October 6, 2006 1:02PM

This is a good sickness to have. For a cure, list one on ebay at a buy now price of one hundred dollars. Make it the lowest grade. Go ahead, be a market maker, Ray

Someone will buy it, too !

Joe

rec78 · October 6, 2006 3:18PM

Some people only collect one series of coins and many sets of them at that. You have a start on your 11th liberty seated quarter set.

By the way, your last post made me cry. Sorry-

But a good way to keep her in your memory. Bob

Barndog · October 6, 2006 3:20PM

<< I saw this 1875-S Seated Quarter on Ebay, and I thought to myself, hey that's not a bad looking coin. I figured I'd feel comfortable paying around $85 for it, so I bid that.
As you can see I won the auction.
I've sent the check and in a week or so it'll go into my collection.
Well, here's the rub.
I just pulled out my Seated Quarters, and guess what........
I already have 11 of the 1875-S.
This coin collecting is a sickness

Ray >>

Did you check the Briggs book on seated quarters to see if you have different die marriages/die varieties?

Coxe · October 6, 2006 3:33PM

LOL. That is funny because I am really good about knowing what I have, what I need, where I bought things and for how much. Still, there are these VAMs I keep getting thinking I don't have them yet. 1878-S VAM-30; 1888 VAM-18; 1921-D VAM-1P. The best though is the 1892-O VAM-7 (doubled ear. I always know I have a few but pick another up. Last count I think I had close to 40 of them.

BS · October 6, 2006 4:14PM

Here's an link about the coin collecting sickness. Text

ccr · October 6, 2006 4:28PM

<< In Freudian terms, perhaps the urge to collect, to acquire and hold, is sometimes anal-compulsive in nature and the urge to complete, to fill holes, is sometimes phallic because of incomplete development. >>

Freud was anal-compulsive about sex.

FullStrike · October 6, 2006 4:46PM

And I thought I was sick for having 3 - MS65 1923 Peace Dollars.

Conder101 · October 7, 2006 12:27AM

I know how he feels. I have a similar compulsion for the 1791 Hampshire 89 conder token. It is a common token and only so so attractive but I can't seem to stop buying them. Right now I have nine of them three proofs, three Uncs, an AU, an XF, and a VF. And I've managed to force myself not to buy about a half dozen others, mainly Uncs but a couple of proofs as well. It is really hard to talk myself out of the proofs, and my will is weakening. Maybe see if I can put together a roll of proofs.

jdsinva · October 7, 2006 12:50AM

<< LOL. That is funny because I am really good about knowing what I have, what I need, where I bought things and for how much. Still, there are these VAMs I keep getting thinking I don't have them yet. 1878-S VAM-30; 1888 VAM-18; 1921-D VAM-1P. The best though is the 1892-O VAM-7 (doubled ear. I always know I have a few but pick another up. Last count I think I had close to 40 of them. >>

Considering the 1878-S VAM 30 is probably the most common 1878-S VAM there is, but you probably don't have as many as I have. . .