Does your collection say anything about you?
MrEureka
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I collect the early 19th century coinage of independent Latin America. The coins are as cool as they get, but collectors are few and far between, existing price guides are almost completely useless, catalogs are filled with errors and omissions, and counterfeits abound. In my mind, my collection indicates that I place an exceptionally high value on learning and adventure and an exceptionally low value on risk.
Tell us what you collect and what it says about you.
Tell us what you collect and what it says about you.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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Russ, NCNE
Especially when they think I'm not listening!
The name is LEE!
I think that says that I like to be different.
-Amanda
I'm a YN working on a type set!
My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!
Proud member of the CUFYNA
Collectors are few and far between.
I don't have to (or want to) spend much money on some very scare or even rare items.
<< <i>My collection says I am OCD! >>
That goes for everyone on this board!
I guess it would say I like artful coins. I have more Mercury Dimes than all my other coins combined. I love the design era where Teddy Roosevelt tried to improve the look of our coinage. Just look at the early 20th Century. (Not all designs were due to Theodor Roosevelt, but he did improve upon what we had. Barber coins are cool, but the three minor silver coins all had the same design--how original!)
Indian Cents
Buffalo Nickels
Mercury Dimes
Standing Quarters
Walking Liberty Halves.
Indian $2.50, $5.00 and $10.00
and last but not least the Saints!
Yup, I left the dead presidents off on purpose!
Look at the junk we have now.
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
This shows that I have an attraction and motivation to collect one similiar design.
My other coins remind the culls that they are still mostly 90% silver and not to worry about it.
It's a never ending struggle for balance.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
a real working -mans type of coin that served its day doing what it was intended to do.
I'm just letting the ones in my collection rest,(retire),maybe I'll get that chance some day too.
Antique Soda Bottles And Antique Soda Related
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Life is too short, I might as well buy Gold while I'm still around!
Pretty soon I'll be collecting only 1921-D's which have a small scratch on the fourth right star.
Jim
Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
My Registry Sets
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I think it would suggest that I love history, that I enjoy using my objects to teach myself and others, and that I'm willing to buy something just because it's too cheap.
Betts medals, colonial coins, US Mint medals, foreign coins found in early America, and other numismatic Americana
The collections tell me that I take my research on the British Commonwealth and the international coinage movement of the late 19th century far more seriously than anyone who may potentially read the articles I've been writing over the past 5 years. It also says that I have a predictable set to work on when the esoteric stuff isn't available.
Obscurum per obscurius
<< <i>I collect Morgans. I'm not sure what it says, but they did belong to my grandfather. So its more of a nostalgia thing then anything else. >>
Ditto on all counts
Camelot
Herb
-David
You would also see that "nice to look at" is the single most important factor; a tour of my Jefferson nickel album, for instance, will reveal a lot of coins that do not have quite the luster to make 66 or even 65, or quite the strike to make FS, but you will see a lot of pretty, symetrical color and general freedom from marks and spots.
You will also see that I like to have a project to stay busy with, whether or not there is money. So, you will see that in the year(s) it may take me to save for a Flowing Hair half in VG or Fine for my type set, I have been busy with the aforementioned set of nickels.
Finally, you will see that my Excel spreadsheet of coins I have owned but do not own anymore is much, much larger than the sheet of things I own at present. Check it again in a year, and you will find that many of the coins I own now are gone then. I have discovered that I can afford to have many fantastic coins, if I do not have them all at once. I may have a OK coin collection, but it is not as good as the collection of coins I have owned before. I hope that only becomes more true with time.
But I still collect some Moderns too!
It says either:
I like variety
or
I can't commit.
BTW- I never married!!
ebay ID: 78terp
ANA # R-3143946
1899 Mint Set
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<< <i>My collection says I am OCD! >>
That goes for everyone on this board! >>
yup, i'd say thats a safe assumption
<< <i>I collect mainly world gold issues. I love the designs, all of the different stately monarchs on them, and the feeling i get holding a coin from halfway around the world; from a place i've never been to. >>
so in summary, i guess it means i'm a bit of a romantic dreamer
though I have gotten better!!
I think it would suggest that I love history, that I enjoy using my objects to teach myself and others, and that I'm willing to buy something just because it's too cheap.
Pistareen - I would add that your collection exhibits your boundless curiosity, enthusiasm and pride in going where no man - sane, insane or just plain lost - has gone before.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I've completed and sold my Indian and Lincoln cent collections. It's kind of weird: I used to collect Matchbox diecast by variation, just HAD to have every one! Once my Lincoln set was done, I was like: Huh. OK. Then I finished the Indians, same Huh. OK. Then I was looking at the Matchboxes one day and realized I had 10 of one model, all slightly different, but they all looked the same! Eureka! so did the cents! So I sold the coins and a bunch of the diecast(Still have some of the older stuff my Dad gave me stored away)
I am awed by some of the folks on this forum who do collect by date, mint, VAM, die state, etc. Their pool of knowledge is endless and I know I am more knowledgeable for being here.
Does your collection say anything about you?
Quite frankly, probably very little.
Have a Great Day!
Louis