How much of a coin geek are you?
morgansforever
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Yes I admit, at all times I have a current Redbook, Greysheet, 5x loupe, pocket piece, and a Coin Values price guide.
I bring these items where ever I go.
I have even examined coins on the spot, with my loupe, at Stop&Shop.
Should I seek professional help?
It's almost like OCD, if I don't have these items, I drive home to get them.
My girlfriend thinks I'm wacked, I feel I'm numismatically prepared.
Your thoughts....................
I bring these items where ever I go.
I have even examined coins on the spot, with my loupe, at Stop&Shop.
Should I seek professional help?
It's almost like OCD, if I don't have these items, I drive home to get them.
My girlfriend thinks I'm wacked, I feel I'm numismatically prepared.
Your thoughts....................
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I carry them in my laptop bag.
:-|
I only carry a few Washington Dollars for lunch each day.
enough said
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<< <i>Go for the man purse, the murse! >>
We prefer the term "manbag".
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
I browse these forums during down time.
I'm only 23, so people think its odd... especially if they ask how expensive some of my coins are.
I carry a pocket piece daily, but that's all I need.
I'm a nerd.... but not THAT bad
Nothing that couldn't wait till I arrived at home.
I just have a need to be armed with info, something may come my way.
Here is proof that you aren't a total geek, you have a girlfriend
<< <i>It's only a problem if you carry that stuff in a purse. >>
(From another thread: Tuesday October 24, 2006 11:41 AM)
We might not have pocket protectors and our glasses taped together, but, the sad conclusion is that we must be coin geeks. Which brings up the question, how do you know if you're a coin geek?
1. Magnifying glass attached to your glasses.
2. Magnifying glass on lanyard around your neck.
3. Checklist of either coins you need or coins you already have.
4. You are able to recite the exact mintage of any coin.
5. Carrying a Red Book or the Greysheet.
6. You know which coins are listed in which version of the Greysheet.
7. You can consistently determine NT vs. AT, and you know what these acronyms mean.
8. You know what years the Philadelphia mint used the P mintmark.
9. You know what coins were contained in each shipwreck.
10. You know that new pennies aren't made of copper, nickels are mostly copper, and Ike "silver dollars" usually contain no silver.
Note: This post is satire, and is intended as humor only.
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
or you make coin into rings
I also have the reverse of a Bust half dollar eagle tatoo on my leg
My first dog was named Penny.
Good enough?
AL
-Paul
<< <i>Go for the man purse, the murse! >>
And all this time I thought a murse was a male nurse. That's what they said on "Scrubs" TV show.
Jonathan
(who is a coin geek who takes my latest acquisitions to work and forces my co-workers to look at them while they feign interest. Anyone else do that?)
That's it for me.
Have RedBook at home and at work,
Check out my wantlist items on a couple of auction sites everyday,
Check the forum several times per day,
Know exactly what coins I need to complete my various collections.
Isn't that normal?
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
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etexmike
<< <i> a coin geek who takes my latest acquisitions to work and forces my co-workers to look at them while they feign interest. Anyone else do that?) >>
Did that today. The trick is to present something that they will find interesting, but you can never keep them interested for more than a minute or two. Then it's "wow that's cool", which is usually the signal to stop.
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<< <i> a coin geek who takes my latest acquisitions to work and forces my co-workers to look at them while they feign interest. Anyone else do that?) >>
Did that today. The trick is to present something that they will find interesting, but you can never keep them interested for more than a minute or two. Then it's "wow that's cool", which is usually the signal to stop.
Be very careful who you tell about your coin collecting activities. People talk to others and you don't want the wrong person to pay you a visit when you're not at home.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire