Have you ever dated a fellow coin collector?

llafoe

If so, what were some of your pick up lines?

I'll show you my CAC if you show me your Busts? (This works best if you're from New Jersey!)

Is that a half-roll of dimes in your pocket?

Is that PVC on your obverse?

Is that delamination on your reverse?

Check out my hard slab!

Bear

Back in the Neolithic Age when I was dating, I never met a female bear that

collected coins. It would have been neat If I had ,but not too many girls collected

coins back then.

GritsMan

I dated one to 1968--D mint mark, I think, but the date was really worn, so I can't be sure.

Shamika

I'm not sure if dating a coin collector would be a dream come true or a nightmare. I could imagine it both ways.

WTCG

No, but I try not to date people I meet at coin shows.

ChrisRx

Nope. And judging by the demographics at every show I have been at I would win the lottery first.

I would rather win the lottery.

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>I'm not sure if dating a coin collector would be a dream come true or a nightmare. I could imagine it both ways. >>



Would it matter if they were a key date or a better date; or are the common dates better?

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>If so, what were some of your pick up lines?

I'll show you my CAC if you show me your Busts? (This works best if you're from New Jersey!)

Is that a half-roll of dimes in your pocket?

Is that PVC on your obverse?

Is that delamination on your reverse?

Check out my hard slab! >>



I'll show you a nice D, if you'll show me your S!!

SoCalBigMark

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

ThePennyLady

<< <i>Nope. And judging by the demographics at every show I have been at I would win the lottery first.

I would rather win the lottery. >>



Not that I'm available, but hopefully you're not referring to me!!

Obiwancanoli

I think it would be interesting, at the very least, as there's common ground both can immediately - and virtually without end - relate to...And to think I might meet someone who shares the romance and a love of the history of coinage is, well, distracting... as it SHOULD be!

crypto79

I have not dated a fellow coin collector as I don't date men.

ChrisRx

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<< <i>Nope. And judging by the demographics at every show I have been at I would win the lottery first.

I would rather win the lottery. >>



Not that I'm available, but hopefully you're not referring to me!! >>



LOL! Nope! Was referring more to the following:

"I have not dated a fellow coin collector as I don't date men. "

JapanJohn

In the few years that I've been posting here there have been what, 4 or 5 girls on the forum?

Coin collecting is kind a personal, reflective, quiet hobby. I'd gladly go scuba diving or running with my favorite gal but looking at coins through a loupe??????

However, if there are people out there who do that with their spouse and they enjoy it all I can say is "Good on ya. I'm all for it."

John

COALPORTER

HEY its not too late for the dumbest topic of the decade award-still about 6 days to enter and WIN!

AnkurJ

I'm sure you can think of a pickup line using "cherrypicking".

Elcontador

There are so few female coin collectors, if you want to try and hit on someone at a show, try a booth babe.

Bayard1908

<< <i>There are so few female coin collectors, if you want to try and hit on someone at a show, try a booth babe. >>



The auction houses have some appealing women working for them.

notwilight

Since I don't date middle aged to older men, the odds aren't that good....

--Jerry

PS I've seen some nice ladies at coin shows, often working behind the table, sometimes single looking, but I think they are almost always attached to the the male behind the table. Charmy I have never seen but I'll save her the need to replay by saying that she is an exception.

ColonelJessup

<< <i>

<< <i>Nope. And judging by the demographics at every show I have been at I would win the lottery first.

I would rather win the lottery. >>



Not that I'm available, but hopefully you're not referring to me!! >>



Charmy, if you were available, there would be a stampede in your direction.

DuCrozat

Doesn't "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" apply here?

Goldbully

From your sigline......

Larissa LaFoe's 1999 Mint Set - 2nd
Larsen LaFoe's 2000 Mint Set - 2nd

Sounds like someone practices what she/he preaches!!!

llafoe

<< <i>From your sigline......

Larissa LaFoe's 1999 Mint Set - 2nd
Larsen LaFoe's 2000 Mint Set - 2nd

Sounds like someone practices what she/he preaches!!! >>



Ummmmm those are my children.

coinman420

smoehow bluemoon coins popped into my head

on a more serious note on my yearly trek this past summer to the keys to visit my bro i met a friend of his who had his girlfriend along. he called her "sharkbait". he is a player and i`ll guess it meant when dating her gets old he`d push her overboard.

in our conversation my brother mentions i collect/buy/sell coins and she blurts out "oh, right now i am looking for a 1960 lincoln DDO for my collection." needless to say i was floored!!!

far and few between they are out there.

Goldbully

<< <i>

<< <i>From your sigline......

Larissa LaFoe's 1999 Mint Set - 2nd
Larsen LaFoe's 2000 Mint Set - 2nd

Sounds like someone practices what she/he preaches!!! >>



Ummmmm those are my children. >>




Ok, so I wasn't even close......time for another Christmas glass of wine!!!!

ChangeInHistory

Is that a half-roll of dimes in your pocket?

...a half-roll? Dating will be an uphill climb with anyone if thats the comparison!

ricko

Un-freakin-believable.... Cheers, RickO

ColonelJessup

I might, but not those whom I date to back before The Korean War.

This thread has made me reconsider some of my opinions about Moderns.

curly

Charmy and I went out to dinner in Cincinnati. Of course we were chaperoned by her son and Eagle Eye.

FordRailroader

Pick-up-line.......... "Hey, turn around let's see the reverse"

golfer72

The first obstacle would be finding a girl that collects. The second would be finding a good looking one.

TwoSides2aCoin

She wasn't a collector until it was time to break up.

YogiBerraFan

<< <i>Un-freakin-believable.... Cheers, RickO >>



I'll 2nd that.

rare1

lets see there was altered surfaces, retoned, puttied, rim damage, questionable color, lazerd, bag marks, surface damage...and that was just this year!

halfcentman

I have been married to one for 15+ years.

She was not when I met her, but when I took her to her first show in 1993, she looked at a 1804 Plain 4, stemless Half Cents with a "copper pot" look. When Lisa told he that it was ugly, I told her "I think I love you, honey." Of course, I loved her before that!!!

As an aside, women tend to have a better idea of color than men do. Although Lisa is not into the technicalities as much, she is awesome at picking up imperfections and eye appeal. When we put a nice Half Cent collection together from 1994-2006, we made a great team.

Greg

RYK

Have you ever dated a fellow coin collector?

I have not dated any "fellows"--not that there is anything wrong with it! (Seinfeld reference, for those that are PC and do not get it)

In all seriousness, it never occurred to me.

ProofCents

If we both collected coins we would be beyond broke

tcmitssr

Well Barry and I have had lunch on several occasions. He never paid though as we either split the check or I paid....if you consider those lunches as "dates" or not.....

Barry

<< <i>Well Barry and I have had lunch on several occasions. He never paid though as we either split the check or I paid....if you consider those lunches as "dates" or not.....

>>


Bob - I was two-timing you, as shortly after one of our "dates," I had dinner with RYK
P.S. You paid? I don't remember that...

Justacommeman

Unless you are into bromances I suggest the supermarket. It's a bumper crop of opportunity in the produce section...................MJ

stman

My now deceased Wife and I, basically started collecting coins together. We used to go on a date to the safe box and play. Does that count?

speety

I only know a few female collectors well, and only two my age... One isn't bad looking, but I could never date someone who is more accomplished in the field or knows more about them then I do.

The girlfriends I've had since I've started collecting think that my coin funds would be better spent elsewhere - mainly on them

tcmitssr

<< <i>

<< <i>Well Barry and I have had lunch on several occasions. He never paid though as we either split the check or I paid....if you consider those lunches as "dates" or not.....

>>


Bob - I was two-timing you, as shortly after one of our "dates," I had dinner with RYK
P.S. You paid? I don't remember that... >>



The second time, sure did.....didn't even get so much as a hug when we parted either!

coinman23885

<< <i>I have been married to one for 15+ years.

She was not when I met her, but when I took her to her first show in 1993, she looked at a 1804 Plain 4, stemless Half Cents with a "copper pot" look. When Lisa told he that it was ugly, I told her "I think I love you, honey." Of course, I loved her before that!!!

As an aside, women tend to have a better idea of color than men do. Although Lisa is not into the technicalities as much, she is awesome at picking up imperfections and eye appeal. When we put a nice Half Cent collection together from 1994-2006, we made a great team.

Greg >>



Really? You think women have better taste in color and eye appeal? I think that I am pretty picky and as my pseudonym suggests, I am male.

thecointrader

No... but my father did.

He married her, too.

Mom used to take me to the coin shops in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) every Saturday from about age 8 through age 15 when we moved to a more rural area.

She subscribed to Coin World, bought annual sets from the mint, saved to buy key dates from the local dealers, and seeded my interest in the hobby. Although most of her collection was stolen in a home burglary in the early seventies, she continued to order mint products until she passed away in 1991.

Yes, you might call my father a lucky guy. He not only dated... but he married a coin collector.

Too bad he had no interest in coins himself. Couldn't care less... and never understood how she could spend fifty dollars (or more) on a "penny".

They did have another common bond, however, that many guys find just as elusive.

They both liked to fish.

After Dad retired, they spent 25 years fishing and crabbing off the coast of Crescent City in northern California. I joined them occasionally on weekends, and during my summer vacations.

I remember that we would lose fishing lines and lures occasionally as they "snagged" unexpectedly when fishing in the area. They used to joke that some day they would "catch" a sunken ship full of gold coins.

Two years after Mom passed away, a team from Deep Sea Research would discover the treasure ship Brother Johnathan on the ocean floor just south of Point St. George.

Mom was gone, and my father cussed the closure of the area to fishing, for the recovery efforts. But Mom would have loved it!

And I wonder... just how many of our family's lures might have brought up from the ocean floor with the recovery of that shipwreck, and all of it's gold.

mumu

I only date super models.

OKbustchaser

No, but I know a lot of women who although they weren't collectors when they got married suddenly became collectors when they left the marriage.

saintguru

Define "date".

BillyKingsley

Women almost universally find me repulsive, so....no.

joebb21

<< <i>Women almost universally find me repulsive, so....no. >>



got to work on that ego buddy

WTCG

<< <i>Women almost universally find me repulsive, so....no. >>



Then stop making yourself repulsive to women. Most people are repulsive by choice, not by nature.