Do you ever go public with your collecting (even with an insular group) or is it too risky?

Jeffrey1

A few coworkers know I collect. I have a SDB for most of my collection. I keep a few Whitman albums and folders at home - pennies, 20th century type coins, statehood quarters. Maybe $400 value. The more expensive stuff goes in the box.

LotsoLuck

I use to put on the Dead Kennedys Fresh fruit for Rotting Vegetables album when I wanted guests to leave, now I just bring out coins and/or talk about them, works better then the album did.

streeter

I've always believed that potential thieves are those with knowledge of your habits and holdings.

I am more cautious of those that know mine. Strangers, not so much.