My OCD is kicking me in the teeth again.

Geckster109

As many times as I have branched out to buy different forms of silver and gold, I always seem to revert back to wanting some uniformity in my collection. I have recently acquired quite a bit of 90% to throw onto the pile in the form of Barber dimes, quarters, and halves, as well as a few Morgans, some Walkers, some Franklins, and some SLQ's. However, 97% of my silver pile is in the form of bars (kilos, 10oz, and 5oz). I again feel the need to liquidate my 90% and replace with bar silver. I also started buying some pre-33 gold after I completed my mission of 20oz in AGE's.....again, I feel that uniformity is more desirable to me now and will probably liquidate those pre-33's and increase my AGE goal to 25-30oz.

Does anyone else here fall into a similar repeating trap, or am I just a weirdo?

Baley

Many of us have a "stack" of metal and a collection of coins, and don't struggle much with an either/or mindset.

My coin collection is a type set with very few duplicates

1630Boston

If you are 'weird', Then I am also, I know exactly what you are talking about, thanks for posting

bronco2078

I don't think its really OCD exactly . Full blown OCD is worse , my brother in law has that its disturbing to watch . He has all these issues like , no matter how many people are at dinner he has to see an odd number of place settings. If 5 people are eating he sets 5 places , if 4 are eating he sets 5 also. All light switches have to be up in the room if the light is on, so if there is a 3 way switch he will push it up turning the light off then go out of the room and switch the light on from the other switch. He constantly fiddles with things , straightens , shifts , slides tables 2 inches to the right according to some mental plan he has , if when he is away you move it he will notice immediately and fix it when he re enters

Downtown1974

I get bored with my stack from time to time. In the past, I would change my strategy and go another avenue but eventually I ended up missing what I had in the first place. So now, I just keep what I have and just add what I like going forward.

hchcoin

I am the exact opposite. I get bored when everything is the same and end up selling some of it to buy something different.

mkman123

been there done that. Now I just truly get what appeals to me and I'm content

PerryHall

@hchcoin said:
I am the exact opposite. I get bored when everything is the same and end up selling some of it to buy something different.

I like a variety of silver bars----various manufacturers (both private and government issues), various weights, various styles (poured, extruded, and struck), both foreign and domestic, etc. I try to get the silver bars near melt or at a small premium over melt if I really like them and it makes sense. I find silver bars to be quite collectable and interesting and it's also a great way to store some wealth.

ricko

I prefer coins - AGE'S & ASE'S - although I have a few rounds, art bars and silver trinkets (skulls, bullets, lion head).... I have no need of uniformity, just prefer coins. Cheers, RickO

ricko

Oh yes... almost forgot... I have a one troy pound ASE..... that is a nice hunk of silver - sort of a coin Cheers, RickO

asheland

I used to want all the same of whatever, but now I get anything and everything that appeals to me.
I've got 90%, bars, metric bars, troy oz bars, odd weights, gold, silver, platinum, palladium and even some copper.
It makes collecting and stacking more fun. (for me anyway)