The evolution of coin collecting--What's next? With poll
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Coin collectors in the 1800's collected mostly by type. Then by date. Then the coin boards showed and we went to date and mint mark collecting. When the specialty books on large cents and bust halves by Sheldon and Overton, collectors started collecting by die variety. And finally, to split hairs even more, there are some collectors today who collect by die state. What is next?
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<< <i>Coin collectors in the 1800's collected mostly by type. Then by date. Then the coin boards showed and we went to date and mint mark collecting. When the specialty books on large cents and bust halves by Sheldon and Overton, collectors started collecting by die variety. And finally, to split hairs even more, there are some collectors today who collect by die state. What is next? >>
A complete grading set, from PO01 to MS/PR/SP70, for each die state of each die variety, in each generation of TPG holder.
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Commemorative by type and a certain look.....Dirty types.
And I like gold lately.....Used gold........Modern crap.
BTW I voted "All of the above." as it was the closest to what I am doing.
Rob
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<< <i>Half dollars by date......50¢ Date Set.
Commemorative by type and a certain look.....Dirty types.
And I like gold lately.....Used gold........Modern crap. >>
That 50c set has some super sweet pieces ! Wow !
For my latest US endeavor, I'm back to type collecting (a basic 7070-style 19th century set in VF-XF).
For my latest world coin endeavor, I'm doing a "Box of 20" set I'm calling the "ADAM" collection, for "Ancient, Dark Age, and Medieval". That one will be pretty much anything I like, as long as it predates 1601. So I guess that mostly falls under the "No particular way" category.
I'm still putting the finishing touches on my Roman 12 Caesars set, which is completed but one coin needs slabbing, another replacing, and a couple of others could stand upgrading. That one is by emperor, so I suppose one could call it a "type" set too.
I voted "By type", since that tends to be my more usual approach, though I've also enjoyed date-and-mint sets on occasion.
The "Box of 20/collect what you like" theme is sort of a new thing for me. I am used to a bit more structure. Going "freestyle" is liberating, but also a little unnerving at times, and I've got to watch out that I don't go too far astray, I guess. (Though in a freestyle collection, who's to say what's "astray" and what isn't?)
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I always thought that a new Date set should be created by PCGS that allowed any denom to be put in for the date.
It would be a cool set and wouldn't have any year gaps. I think something was minted every year. Plus some years have very expensive coins but also have cheap coins. Except the first year (1792) would be a killer.
JMHO
<< <i>I do not care what is next.... I collect what attracts me and enjoy the hobby. Cheers, RickO >>
I like this answer, I am going with this one.
<< <i>I just buy what I like.
i do to. theres nothing wrong with it either
I struggle to avoid collecting everything under the sun and constantly have to wrestle with veering off on a new tangent and abandoning collections that are in a state of partial completion. That's one of the problems with reading all of the posts on this board - new and interesting avenues of collecting come to light all the time - temptations are many and willpower is often lacking.
Anyhow, I think that type collecting will still reign supreme, mainly because the rarest and most difficult-to-find pieces are being gobbled up by the well-heeled, leaving the common stuff for the shallow-pocketed to fight over. I have forced myself into a narrower collecting range as of late (who knows how long it will be until the next departure from the path).
Here's my focus at the moment:
PCGS-graded Canadian fifty cents from the Victorian era - set complete except for 1901 which is owned but still residing in an ICCS holder for the moment - currently trading away my common certified Canadian type material on upgrades when the opportunity presents itself;
Capped Bust Dimes - working on a PCGS basic date set and poised to strike on any problem-free raw pieces in mid-grade that present themselves at shows;
Liberty Seated Half Dollars - working on a PCGS date set;
PCGS 19th Century Type Set - No Gold;
Dansco album of AU Mercury dimes; and
All raw Canadian coins from 1858 through the end of the silver era (1968) with an emphasis on five cent silvers but only pieces that I find at shows. This satisfies the urge to collect a wider variety of pieces without taking too many resources away from the bigger-ticketed chase. Ultimately this will probably prove to be the most satisfying part of my collection because reasonably-priced treasures appear all the time here on the Florida Sun Coast - nobody really gives a hoot for Canadian coins where I live and so I benefit from deeply discounted pricing.
demand largelyu made possible by the internet and search engines. Collectors in all fields will
diversify even across collecting specialties. We'll see people who collect things like British coins
also becoming more interested in other British material like stamps or medals. This won't have
much impact on th status quo initially but over time it will place demand on coins with extremely
low survival rates and highlight the relative availability of all sorts of numismatic and semi-num-
ismatic items. Things with almost no demand now are not appreciated for their rarity but this will
change as prices increase and focus more attention on rarities.
Of course this can't change everything but coin collecting will probably change more than most
hobbies because its very nature seems to attract people interested in money; we not only want
to collect money, but more than other hobbies, we want to make money. The newer generation
of collectors already have a broader focus than we old timers.
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