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Are GOOD coin images satisfying your coin sickness?
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I gotta admit YES to a certain degree.
On many issues that I'd like to have in collection....like, say Mexican revolutionary cool crude coins..... I'm just as happy with a "virtual" collection to look at as I would be the real thing.
And without the "wondering" if I can find a similar crazy to sell it to when I'm done with my fascination.
I got a hunch that more than a few collectors are housing their "stuff" on disc instead of bank box.
Am I wrong?
Or are there MORE of you digicoin collectors out there sneaking around quietly?
On many issues that I'd like to have in collection....like, say Mexican revolutionary cool crude coins..... I'm just as happy with a "virtual" collection to look at as I would be the real thing.
And without the "wondering" if I can find a similar crazy to sell it to when I'm done with my fascination.
I got a hunch that more than a few collectors are housing their "stuff" on disc instead of bank box.
Am I wrong?
Or are there MORE of you digicoin collectors out there sneaking around quietly?
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For me, the answer is no.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
<< <i>An interesting thought, but what attracts me to a particular coin is the look of its surfaces. This is not something that one can adequately assess by looking at a 2-D image.
For me, the answer is no. >>
Not even a liddle biddy squeeky secret teensy tinesy bit?
I was a Monkey
Haven't purchased a coin in a decade or so.
For me, it's hard to beat free, no worries about selling, and larger than actual size.
<< <i>I gotta admit YES to a certain degree.
On many issues that I'd like to have in collection....like, say Mexican revolutionary cool crude coins..... I'm just as happy with a "virtual" collection to look at as I would be the real thing.
And without the "wondering" if I can find a similar crazy to sell it to when I'm done with my fascination.
I got a hunch that more than a few collectors are housing their "stuff" on disc instead of bank box.
Am I wrong?
Or are there MORE of you digicoin collectors out there sneaking around quietly?
So, are we referring to this hobby as a sickness now ??
related illness. I gaze upon my hoard of 1913 Nickels for instance and suddenly it occurs to me
that this is almost as good as it can get. Well, ALMOST is such a relative word, isn't it?
To be able to hold 5 - 1913's in hand for much less than the cost of traveling to see even 1 real one?
A cheap cure IMHO !
Here's a good one
And another one, foreign (Egypt), as Boosibri coined, "dirty Egyption gold" DEG
To me the coin is an intangible thing on many levels- an idea- a passport to daydream and mentally time travel.
It used to be a strong sensation when I held an ancient coin in my hands.
Nowadays I still get that sensation, of course, but increasingly, I find I don't need to physically handle the coin as often, pleasurable though that still is.
Maybe collecting coins in slabs has had that effect on me.
It's as though the idea of the coin is the real benefit of owning it and the coin itself is more like the title deed, if you .know what I mean.
But I still have to own the actual coin and be able to look at it once in a while. If one were only collecting digital images, where's the challenge in that? Anybody could own a Pan-Pac fifty or a Birch cent or a 1933 double eagle then.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>If one were only collecting digital images, where's the challenge in that? Anybody could own a Pan-Pac fifty or a Birch cent or a 1933 double eagle then. >>
The challenge can be in collecting a large or nearly complete set of quality images, attributing them against a reference set, and organizing them in a way that they are interesting / useful.
For example I have a large set of images of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, mostly attributed by Valentine number.
They are somewhat challenging to attribute (or verify attribution), since the images in my copy of the Valentine reprint are not very good.
They are useful for attributing new images / coins.
Essentially they are an upgrade to the reprint images.
Maybe the next level of challenge would be to obtain permission from the original sources, so they could be rehosted / shared with the public.
Sort of a mini version of what's been done on wildwinds.com for ancients.
... or can I?
One recent "collection" that has piqued my interest is paper ephemera; specifically for "creepy old ads". You know, the old magazine ads that have doctors smoking Camel cigarettes or Santa smoking Lucky Strikes or Lysol being touted as a feminine hygiene product. I love looking at old politically incorrect, creepy, weird, or stupid ads. There are a number of digital galleries of them online.
Which brings up the question of why I actually bought two old ads (essentially paid someone five to eight bucks for a freakin' magazine clipping) when I could just as well collect them digitally.
But there is still some satisfaction in owning a tangible object that can't quite be satisfied by digital images alone.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>One recent "collection" that has piqued my interest is paper ephemera; specifically for "creepy old ads". You know, the old magazine ads that have doctors smoking Camel cigarettes or Santa smoking Lucky Strikes or Lysol being touted as a feminine hygiene product. I love looking at old politically incorrect, creepy, weird, or stupid ads. There are a number of digital galleries of them online.
Which brings up the question of why I actually bought two old ads (essentially paid someone five to eight bucks for a freakin' magazine clipping) when I could just as well collect them digitally. >>
Oh no... that actually sounds like something I would really enjoy collecting. Now you've started me thinking about these! Images are how I spend 99% of my time interacting with my collections as they are stored in SDBs as well, but just having the image of it wouldn't be anywhere near enough for me. I too would want the actual magazine clippings, not the digital images. I can't really explain why, but it isn't "real" until I actually own the piece, whether that's a rock, a fossil, a coin. Similarly, I inexplicably feel "guilty" using photos taken by other people (of scenery, sunsets, etc.) as a desktop background - for some reason, I only want to use ones which I've taken.
Now to go research some politically incorrect/antiquated ads to see how deep of a rabbit hole I could end up getting in. I also would think outdated text books and encyclopedias would be interesting, to see how "facts" have changed over time.