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What would you tell someone to convert them to collecting coins?
TopographicOceans
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Say a friend or co-worker is discussing hobbies. What would you say to a non-collector that coin collecting is a great hobby?
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At the end of the day, with numismatics, your collection will have some value and hopefully a nice profit.
"addiction with benefits"
I've seen allot of collectors come and go and I think it is because they were given bad advice and got burned along the way.
<< <i>but I also have "a disease" that pushes me to fill every hole in an album, even though the albums and the holes now exist in my head, and not as a book like object on the shelf. Collectors just feel this kind of push, and it's not something you learn. >>
So sneezing on them won't infect them with the coin collector disease?
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<< <i>I've "minted" a few coin collectors, never mentioning profit (as that should be the last thing someone new to a subject should consider) but speaking purely to history and artistry. People are generally rather receptive to it, provided you pitch it with enthusiasm. I started them off by giving out low-value coins which further hooked them in. >>
Good advice.
<< <i>Most hobbies are a money losing proposition.
At the end of the day, with numismatics, your collection will have some value and hopefully a nice profit. >>
Exactly, however I stress value rather than profit as the latter is not assured.
Unlike most hobbies your collection will actually have some real, liquid value.
I think that it's an educational hobby as well as many in numismatics end up learning about the times in history when their coins were minted and circulated. Further, numismatics provides a real, tangible connection to the past.
As to "converting" I assume that you're asking what one says to someone who finds out that one is into numismatics and thus inquires about the hobby.
And then there were wars and after that man created the Peace Dollar. And a collector was born. The End. Get one today .
Today there are many more outlets for your entertainment dollar. Spending your cash on coins seems like an unlikely way to be entertained unless............There's an incentive. I think giving/leaving a collection to a kid "might" spark interest and get the ball rolling. Almost every family in America has a jar full of junk silver, that's NOT a collection. Give a kid a box of 20 that's actually got some value, some coins of interest that they may never have seen before, now there are choices to be made especially if they know the coins are valuable.
That's my take.
She appreciates art and history, but she's just not a collector at heart. I agree that you kind of have to already have the collector personality to really get into collecting coins (or anything else for that matter).
<< <i>Approach only lonely desparate losers and tell them Coin Dealers can be some of the best friends money can buy.
Good one!!!!
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For example, you could tell them about the S.S. Central America, show them this picture, and then proudly pull one of the coins out of your pocket and brag about your new acquisition. If that doesn't hook them, look for another victim.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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In all reality, collecting is a genetic defect. If you have it, you have it, & I've been on TV saying that! You can convert a gun collector or a car collector to a coin collector, they have the funds to collect higher end coins. You can convert a matchbook collector, seed collector, gum wrapper collector, etc. also, into lower cost circulated coins that fit into their budget. What you can not do is convert a "non-collector" into one. If they don't have the genetic defect, it will be only short lived passing fancy.
Wayne
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If they show interest, I help, if I can. If they don't, I go about my own way and let them go about theirs.
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<< <i>I've "minted" a few coin collectors, never mentioning profit (as that should be the last thing someone new to a subject should consider) but speaking purely to history and artistry. People are generally rather receptive to it, provided you pitch it with enthusiasm. I started them off by giving out low-value coins which further hooked them in. >>
One look at your collection with its history and artistry, it's no wonder you've made a few converts.
I was a Monkey
If they were interested in "the hunt" I would talk about cherrypicking and how much fun it can be to uncover a treasure that nobody
else noticed.
"You know, I make x amount of dollars while I sleep by collecting things I love" That always gets their attention, whether its true or not lol
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