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abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The nicest seem to collect buffalo/indian nickels and cents. The grumpiest collect 3c nickels. My experience at a local show a few weekends ago.

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  • EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the friendliest coin collectors collect exonumia ... hmmm, that is, unless you count John J. Ford, in which case one might say the grumpiest collectors collect exonumia. :o;)

    I'm addicted to exonumia ... it is numismatic crack!

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  • REALGATORREALGATOR Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    what they love.....price lists

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe finicky more so than grumpy. The Washington quarter guys take the cake.....followed by Copper.

    Morgan buyers are happy as long as the coin is heavy and round.

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Quarter guys more finicky than Copper guys? EACers will win than contest by a country mile.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The friendliest collectors collect inventory.

    The grumpiest collectors collect hyped high end coins they are buried in.

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As a 3C nickel collector, I'm offended, and I will never talk to you again. Harumph.

    :)

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • YouYou Posts: 318 ✭✭✭

    The friendliest collect what they like. The grumpiest collect what they think will make them money.

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinstartled said:
    Maybe finicky more so than grumpy. The Washington quarter guys take the cake.....followed by Copper.

    Morgan buyers are happy as long as the coin is heavy and round.

    We talking about coin collectors or dog breeds?

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think we should just send this question in to PCGS and let them decide.
    ;)

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This question deserves to be cracked out and resubmitted for better responses!
    ;)

  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It would probably grade "questionable color". ;)

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  • LRCTomLRCTom Posts: 857 ✭✭✭

    The grumpiest are those that insist that every XF Indian Cent shows four diamonds, or every VF Buffalo shows a full sharp horn. The nicest are those that realize that yes, there ARE some dates that usually come weakly struck.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    dpoole is an avid 3 cent nickel collector and quite the opposite of a grumpy person!

    @abcde12345 said:
    The nicest seem to collect buffalo/indian nickels and cents. The grumpiest collect 3c nickels. My experience at a local show a few weekends ago.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ~~~Here's a little song I wrote
    You might want to sing it note for note
    Don't worry, be happy
    In every life we have some trouble
    When you worry you make it double
    Don't worry, be happy~~~ I just go with the flow, takes a bit to make me upset.... ;) Just a happy guy... :D Cheers, RickO

  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, I didn't USED to be grumpy... :/


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @You said:
    The friendliest collect what they like. The grumpiest collect what they think will make them money.

    That...is a pretty deep statement!

    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.
  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 4, 2017 7:21AM

    Maybe the level of grumpiness goes by their preferred grading system, rather than the type of coin collected?

    NGC = Nationwide Grumpy Collectors? :o

    PCGS = Polite Collectors with Grumpy Spouses? :o

    ANACS = A National Association of Crabby Set-builders? :o

    ICG = International Coin Grouches? :o

    SEGS = Seated Experts - Grouches Supreme? :o

    EAC = Expert American Curmudgeons? :open_mouth:

    OK, I'll stop now- I'm about to get sued by grumpy lawyers from six different numismatic organizations.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never judge a geek by his orbs. Similar to books and covers.

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