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I'm Just curious, if you care to say...are coins a hobby or your profession?
Insider2
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One recent OT post asked members where they were located. We live all over the place (even in outer space); yet thanks to this site many of you have made friends who share your passion. I'm glad to expand my knowledge and grading skills here too. Now, I'm curious about those I'm learning from besides the many experts we all know.
So, if you dare, are you a currently employed professional numismatist or a collector. For how many years?
Thanks!
I'm especially interested in members I interact with.
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Collector but only in memory -sold just about everything
Collector since 1957
I had to do the math, 60 Years! Thanks.
Hobby ... it was kind of my "profession" while at the ANA ... but not as a coin merchant.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Both!
Collector for 50 years
Dealer around 25 years!
Collector turned dealer.
@astrorat said: "Hobby ... it was kind of my "profession" while at the ANA ... but not as a coin merchant."
Now, I'm super curious....ANA?
Yes ... you may have heard of it ... the American Numismatic Association.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
i'm a part time dealer of coins and a collector since 2003
https://www.omnicoin.com/collection/colind?page=1&sort=sort&sale=1&country=0
Hobbyist since 1967. Never stopped collecting in all that time, but didn't have a lot of funds before 1975.
I might shoot a commercial duck if it were a 100% sure thing.
@silverpop said: "i'm a part time dealer of coins and a collector since 2003."
14 years! Thanks.
PM Sent
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Professional Numismatist for more than 7 years in various capacities. Was never a collector, oddly enough.
Dealing in Canadian and American coins and historical medals.
Collector.
Insert witicism here. [ xxx ]
Childhood collector in the 1960s. Got back into coin collecting in 1983. Somewhere along the line I became a Numismatist, researcher, and author. I have been a Professional Numismatist / Dealer for the last four years. My hobby became my profession, but I still collect!
W. David Perkins Numismatics - http://www.davidperkinsrarecoins.com/ - 25+ Years ANA, ANS, NLG, NBS, LM JRCS, LSCC, EAC, TAMS, LM CWTS, CSNS, FUN
Coin collecting has been my closest hobby, shooting is a close second.
Just a hobby to keep me out of trouble. If I break even in the long run, I figure I did very well.
Collector since 1969.
First show set up 1977.
Stopped collecting 1992, only been buying/selling since then.
Coins are still my passion though (well, one of them at least).
Collector. I sell a little but not much.
Collector since 1961.
Casual collector since 1961
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
Ex Collector, Mercury Dimes, that is now buying coins for my Grand Daughters. Almost all purchases are off Ebay and Raw. Rolling the Dice I guess you could say. Still get to enjoy the coins for probably 10 more years. Do sell stuff that I do not like but certainly not a dealer.
Ken
Hobbyist since 2012
IG: DeCourcyCoinsEbay: neilrobertson
"Numismatic categorizations, if left unconstrained, will increase spontaneously over time." -me
I am a collector because I cannot spell numismatist started in the early1980s
Collector and been doing it for at least 50 years.
WS
It has been both. I just hope that have not too dumb as a collector in recent years so that I won't be totally buried in the future. I have paid some strong money for some prime collectors' items.
Novice collector.........................close to 50 years
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
PS Great thread question @Insider2
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Hobby business; I try to keep the focus there and aim for win/win situations, not win/lose or pulling anything over on others.
As the bottom of my sig line says, I'm a Hobbyist & Collector weather it's coins or Nolan Ryan cards.
Edited to add: Collecting for about 30 years (baseball cards and coins).
Donato
Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set
Successful transactions: Shrub68 (Jim), MWallace (Mike)
Hobbyist, but I am moving more and more towards the business side.
100% my hobby
Investor - buy /sell online and at shows.
I'm a collector/investor.
I was introduced to the hobby, as a child, by my dad about 40 years ago.
I've been a Walker guy for about 20 to 25 years.
I've played the registry game for 12 years.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I'm at 53 years as a collector with lots of great professional friends that help keep me on a straight path.
Same here! Hobbyist ....started with my paper route in grade school, and then again since 2003... 14 years.
I would never have guessed a novice collector. Perhaps a modest collector?
I still enjoy coins as a hobby, even though I rely on selling a steady stream of them to make an income. My tastes have had to change a bit as I cannot hold the cool inexpensive things for myself as those are the easiest sales to make.
Collector since the age of 5.
part time dealer since 2005
full time dealer since 2009
I'm 47 today! as of 3 min ago
Happy B-day bud!
I am in my early 30s, a passionate collector, spent good money ($100k+) on my coins. I do shoot coins, a lot. I have produced probably a good 2000+ professional coin photos, posters, videos and GIFs. Love coins and physics.
Collector since 1968.
eBay since 1998.
Never made money ( well....maybe a few times) so I guess I'm a collector.
I always come back to coins no matter what hobby I'm interested in at the current moment, coins are always in the back of my mind for some reason.
Both.
What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
Numismatic slut, market whore
Collector.... never a dealer....many, many, many years..... Cheers, RickO
Wannabe amateur, which is similar to Amateur wannabe except I have no excuses.
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
Collector. Introduced to the hobby by my Dad- collected from 1981-1986. Came back to the hobby in 2008, and have been at it ever since.