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What motivates you?

RealoneRealone Posts: 18,519 ✭✭✭✭✭
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For me it is a mixture of:
Beauty
Rarity
History
all 3 then I feel I hit my own personal trifecta.
What about you'all?

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2019 9:12AM

    Money?

    No, Brains, beauty, and then her money.

    My daily driver license frame reads: "She Paid for my _ _ _ too." Great conversation starter at the gas station as women get curious and think it is funny.

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Lookin at"
    History
    Desire to collect all sortsa stuff....
    and
    Structure to retirement. (sumpin neat to do) :)

  • ACopACop Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fine linens

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Grandpa's collection. ( when they walk in the shop). And I get to see them first, because his kids and grandkids never cared enough about collecting to ever look.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OK, I see this is a serious question.

    I'm motivated by curiosity.

  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I look forward to alone time with my collection and getting lost in my thoughts.
    Thoughts of history.
    Researching mintage numbers, varieties, wants, upcoming auctions & shows...
    So much so, it motivates me.

    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

    My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress

  • MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beauty in Bullion. I choose them for their beauty and their weight.

    Now riding the swell in PM's and surf.
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Eye appeal first and foremost. History and rarity after that.

    My YouTube Channel

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good story (history is part of it.)
    Good eye appeal for what is.*
    Rarity
    A price I can afford

    • Can be beautiful or interestingly crude, e.g. Civil War tokens made with crude dies and hammered British.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ;)

    @Insider2 said:
    OK, I see this is a serious question.

    I'm motivated by curiosity.

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2019 12:14PM

    The fact that others would like to own it is always a plus.

    Assuming that the OP is referencing motivation towards coins/collecting and not something else.

    theknowitalltroll;
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2019 12:07PM

    @Realone said:
    For me it is a mixture of:
    Beauty
    Rarity
    History
    all 3 then I feel I hit my own personal trifecta.
    What about you'all?

    You nailed it......these are my three, as well.

    So as to contribute my own spin, may I also add the fact that I always like to finish what I started. I also like the recognition for my efforts and the value of these beauties. I have been fascinated with Walkers, since I was a kid, and it has been a lifelong ambition to complete a mint state set.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Understanding something


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



  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    <3 My trifecta is always about what satisfied the curiosity ....... the pleasure filtered through all sensory down to the the box of 20's ;)

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ..... then I'll pay for history :)

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Old gold that is crusty and attractive. I look at # of survivors in ALL grades more than mintage #'s. Metal disks are almost all worth a look.

  • CCGGGCCGGG Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2019 11:15AM

    Motivation factors depends on the hobby/interest

    Eye appeal, history and price for coins
    Eye appeal, workmanship, history and price for guns.
    Eye appeal and high performance for cars.

    Looks like the common denominator for me is eye appeal.

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,598 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about the "that's interesting" factor? Cool Die clashes, or a rare die state or marriage...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For me... Life itself.... I enjoy all my hobbies, my Wife, my Family, good wine and getting up early every morning. Sunrise, sunset.... and two philosophies that have been put to music......"I did it my way" - Frank Sinatra and "Don't let the old man in" - Toby Keith.......Cheers, RickO

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Money! Tons and tons of money! more money than can be imagined! Oh, and sex. Sex too.

  • CCGGGCCGGG Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 3, 2019 6:51AM

    @Outhaul said:
    Money! Tons and tons of money! more money than can be imagined! Oh, and sex. Sex too.

    Your first motivator can buy all of your second motivator that you can handle.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    beauty
    history
    rarity
    each one depends on what day its asked. jmo

  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome color really motivates me.

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd say history and beauty. I love circulated coins the most. When I look at a heavily circulated Mercury dime, for example, I try to imagine where it traveled over the last 75-100 years...whose hands it passed through along the way...what it purchased, etc.

    It's absolutely mind boggling...

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dirt

    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm motivated by "the hunt". Right coin at the right price from an unexpected source.


    8 Reales Madness Collection

    Instagram: 8 Reales Numis
  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,589 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2019 5:33PM

    Well, beside my "sig line", when a newly discovered error/variety coin is announced, the fact that they're out there, without too many collectors know about. Esp. dealers! <3

    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

    --- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
  • earlyAurumearlyAurum Posts: 750 ✭✭✭✭✭

    researching, analyzing and the hunt.

  • GazesGazes Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am a bit surprised no one has said they are motivated to have the best (with whatever type of collection they are working on). Maybe it isn't PC but I am motivated to "try" and put together the best collection of whatever it is I am collecting (even if I don't get there). Going hand in hand with that is the "chase".

  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For me it is the hunt and the associated history of the series.

    Then the deal, the grading, the flipping.

    I've owned some cool VAM's and other varieties, but the value always forced me to sell.

    Not a whole lot of regrets.

    BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Strike
    No blemishes
    Affordability

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    history
    art
    research

    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,161 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmmm, to recap some of everybody elses motivations, beauty, rarity, history, eye appeal, money, sex, dirt, strike, sincerity, nice smile, no blemishes, the hunt, color, affordability, errors, the best, life, hobbies, wife, wine, sunrises, sunsets, curiosity, brains, beauty, her money, weight, thoughts, grandpa, fine linen, dealing, grading, flipping, researching, analyzing, that's interesting factor, price, workmanship, performance, sensory pleasure, the chase....for me I guess it would be to just enjoy life, do my best reaching goals I've set, and humor....yes, humor has to be high up on the list! There's way too much seriousness and stress everybody is carrying. One of my favorite answers here..... > @RYK said:

    Dirt

    Now that's funny!!!!

  • SilverProofQuarter1883SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The beauty, the rarity, and the historical background of the coin 👍

  • labloverlablover Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Usually, my wife. :/

    "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers
  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    CAC o:)>:)

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cameonut2011 said:
    CAC o:)>:)

    A true expert will think and judge for himself. ;)>:)

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2019 7:32PM

    @Walkerfan said: >:)

    @cameonut2011 said:
    CAC o:)>:)

    A true expert will think and judge for himself. ;)>:)

    You're right. I should have said PCGS/CAC! >:)

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On a serious note:
    eye appeal (toning, cameo, overall good presentation)
    uniqueness or scarcity
    originality

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What was the question?

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The thrill of the deal and negotiation.

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just want one of each different kind.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I want to change my reply to choosing between fingerprints and rim dings.

  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A full bladder.

    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set

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