Is coin collecting a cerebral activity?

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topstuf
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What do you THINK ?? :)

Is coin collecting a cerebral activity?

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  • ms70
    ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Every once in a while someone hemorrhages here, so......

  • dpoole
    dpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I suppose it SHOULD be....


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



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  • Tibor
    Tibor Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If it were a cerebral activity in my case then Professor Steven Hawking
    would have asked my opinion daily. As it stands, at this point in time
    Big Bird has me blocked.

  • BillDugan1959
    BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Stephen Hawking. Was fortunate enough to see his memorial in Westminster Abbey in the early summer. Right in front of Sir Isaac.

  • GritsMan
    GritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
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    Not for me. I think it used to be, but if it's shiny and cool, I buy it.

    Winner of the Coveted Devil Award June 8th, 2010
  • selling3
    selling3 Posts: 166 ✭✭✭
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    You would assume so. After reading postings on a few internet forums the answer maybe no.

  • WinLoseWin
    WinLoseWin Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I dunno. I never think about it.

    "To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin

  • Hemispherical
    Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I try not to overthink about collecting. If I did so I might not collect at all. :)

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • OldIndianNutKase
    OldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    My psychologist has advised me that my preoccupation with coins is the significant problem with my LOVE LIFE........

    What has this come to, Coins vs. Women????????

    I guess I am just not wired right for women........

    OINK

  • Baley
    Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Same as most of my answers
    It Depends...

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • DiggerJim
    DiggerJim Posts: 517 ✭✭✭✭
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    I chose comment #1. Not so deeply in thought about the coin, although most of the designs are very beautiful. I always enjoyed history but now my interest in history has exploded because of coin collecting. Looking or researching for a coin for me in most cases will point to certain events in history and of course I would have to look that up and read about it. Then ultimately that research points to two or three other events linked to that and I have to look those up and the thing next you know the evening is over and I turn off my computer saying “Wow”. Heaven forbid at gathering someone brings up coins or history. They end up getting up and leaving the room and I usually follow to keep the conversation going!!! LOL

    DiggerJim

    BST transactions - mach1ne - Ronyahski - pitboss (x2) - Bigbuck1975 (x2) - jimineez1 - nk1nk - bidask - WaterSport - logger7 - SurfinxHI (x2) - Smittys - Bennybravo - Proofcollector - Splitaces (x4) - onlyrooosies

  • ebaytrader
    ebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭
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    I hate pop quizzes. No chance to study. :(

  • Onastone
    Onastone Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Are we collecting coins or collecting thoughts here? Have you seen those warnings: Before you buy this coin, Think about it first!

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Of course it is....we think about grades, art, history, varieties and minting process...Cheers, RickO

  • cladking
    cladking Posts: 30,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "Coin collecting" has many facets and aspects and I love every one of them. Of course it can require deep concentration when considering mintages and survivorship. It requires study while researching esoteric information. It requires "feelings" and appreciation of beauty when trying to deconstruct the existence of a well worn coin and often even some heavy lifting. But other aspects like culling out rolls can be done with your mind doing more important things or even while your talking to a scam artist in India trying to get your credit card information.

    People aren't one dimensional any more than are coins or collecting.

    "Pride" and "beauty" might be the major reasons I find collecting so enjoyable but they might not exist without all the other dimensions as well.

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I was looking for the "No, golf is" option.

  • neildrobertson
    neildrobertson Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well, it's definitely not physical.

    IG: DeCourcyCoinsEbay: neilrobertson
    "Numismatic categorizations, if left unconstrained, will increase spontaneously over time." -me

  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Trying to understand some of the drama threads here can be cerebral at times...... but that has very little to do with collecting. :)

  • Crypto
    Crypto Posts: 4,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I love the Imagination exercise of handling artifacts of time trying to picture the time and their path

    11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set

  • Oldhoopster
    Oldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think it is. I enjoy trying to attribute a coin/token that is unfamiliar. In the past, I spent a lot of time with bargain anceints. As I looked through the reference books and web sites, I kept getting side tracked looking at other coins and reading about the history and minting processes. Over time, I ended up learning a lot about world history.

    Member of the ANA since 1982
  • thefinn
    thefinn Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Only if you are a numismatist. Most collectors just fill holes.

    thefinn

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