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TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Thinking about how we wait for submissions to be graded, etc. it got me thinking. How often are you actually acquiring coins/sets? Obviously the answer will be different for a dealer vs investor vs collector.

For me, I tend to acquire about 1-2 items a month on average with an occasional surge in acquiring more. This month was unusual since I’m kind of getting back into the swing of things and ended up with about nine coins. Next month may only be one though.

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    MgarmyMgarmy Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Depending on cost..four or five a month. Wife has me on an allowance

    100% positive transactions with SurfinxHI, bigole, 1madman, collectorcoins, proofmorgan, Luke Marshall, silver pop, golden egg, point five zero,coin22lover, alohagary, blaircountycoin,joebb21

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    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Collector coins...maybe 3 or 4 per year?

    Gold bullion coins, about 1 per month. I'd like to buy more collector material, but reasonably priced nice stuff is hard to find.

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Usually, about once a month.

    The key date Walkers are only about once a year.

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

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Entire collections. 3-5 times a year
    Yard sales/estate sales etc. every weekend (practically)
    Coin shows. 2-3 a year.

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    ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 7,092 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I need to get selling so I can work on my 1936 and 37 Proofs, just have too much going on. Home improvements and two car projects are taking up my disposable income at the moment. I buy maybe a couple of reasonable coins a month.

    Collector, occasional seller

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    MgarmyMgarmy Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭✭✭

    DNA Dave that is awesome. Your post and saltwater fishing is my retirement. Too bad it is years away🤔

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    TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mgarmy said:
    Depending on cost..four or five a month. Wife has me on an allowance

    Lol. My wife is really good about letting me have fun with my hobbies and such. It’s a blessing for sure. I ended up putting myself on an allowance because the temptation is to over-spend every month...

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    Tom147Tom147 Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Only collecting Roosies and Kennedys at this time. That being said, eBay and GC can be addicting. I can't afford 4 and 5 figure coins, so it may sound like a lot but $$$ not really. 15 to 20 a month.

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I was on the fence the other day about an expensive coin.

    My wife told me to buy it because I would not stop talking about it.

    The coin came in yesterday and I showed it to my wife and she said: "Wow, That is really cool".

    She sounds like a real keeper! ;)

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

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All the time, addicted can’t stop buying.

    Investor
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    TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gotta say it’s nice to hear about supportive spouses, too. :)

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    KliaoKliao Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When ever I find something I like at a good deal

    Or

    When I find one that I fall in love with and pay up for it

    Collector
    Over 100 Positive BST transactions buying and selling with 57 members and counting!
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    BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 7, 2020 4:05PM

    On average, two to four collector or bullion coins per month. Silver mostly, occasional gold. Looking to knock off two or three bucket list items in 2020. Windfalls skew totals higher.

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When I see the right coin for the right price and I have enough money to comfortably buy it, I buy. No schedule.

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    CommencentsCommencents Posts: 349 ✭✭✭

    2-3 a month. Would buy a lot more if my budget permitted. Also, I only buy for eye appeal now unless I spot
    a sure "Flipable".

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    HallcoHallco Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Smudge said:
    When I see the right coin for the right price and I have enough money to comfortably buy it, I buy. No schedule.

    This is my approach also. I'm also picky. :D

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    Black.DiamondBlack.Diamond Posts: 134 ✭✭✭

    @Smudge said:
    When I see the right coin for the right price and I have enough money to comfortably buy it, I buy. No schedule.

    Me too. Can be 4 or 5 in a week occasionally or I can go several months without a purchase.

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    FishproFishpro Posts: 389 ✭✭✭

    Paid for the eighth Morgan today. That’s since the First of the year!

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    SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not counting coins I've purchased to resell, I've averaged 17 per year, trending downward as it becomes more challenging to add new pieces.

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    WCCWCC Posts: 3,222 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It depends upon what is available in my area of focus. Last year, I was able to buy five coins I considered "significant" to my collection. This year it could be none.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now and then.... Mostly an occasional thing anymore.... I have lots of coins that I have acquired over the years...I do not restrict myself, but I do have a couple of hobbies, so balance is necessary. Sometimes I buy a coin and a firearm...Fun times indeed... :D Cheers, RickO

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    RockyMtnProspectorRockyMtnProspector Posts: 754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Daily, give or take.

    GSAs, OBW rolls, Seated, Walkers. Anything old and Colorado-focused, CO nationals.



    Gonna get me a $50 Octagonal someday. Some. Day.
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    AbueloAbuelo Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From 0 to a couple per month.

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    mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,196 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I used to buy more but since 2014 it's been one or two each winter.

    mirabela
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    FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,270 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mine come in spurts. I may go a year without purchasing.
    When someone sells a collection with several pieces I like, I may buy all of them.

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    CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 12, 2020 10:10AM

    .

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BSTing is the name of my game.

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

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    KliaoKliao Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin why are you trolling us with your profile pic???

    Collector
    Over 100 Positive BST transactions buying and selling with 57 members and counting!
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    matt_dacmatt_dac Posts: 963 ✭✭✭✭✭

    After a good experience at FUN last year, just once per year for me now at the FUN show.

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    privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Average weekly.

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Too... much... ;)

    But hey it’s fun! :)

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    DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I only buy when the coins are fairly priced and meet my high standards. Accordingly I might go months before I find what I want. Then I'll buy as much as I want. Most get resold to pay for the few I keep for my own.

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
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    divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I average about 1 piece every 6 weeks, but I have gone as long as 4 months with picking one up.

    Donato

    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
    Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set

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    marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,904 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 12, 2020 7:39AM

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