@oldabeintx said:
Sorry, acquisition is the culmination of and part of the hunt. Otherwise, I would take up birding.
@oldabeintx said:
Sorry, acquisition is the culmination of and part of the hunt. Otherwise, I would take up birding.
I feel the opposite. The hunt for me is stressful and time consuming. For me the fun is in acquiring a great coin and keeping it in a collection to admire for a long time or perhaps till I pass away.
Yes, I have actually done this in my long career as a numismatist. Well, a bank note, not exactly a coin. It was a note that I would have sold for $25 but it was rented instead for $150.
I was approached by an advertising firm looking for a particular vignette- a farm family having lunch and frolicking in the fields. It was used on several different notes and I had one for sale for $25. But the advertising firm was looking to just rent it for a week or two to photograph it. So, I happily accepted their rental fee and got my note back, too.
Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
@cameonut2011 said:
No. What would be the point? For show? Nope. Not my style.
Most of us would agree that the thrill is more in the hunt than in the ownership.
Not for me. I'm like the old guy who said, "If you want to make money in real estate, use your butt. Buy land and sit on it."
I guess that's why I have held many coins for decades. I only sell when I have lost interest in something completely, or I have upgraded it. On rare occasions, I keep the duplicate when I like it for some reason.
As for "rent a coin," maybe I could rent an 1802 half dime for six months to say that I have a complete set. Ditto for the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece.
It seems like some very rich guys to rent coins to a fashion. The late Robbie Brown completed a die variety set of large and sold the whole thing at auction. While the sale was going on, he was out of bourse floor starting another set.
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 ... ?
@cameonut2011 said:
No. What would be the point? For show? Nope. Not my style.
Most of us would agree that the thrill is more in the hunt than in the ownership.
Not for me. I'm like the old guy who said, "If you want to make money in real estate, use your butt. Buy land and sit on it."
I guess that's why I have held many coins for decades. I only sell when I have lost interest in something completely, or I have upgraded it. On rare occasions, I keep the duplicate when I like it for some reason.
As for "rent a coin," maybe I could rent an 1802 half dime for six months to say that I have a complete set. Ditto for the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece.
It seems like some very rich guys to rent coins to a fashion. The late Robbie Brown completed a die variety set of large and sold the whole thing at auction. While the sale was going on, he was out of bourse floor starting another set.
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I feel the opposite. The hunt for me is stressful and time consuming. For me the fun is in acquiring a great coin and keeping it in a collection to admire for a long time or perhaps till I pass away.
Yes, I have actually done this in my long career as a numismatist. Well, a bank note, not exactly a coin. It was a note that I would have sold for $25 but it was rented instead for $150.
I was approached by an advertising firm looking for a particular vignette- a farm family having lunch and frolicking in the fields. It was used on several different notes and I had one for sale for $25. But the advertising firm was looking to just rent it for a week or two to photograph it. So, I happily accepted their rental fee and got my note back, too.
Not for me. I'm like the old guy who said, "If you want to make money in real estate, use your butt. Buy land and sit on it."
I guess that's why I have held many coins for decades. I only sell when I have lost interest in something completely, or I have upgraded it. On rare occasions, I keep the duplicate when I like it for some reason.
As for "rent a coin," maybe I could rent an 1802 half dime for six months to say that I have a complete set. Ditto for the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece.
It seems like some very rich guys to rent coins to a fashion. The late Robbie Brown completed a die variety set of large and sold the whole thing at auction. While the sale was going on, he was out of bourse floor starting another set.
lotta truth in that first sentence