Even when I'm not adding to my collection, I continued to read a couple publications, so I guess the answer is "I haven't really been away even when I have been away (about 5 years)."
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twice, for about the same length of time and at about the worst possible times, i walked away from the hobby. in 1975-1986 i entered the Navy, married and started to raise a family for the first leave of abscence. left again in 1988-1999 for reasons i won't expound on and when i returned for the present stretch something had changed in my approach to the hobby.
i missed the big silver run-up the first time i left and had the instinct to leave just in time for the spike in 1989!!! timing is everything, ain't it!!
I liked coins as a kid in the late 70's. Not much activity until I woke up one day and decided I would start collecting coins in the spring of 2000. Studied a bit, then decided on a series that really yanked my chain.
I can't go one day without perusing Ebay, the internet, looking at my coins, reading or talking about coins with someone. Now I am trying to figure out how the hell I can pull myself away, or if I can at all!
Good lord I could use a coin vacation, but I can't get the courage to stop the search for even half a day...I wonder if there are any self help books for coin addicts.
I was infected with the numismatic bug in 1978. The longest I have been away from the hobby since that was 48 hours during an illness. I was in the hospital. I have never been away from the hobby since that for more than 24 hours. I would call it a passion.
Seems a few people got out in the late 80's. Maybe the Grade Flation and cost of improperly graded coins {Raw} drove people away. My stuff was sold in late 1988 just at the right time. Got Lucky there.
I never got far away from coins, but did lay a little low between '65 and '72. There just wasn't enough money for both girls and coins so I concentrated on the former.
I already have one, but the price was great. Population is currently 4 with 2 higher. There are some more that have been graded, but not yet designated for the Rev 40, but still a tough coin!
Interesting answers. When I first got into the hobby, I was there for about 2 years before I needed to buy a car and get a job (at 16). Then I basically left it till I turned 26 or 27 and knew I wanted a set of state quarters. That and having money (and buying my first St. Gaudens) helped bump me back to the hobby till I got to this board and really started to spend money.
But now I'm thinking of taking a break from it. Not from reading the stuff, posting here, or looking at what I already have. But taking a break from purchasing anything else or going to shows/shops for a few months. I've got 36 or so coins out on 5 submissions right now. 20 should be back within 2 weeks. And when I get the last, I think I'll take that vacation. And spend more time learning my Greek.
My longest vacation was in the late 1970s when I quit my job and went back to get an MBA full time. I had no money with which to buy coins, but I still loved looking at my collection, so I guess you would call that a vacation from buying. There was not much time to study numismatics either because I was taking more than 20 credits a semester so that I could finish as quickly as possible.
Now that I am a full time dealer the MBA doesn't mean much, but it did boost my income for a while.
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Rabidly into coins from 3rd grade to 8th grade. Then we moved to Quantico, VA and i had no access to any coin stores at all, so drifted away from coins from 9th grade through 12th grade. Came back to collecting with a vengeance in the summer after my high school graduation adn have never really taken a vacation from it in the 20+ years since.
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twice, for about the same length of time and at about the worst possible times, i walked away from the hobby. in 1975-1986 i entered the Navy, married and started to raise a family for the first leave of abscence. left again in 1988-1999 for reasons i won't expound on and when i returned for the present stretch something had changed in my approach to the hobby.
i missed the big silver run-up the first time i left and had the instinct to leave just in time for the spike in 1989!!! timing is everything, ain't it!!
al h.
I can't go one day without perusing Ebay, the internet, looking at my coins, reading or talking about coins with someone. Now I am trying to figure out how the hell I can pull myself away, or if I can at all!
Good lord I could use a coin vacation, but I can't get the courage to stop the search for even half a day...I wonder if there are any self help books for coin addicts.
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that was 48 hours during an illness. I was in the hospital. I have never been away from the hobby since that for more than 24 hours. I would call it a passion.
Brian.
Ken
just wasn't enough money for both girls and coins so I concentrated on the former.
The last coin I purchased was about 5 months ago, until tonight
when I picked up this 1939-S Rev 40 Jeff 5c PCGS MS65FS!!!
I already have one, but the price was great. Population is currently
4 with 2 higher. There are some more that have been graded, but
not yet designated for the Rev 40, but still a tough coin!
Ken
But now I'm thinking of taking a break from it. Not from reading the stuff, posting here, or looking at what I already have. But taking a break from purchasing anything else or going to shows/shops for a few months. I've got 36 or so coins out on 5 submissions right now. 20 should be back within 2 weeks. And when I get the last, I think I'll take that vacation.
Neil
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Now that I am a full time dealer the MBA doesn't mean much, but it did boost my income for a while.
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