Poll...Does your interest in coins border on obsession?

XpipedreamR · March 1, 2004 4:56AM

Or worse? Come on, be honest...

I'll admit that I go through phases of differing levels of interest. Let's leave it at that

I have also decided at times that I wasn't going to buy another coin far a while, and then sure enough, a "got to have it" comes along.

Do you think that some degree of obsessive/ compulsive behavior is common in all collectors?

GottaGetCoins · March 1, 2004 5:05AM

Im staying up until Midnight on these boards, I guess so.

nwcs · March 1, 2004 5:06AM

It fluctuates. Right now I don't have the money to be obsessed.

kamehameha00 · March 1, 2004 5:08AM

I can spend an hour waiting for a reply to a thread just to read it,so I would say completely obsessed.

safetymankwj · March 1, 2004 5:15AM

I think i can get obsessed at times. i work out of town a lot so there is nothing else really to do. HMMMMM Gentlemens clubs or coins . 50 50 I guess a lot easier to justify coins to wife anyway. Not that I have my VAM book,,,,,,,, What day is it?

nepbrs44 · March 1, 2004 5:20AM

In a slump!!! Can't find anything i want to buy right now

RYK · March 1, 2004 5:51AM

What do you mean, "border"?

Russ · March 1, 2004 5:54AM

No obsession here.

Russ, NCNE

EvilMCT · March 1, 2004 5:55AM

More like borderline OCD.

Ken

Conder101 · March 1, 2004 6:22AM

<< <i>In a slump!!! Can't find anything i want to buy right now >>

Then buy some books on your series, another series etc or start collecing another series or topic. That's what I do. Sometimes I would go two or three years without buying anything except books.

pragmaticgoat · March 1, 2004 6:32AM

Since my meds aren't helping to curb my obsession; I'm going to stop taking them and use the money to purchase another overpriced coin.

LAWMAN · March 1, 2004 6:38AM

Just one of many choice ones.

mgoodm3 · March 1, 2004 7:42AM

Obsessed. Can't get enough and such.

mercurynut · March 1, 2004 7:52AM

I am obsessed about my dimes but the rest of the collection not as much.

rainbowroosie · March 1, 2004 8:53AM

"I am obsessed about my dimes but the rest of the collection not as much."

Hey, you stole my comment!!!!!!!!!!

jakebrake77 · March 1, 2004 9:05AM

OBSESSED, OBSESSED AND MORE OBSESSED!!!

ConstellatioCollector · March 1, 2004 10:10AM

I'm obsessed when I have the funds to purchase the coins I enjoy. When the funds run dry I'm a little on the "whoa is me" side of collecting and find myself reading more and more about the coins I already own.

morganbarber · March 1, 2004 10:18AM

I have no money to spend, but waste a ton of time on these boards and just rolled $330.00 of change for a friend, just to pick through his pocket change. I bought a Morgan Dollar on Ebay last night that I have no idea how I will pay for. I'll be able to swing it, however. NEVER underestimate what an addict will do to get a fix.

caitlin · March 1, 2004 11:17AM

Completely Obsessed.

mas3cf · March 1, 2004 11:27AM

I don't know if this means I'm obsessed or not, but I used to have this recurring theme in my dreams where I would find a box of 1870's Indians somewhere, somehow at random (for example, at the bottom of a swimming pool)... these would include 1871s and 1872s in MS-64RD, and plenty of 1877's! When I bought all those dates, the dreams went away and I haven't had them since. I do dream about 1856 FE cents a lot, though... !

nemesis93457 · March 1, 2004 11:33AM

Ditto.....I keep having the same dream...............

MFH · March 1, 2004 11:43AM

Thank God I'm not alone. Quite awhile ago I realized it was no longer a hobby, but an obsession.

I have not gotten to dreaming about finding a trunk of coins yet though... give me some time, I'm sure I will....

Gemini · March 1, 2004 12:03PM

After spending 45 years of my life playing with these little round metal discs I think I must be wacked in the head.

jim · March 1, 2004 12:46PM

Just a mild case of obsession......

BAJJERFAN · March 1, 2004 1:24PM

Am I possessed by my obsession or obsessed with my possessions? I Dunno!

Newmismatist · March 1, 2004 1:28PM

Yeah, I spend a lot of time on coins, but I can quit whenever I want. Really - course I'm a charter member of coinaholics anonymous, but we're not allowed to publize our organization so as to keep our wives from finding out what we really do when we stay out late