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

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XpipedreamR
XpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
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Or worse? Come on, be honest...


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


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?

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  • GottaGetCoins
    GottaGetCoins Posts: 207
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    Im staying up until Midnight on these boards, I guess so.
    GottaGetCoins

    Currently attempting the 12 Coin US Gold Type Set and the 20th Century US Major Coin Type Set. Completed a Franklin Half Proof Set.
  • nwcs
    nwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
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    It fluctuates. Right now I don't have the money to be obsessed.
    Blog and Pics
  • kamehameha00
    kamehameha00 Posts: 2,077
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    I can spend an hour waiting for a reply to a thread just to read it,so I would say completely obsessed.
  • safetymankwj
    safetymankwj Posts: 146
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    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?image
  • nepbrs44
    nepbrs44 Posts: 600 ✭✭
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    In a slump!!! Can't find anything i want to buy right nowimage
    Bill.

    Bust Half & FSB Merc Collector
  • RYK
    RYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What do you mean, "border"?

    image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • Russ
    Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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    No obsession here.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • EvilMCT
    EvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
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    More like borderline OCD.

    Ken
    my knuckles, they bleed, on your front door
  • Conder101
    Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
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    << <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
    pragmaticgoat Posts: 961 ✭✭✭
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    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. image
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  • LAWMAN
    LAWMAN Posts: 1,274 ✭✭
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    Just one of many choice ones.image
    DSW
  • mgoodm3
    mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
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    Obsessed. Can't get enough and such.
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  • mercurynut
    mercurynut Posts: 3,207
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    I am obsessed about my dimes but the rest of the collection not as much.
  • rainbowroosie
    rainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
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    "I am obsessed about my dimes but the rest of the collection not as much."

    Hey, you stole my comment!!!!!!!!!!image
    "You keep your 1804 dollar and 1822 half eagle -- give me rainbow roosies in MS68."
    rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
  • jakebrake77
    jakebrake77 Posts: 44
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    OBSESSED, OBSESSED AND MORE OBSESSED!!!
  • ConstellatioCollector
    ConstellatioCollector Posts: 1,909
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    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.
    Constellatio Collector sevenoften@hotmail.com
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  • morganbarber
    morganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
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    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.
    I collect circulated U.S. silver
  • caitlin
    caitlin Posts: 858 ✭✭✭
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    Completely Obsessed.image
    A collector of high grade TONED BUFFALO NICKELS ,working on a PCGS REGISTRY SET.
  • mas3cf
    mas3cf Posts: 100
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    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
    nemesis93457 Posts: 376
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    Ditto.....I keep having the same dream...............image
  • MFH
    MFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭
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    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....
    Mike Hayes
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    Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !

    New Barber Purchases
  • Gemini
    Gemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
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    After spending 45 years of my life playing with these little round metal discs I think I must be wacked in the head.
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • jim
    jim Posts: 167
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    Just a mild case of obsession......image
  • BAJJERFAN
    BAJJERFAN Posts: 31,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Am I possessed by my obsession or obsessed with my possessions? I Dunno! image
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  • Newmismatist
    Newmismatist Posts: 1,802 ✭✭
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    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 image
    Collecting eye-appealing Proof and MS Indian Head Cents, 1858 Flying Eagle and IHC patterns and beautiful toned coins.

    “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Mark Twain
    Newmismatist
  • Wolfy00002
    Wolfy00002 Posts: 471
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    I don't spend a whole lot of time with my coins. But I spend way too much time on this G@$ D@!^ forum!image
  • cladking
    cladking Posts: 30,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Obsessed? I wish!!! I passed that up a long, long time ago.

    ...But I can quit anytime I want.image
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • coppercoins
    coppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
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    Let's see...over a million cents in my hoard. NAHHH!!! No obsession here! image
    C. D. Daughtrey, NLG
    The Lincoln cent store:
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  • Sandhawk
    Sandhawk Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭
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    I'll second what Wolfy said !!!! image

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  • Numismanic
    Numismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
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    Beyond obsession! image
    Don

    U.S. Nickels Complete Set with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes

    U.S. Dimes Complete Set with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes

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