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Can you name some things that all coin collectors seem to have in common?

dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
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I wonder if this hobby appeals to people for basically the same reasons. I wonder if the same types of people - or people with similar outlooks on life - are drawn to collect coins.

In your experience dealing with collectors, have you noticed any traits that most of them seem to share? Personality type... energy level... amount of ambition... level of intelegence... disposition... penmenship... ability to spell (or lack thereof)... inclination for solving math problems... ability to resolve conflicts... etc.

Are there any common threads?

Dan
Dan McInnes

mcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu">dmcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu

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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    Aside from all being shockingly good looking? Nope, can't think of anything...
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    We all like to argue, whether we like to admit it or not.
    Mr. Thigpen

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  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭


    << <i>Aside from all being shockingly good looking? Nope, can't think of anything... >>



    Also very intelligent, well-dressed, and personable.
  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    While we aren't necessarily born shrewd, most get that way after a while.

    Seems to me collectors tend to be interested in history, mathematically adept, detail-oriented, generally of average or better intelligence, and visually perceptive down to a very micro level. I think we tend toward being introverted and socially awkward. While there are obviously all kinds of exceptions to this, I think on the whole we run toward being the kids who were inside poking pennies in our Whitman folders while another sort of kid was out playing baseball.
    mirabela
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>We all like to argue, whether we like to admit it or not. >>

    No we don't!

    peacockcoins

  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>We all like to argue, whether we like to admit it or not. >>

    No we don't! >>



    DO TOO!
    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>We all like to argue, whether we like to admit it or not. >>

    No we don't! >>

    DO TOO! >>

    Yeah, I guess you're right. image

    peacockcoins

  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Aside from all being shockingly good looking? Nope, can't think of anything... >>








    image

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    US Rare Coin Investments
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    We all think that a nicely color-toned coin is far superior to a blast white coin... imageimageimage













    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    One thing they all seem to have in common, is having some coins.

    Ray
  • Spiffy469Spiffy469 Posts: 661 ✭✭
    Seems to me that a lot of collectors enjoy History. I know not all of us do, but there seems to be a lot of history buffs around the forums, some having to do with coins and some not. i guess ive noticed because i am one of those history buffs.
    Guess thats why i am Minoring in History at college image

    Jeff
    I collect bits and pieces of everything
    or should I say I ACCUMULATE!
    I also dabble with the darkside image

    Ive recently gotten more into currency, especially modern star notes
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,719 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Can you name some things that all coin collectors seem to have in common? >>



    1) Insanity.

    2) Too much time on their hands.

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  • hedgehog847hedgehog847 Posts: 371
    Seems to me that a lot of collectors enjoy History. I know not all of us do, but there seems to be a lot of history buffs around the forums, some having to do with coins and some not.

    image
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No sense of value. Who else but a coin collector would spend a insane amount of money for a cent, nickle, dime, quarter, half or a dollar. Anyone in the right frame of mind knows that they are only worth face value.

    Some coin collectors do like Baseball also.

    Ken
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What everyone else said.

    We're also very sexy, a little conservative, and have a wider perspective.

    We tend to be better at seeing things in context of culture and time.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • wjd283wjd283 Posts: 1,406
    I would think we all have an higher than average IQ.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Come on get real, we're a bunch of dweebs.image
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  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    VERY large Master Card bills!!!!!!!!!


    GrandAm image
    GrandAm :)
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    We all like to spend money in order to collect money.imageimage
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't know about "All" collectors but most seem to be the cheapest Basteges I've ever seenimage
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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What Ray said. I think that might be the post of the year so far image
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  • rmossrmoss Posts: 644
    We are never broke, we always seem to have money stuck back somewhere or the other.

    image
    "Im not young enough to know everything."
    Oscar Wilde

    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.

    Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    Can you name some things that all coin collectors seem to have in common?


    cheap a$$holes and cant seem to be able to tell the truth
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    When I go to shows, there seem to be a lot of guys who really don't fully understand the concept of hygeine......... image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most are obsessive and compulsive.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yo, straight up, not messin', I'd take a bullet for anyone of ya'll, and I know in my heart you'd do the same.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>When I go to shows, there seem to be a lot of guys who really don't fully understand the concept of hygeine......... image >>



    You should go to a furry con sometime. image
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ALL coin collectors are seen as nerds by the non-collecting general public.
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭


    << <i>Come on get real, we're a bunch of dweebs.image >>






    I resemble that remark............image




    and I might add, we all get dirty fingers if we look at raw coins long enough..image




    Herb
    Remember it's not how you pick your nose that matters, it's where you put the boogers.
    imageimageimage
  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Higher than average intelligence. We're talkin' MENSA, 99th percentile material, in some cases. Understand this, MENSA wannabees, only in some cases.image

    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Most coin collectors read regularly.
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    I know I fit most of the descriptions. I love to read, like history and am socially introverted.
  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    ALL coin collectors are seen as nerds by the non-collecting general public.

    No way. We coin collectors are the epitome of cool!
    Just look at this photo of a forum member gathering at a coin show a few months ago.
    image
    -Bob
    collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
    The Low Budget Y2K Registry Set
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No way. We coin collectors are the epitome of cool!
    Just look at this photo of a forum member gathering at a coin show a few months ago.
    image >>



    imageimageimage
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd say coin collectors have the need to organize and categorize and do "research" of some kind.
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

    "Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."


    ~Wayne
  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    We all like smaller things.......
    VOC Numismatics
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  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭✭
    We're not cheap; we're thrifty.image Actually, the opposite is true; we sometimes pay insane amounts of money for what was once pocket change. History and coins do seem to compliment each other. We also have great attention to detail - who else would look at a coin under 10x magnification. For many of us it's also a hobby that we enjoyed as a youth, didn't bother with for decades and is now all-consuming again.image

    Joe
    The Philadelphia Mint: making coins since 1792. We make money by making money. Now in our 225th year thanks to no competition. image
  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭
    We were, and are, ubergeekerds. image

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