POLL: Is your significant other involved in collecting too?

Scioto · July 30, 2006 7:15AM

Ladies? Gentlemen? Does the love of your life collect coins too?

dizzyfoxx · July 30, 2006 7:22AM

I wish. At least she's not adverse to me collecting.

MadMarty · July 30, 2006 7:24AM

No, she just collects the money I make selling Modern Crap!!!

Msb94 · July 30, 2006 7:52AM

yes......she has her Morgans in her intercept shield album....grades very good thru very-fine......which helps in my purchasing of Draped Bust material for my collection

ABC123 · July 30, 2006 7:55AM

No, but enjoys me having another Hobby, besides Her !

LanLord · July 30, 2006 7:57AM

nope

ANACONDA · July 30, 2006 8:03AM

My wife collects handbags and shoes though she will deny it.

seateddime · July 30, 2006 8:34AM

she would spend them of they were under lock and key

mrearlygold · July 30, 2006 8:35AM

My Wife is having a blast with coins

mrearlygold · July 30, 2006 8:36AM

Please tell me what the name of that print is and who the artist is?

mnmcoin · July 30, 2006 8:50AM

Yeah, she collects the money after each sale!!!

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CarlWohlforth · July 30, 2006 8:50AM

My wife collects proof sets in Mint Packaging and also Philippine coins. Her box of proof sets is very heavy! She has an early proof Philippine coin which is one of her coins I like the most.

curly · July 30, 2006 8:53AM

Mrs. curly doesn't collect, but she doesn't care that I do.

AlixTCat · July 30, 2006 8:59AM

My wife tries to act excited when I get a new coin. She's a pretty good actor. Today I found the die crack 1957 dime and she got excited when she could see the die crack. She used to make comments about me spending all my money on coins, but after I sold some at a profit, she has shut up. hahaha! She's pretty good at not saying anything negative and I don't make negative comments about her comic book collection. She spends more on Chinese comics than I spend on coins. But for her it is the shipping from Taiwan that costs so much.

Jonathan

Shamika · July 30, 2006 9:03AM

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stman · July 30, 2006 9:08AM

I've mentioned this before, and since I'm usually against the grain here.... this subject is no different. My Wife (may she RIP) and I, not only started a business together, we also started collecting coins together. Although I had dabbled growing up and my Father (May he RIP too

) usually took me to the Long Beach show as a kid.

Anyway, My Wife and I enjoyed going to the coin shops as well as shows together. This was before certification and also when certification first started. We would go to the local shop, and the owner and his son would give us boxes of coins to practice grading, determine "sliders" and even test us. It was also nice to have an extra set of eyes right next to you when making potential purchases. Actually, she would talk ME into buying something, as I was the grumpy one (if you can believe that

) and she was the happy smiley type, and she would say..... "I think we should go ahead and get it." Yes, I do feel fortunate to have had this in my life, and just grin when I think back to the good ol' days.

Unfortunately Cancer her took her away, as it usually does to the good ones.

Scioto · July 30, 2006 9:15AM

<< <i>Please tell me what the name of that print is and who the artist is?

>>

The picture above is “The Moneychanger and his Wife” by Marinus van Reymerswaele.

Another. This one by Quinten Massys.

Whizzard · July 30, 2006 10:23AM

Umm no. Her latest comment was "I'm glad your new treasure makes you feel good!"

TorinoCobra71 · July 30, 2006 10:30AM

Dont have one, currently............

TorinoCobra71

silverpop · July 30, 2006 10:46AM

My wife doesn't collect coins, but she will give me the money to buy the coins sometimes, she doesn't complain

If she goes back to her homeland she always brings me back notes and coins for me

tincup · July 30, 2006 11:07AM

My EX considered it more or less a waste of time.... and would rather have spent the coins.....

But she tolerated it somewhat, and once in awhile showed some temporary interest in it. Come to think of it... before the divorce, she did ask a couple of times how much my collection was worth.....

TOMCATTOM · July 30, 2006 11:08AM

She just groans when she hears I have another penny for $350, or dollar for $950, on layaway.

mrearlygold · July 30, 2006 11:28AM

<< <i>

<< <i>Please tell me what the name of that print is and who the artist is?

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The picture above is “The Moneychanger and his Wife” by Marinus van Reymerswaele.

Another. This one by Quinten Massys.

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Thanks!

StrikeOutXXX · July 30, 2006 11:43AM

<< <i>My wife collects handbags and shoes though she will deny it. >>

I laughed at this one, I think our wives are related. I wish they would go by coin standards. For instance, if we collect this year's cent, we might buy 2006 RD, BN, RB, and maybe throw in an error or toner or whatnot by year. Usually once we buy them, they stay the same grade.

My wife's shoe collection by year includes: Black, White, Brown, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Orange, etc.

Of those colors, each has a dozen hues to match [shirt/pants/handbag, etc] then high heel, sneaker, boot, flat, etc, etc. They could go from MS70 to VG-8 in less than a week, requiring upgrades.

That is her collecting... I think sometimes it would be cheaper if she collected coins with me

etexmike · July 30, 2006 12:27PM

The only coins that my wife cares about are the ones that she can spend.

I don't think our budget would support both of us being collectors.

She is pretty cool with my collecting and I do appreciate that. She knows that I love this hobby.

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etexmike

TheNumish · July 30, 2006 12:50PM

If my wife doesn't have to hear about it she's fine with it. Kind of like she says I can be as much of a messy slob as I like as long as it doesn't breach my closet door.

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