What % of coins do you still have from all your purchases from the last 5 years?

DoubleEagle59 · July 5, 2008 7:17AM

Adding up all the coins you have accumulated from purchases of the previous 5 years, what percentage of these coins do you still own?

I'm probably around 50%.

OnlyGoldIsMoney · July 5, 2008 7:19AM

A quick guess would be 20%.

Mark

zeus135 · July 5, 2008 7:29AM

98%+

doh · July 5, 2008 7:32AM

About 50%...would have been 90%+ probably, but I made a big trade earlier in the year...

Tyler1924S · July 5, 2008 7:33AM

This would be greater than 95% for me. The more recently the coin is purchased, the less likely it will ever be bumped from my collection. I have multiples, so dumping one because of an upgrade does not tend to happen. For about the last 15 years, the coins have been chosen very carefully, regardless of price, and I also form attachments to them.

blu62vette · July 5, 2008 7:38AM

I would think I am around 80%

BECOKA · July 5, 2008 7:41AM

Ouch, not too many. Although I expect that to change now that I know what I like.

PerryHall · July 5, 2008 7:48AM

About 100%

Elynn · July 5, 2008 7:50AM

75%

Lmman · July 5, 2008 8:05AM

100%

I dontseem to have the ability to part with my collections

pennyannie · July 5, 2008 8:15AM

about 15 percent. Those 15 percent are keepers.

ibzman350 · July 5, 2008 8:24AM

99%

Herb

bfjohnson · July 5, 2008 8:26AM

76.2%

tydye · July 5, 2008 8:28AM

50% to 75% depending of if it is a percentage of total number of pieces or value

DorkGirl · July 5, 2008 8:42AM

90%

Mark · July 5, 2008 8:47AM

100%. I function as a black hole for coins insofar as I don't sell any. Alternatively I function as a roach motel for coins--coins check in but don't check out. But I prefer the black hole analogy.

coinnut · July 5, 2008 8:52AM

100% In my 52 years of collecting coins I have never sold one from my personal collection.

BlindedByEgo · July 5, 2008 8:53AM

I've sold some 90% melt, one top pop VAM, and a few gold coins - probably 98% by volume is still in the SDB/ safe/ vault

droopyd · July 5, 2008 9:03AM

most of them, if not all.

anything i sold was a dupe of something that was upgraded.

mtnman · July 5, 2008 9:25AM

100%

09sVDB · July 5, 2008 9:40AM

About 75%

SLQ · July 5, 2008 10:05AM

100%. Only coins and currency I bought 7 or 8 years ago have appreciated enough to want to sell.

Dave99B · July 5, 2008 10:09AM

95 %

Dave

DeusExMachina · July 5, 2008 10:14AM

<< <i>Ouch, not too many. Although I expect that to change now that I know what I like.

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I'm not sure I could put a % on it but it would be small. I've had lots of turnover in the past couple years.

Shamika · July 5, 2008 10:30AM

I actually went back to check and I still own 87% of the coins I've purchased in the last 5 years. This does not include several tokens that I've also purchased (none of which have been sold).