I think I finally figured out what I am :(

Hyperion · July 25, 2008 6:53AM

Collector wise....

I like it all, I admit it. there are cool coins in every avenue... expensive, cheap... early, classic, even modern. liteside, darkside, greyside too!
stuff with holes, stuff that's been clipped, sometimes eletrocuted and shrunk, stuff that suffers from massive die erosion, dies that have been WAY too polished, clips, caps... gold, silver, even clad junk.

I dont think Ill EVER pay huge money for a TPG-approved, conditional-rarity, just because someone in a back room says it's a 65 instead of a 64, or a 70 not a 69, crack it from the slab and it loses all that value... I just like examples, to hold the history. I dont prefer keys, unless it's actually a DIFFERENT coin, type wise.... (but I understand keys are very good going into the future).

I believe I have become: a Type collector.

is there such an animal? are there others suffering like me? how did you get that way? or did you change to/from something else?

(For the record, I dont want to be anything like an infamous "Type Collector". he sounds like a royal knucklehead.)

I guess I just needed to get that off my chest.

Cladiator · July 25, 2008 6:55AM

<< just because someone in a back room says it's a 65 instead of a 64, or a 70 not a 69, crack it from the slab and it loses all that value... I just like examples, to hold the history. >>

Well said.

FilthyBroke · July 25, 2008 6:58AM

Hyperion....that description sounds kinda familiar.

NumisOxide · July 25, 2008 7:01AM

No shame in that.

09sVDB · July 25, 2008 7:40AM

About a year ago I made the same switch. Yesterday I purchase a 1913D AU58 Barber Quarter.I like AU58 and MS64 when I can afford them.

ksteelheader · July 25, 2008 7:41AM

<< Collector wise....

I like it all, I admit it. there are cool coins in every avenue... expensive, cheap... early, classic, even modern. liteside, darkside, greyside too!
stuff with holes, stuff that's been clipped, sometimes eletrocuted and shrunk, stuff that suffers from massive die erosion, dies that have been WAY too polished, clips, caps... gold, silver, even clad junk.

I dont think Ill EVER pay huge money for a TPG-approved, conditional-rarity, just because someone in a back room says it's a 65 instead of a 64, or a 70 not a 69, crack it from the slab and it loses all that value... I just like examples, to hold the history. I dont prefer keys, unless it's actually a DIFFERENT coin, type wise.... (but I understand keys are very good going into the future).

I believe I have become: a Type collector.

is there such an animal? are there others suffering like me? how did you get that way? or did you change to/from something else?

(For the record, I dont want to be anything like an infamous "Type Collector". he sounds like a royal knucklehead.)

I guess I just needed to get that off my chest. >>

Don't you have a diaper tp change or something??

IGWT · July 25, 2008 7:46AM

-- I dont think Ill EVER pay huge money for a TPG-approved, conditional-rarity, just because someone in a back room says it's a 65 instead of a 64, . . . --

I agree! Don't pay the huge money unless sombody in the front office makes the call.

TavernTreasures · July 25, 2008 7:54AM

<< 

<< just because someone in a back room says it's a 65 instead of a 64, or a 70 not a 69, crack it from the slab and it loses all that value... I just like examples, to hold the history. >>

Well said. >>

I agree.