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RyGuy
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As I posted recently in my first thread, I announced that I was new to the boards and just started to rekindle my love for coin collecting. Some time has gone by and I'm having trouble finding a certain niche like so many others have found. I've already started work on a VF+ Barber Quarter set, bought a few random slabs, etc. After looking over what I've accumulated over the past few weeks already and reading NumiNews, the boards, etc. I find myself just wanting everything. I don't want to be set on one particular series. I can appreciate all coin types and so desire to have quite of few of each. I guess what I'm posting is more of a rant than anything but I was just curious as to how many other members are like me and can't just set themselves on one series, but find themselves just buying whatever catches the eye that day. A local dealer recommends I build a type set, but I don't want to be known as a type-set kinda guy. I just want to be a collector who appreciated all the series. Meh, anyways, rant over.
Ryan
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Jeffersons for me!
That'll keep ya busy!
you seem to have answered your own question......its your hobby and you have no one to answer to.....when i get together with other collectors and view their collections, its these collections that are interesting to look at IMO
www.brunkauctions.com
Like you, I love all kinds of coins. But I'm not rich so I have to focus and decide what to spend my money on. Sometimes this is a hard decision...but I've found that focusing on one small area of numismatics is very gratifying in the long run. And you can specialize in areas that still offer a wide range of varieties so that you don't end up with a collection in which every coin looks the same (nothing wrong with that though, if that floats your boat
Pretend all your coins are valued the same. Now, if you had to sell every coin in your collection but one, which would you choose to keep? Answering that question may be your first step toward deciding what coin really excites you and where you should focus most of your collecting efforts....
....or not. Collect what you like and like what you collect. It's all good.
But with coins, like your wandering eye, I started by buying a little bit of everything--aka a type collection. I didn't even try to complete it since there are many types that don't much interest me. I just bought one over lots of things I liked. Eventually it became clear to me where my focus was by where I kept returning. --Jerry
I think I see your problem there. You forgot to include the Ducati 1098, who has become my new girlfriend.
<< <i>Nothing at all wrong with collecting a bit of everything as long as each coin pleases you. However, you may burn out and lose interest in the hobby (again?).
Like you, I love all kinds of coins. But I'm not rich so I have to focus and decide what to spend my money on. Sometimes this is a hard decision...but I've found that focusing on one small area of numismatics is very gratifying in the long run. And you can specialize in areas that still offer a wide range of varieties so that you don't end up with a collection in which every coin looks the same (nothing wrong with that though, if that floats your boat
Pretend all your coins are valued the same. Now, if you had to sell every coin in your collection but one, which would you choose to keep? Answering that question may be your first step toward deciding what coin really excites you and where you should focus most of your collecting efforts....
....or not. Collect what you like and like what you collect. It's all good.
That's actually really well put. While I've yet to purchase one, I do see myself focusing more and more on Bust Halves due to others posting pics of them. While I have no desire to build a set of them, I think the future does hold owning quite a few of those.
<< <i>Yes. Right now I'm having trouble deciding between a V-Strom DL 650 and a BMW F650GS... I think I see your problem there. You forgot to include the Ducati 1098, who has become my new girlfriend. >>
Aha!!! Then you have the tools to answer your question. I have a Yamaha R1 and I find that I see everything very clearly under certain circumastances on this bike. Here's what I recommend. Find a long straight road with a hairpin turn at the end. Accelerate up to 160-180mph and drive as deep into the turn as you can before braking. If you are a Christian, you may see Jesus holding a sign that says, "Brake now.". As the multi-g deceleration shifts all the weight onto the front wheel the rear wheel will start to move from side to side. At this point if you can glance down you'll see you're still over 100 mph as this is all happening in milliseconds...but it seems to take forever to slow down. Keep squeezing the brake as hard as you can without losing the rear end. It's during this expanded time slot that my mind thinks very clearly and seems to see everything from my childhood days to my future with my kids--all passing rapidly across my inner eye. I'm sure the answer to your coin questions will be there too. Good luck, Jerry
street racers...blah blah blah...i've had my front tire smoke cornering in canyons ok but...offroad was where the sport comes alive.with the largest counter sproket feeding the smallest rear sproket i could find "my cr500" was one sporting some 65hp in a lil 218lb package!!!!things became real at the start of a 120 mile hare n hound that "the first 5 miles was all dust".dust so thick one could not see past a front fender but on tha gas i flew.if there was dust in front "someone else was producing" it until i could pass because "i knew it was safe" as someone else just got through.exceeding 100 mph on fire trails that had "bike swallowing ruts" to cresting mountains you couldn't see the bottom of till "a 1/4 of the way down" and then climbing up ones that you'd have to "pull a wheelie" and then with all your might "slam your chest into the crossbar" and hope the front tire clears that vertical ledge "while not flipping over". mind you the whole 120 miles +++ were littered with turtle holes/boulders/logs/barbwire/mine shafts...you name it...it was outhere.the most important thing was "you learned focus"...pin point focus.
no bashing street racers here though from isle of man to the tighest of grand prix's but greatest of all is the paris to dakar (7,500 miles on and offroad)...bmw even named a model for it and had i not married or had kids...it'd be under my belt
coins and a focus within them...it's something that just grows...i prefer to have a smaller lot that i can enjoy more because they are coins that make me smile more
Since you are looking at different coins, and feeling your way around, may I offer a suggestion? Classic Commemoratives. A type set of classic commems contains 50 coins, all of which readily available in MS (a few that are a bit expensive, but no real stoppers). Each coin is unique, many have gorgeous designs, and all have fascinating stories.
They are also a bit out of favor generally, and are not hard to find.
Best of luck whatever you decide.
merse
lasvegasteddy, nice '67. Is that a recent photo or a past one? I hope you still own it!
abitofthisabitofthat, that is a good suggestion as well. I can see myself acquiring a few commems in the near future.
Thanks to everyone who's posted thus far!
Ryan
-Randy Newman
Can't make up my mind
V-Strom DL 650 with anti lock brakes- DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim
Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
yup...still got the project and that was an ol shot...although i'm not too much farther it seems...sweetness and congrats on your ducati...it may not be light but it should feel solid and very-very smooth about it.there's a member here with a sweet ducati in his sigline...i think david mc carthy?
funny thing about coins and how certain ones can take to a spotlight...hang around...i fell in love with sms cameo's being they are a one strike display of beauty...then matte proof lincolns took over me...but the mystery of the 1964 sms has deep roots before they explode
15 to 25 known one just sold for $2,700 plus some change...a 1964 sms lincoln
my personal best....1911 matte proof...mintage 1,733 with less then 1/2 known to exsist
was mine...knowing these were produced with one striking and after 20 years of grading the numbers found is small
<< <i>As I posted recently in my first thread, I announced that I was new to the boards and just started to rekindle my love for coin collecting. Some time has gone by and I'm having trouble finding a certain niche like so many others have found. I've already started work on a VF+ Barber Quarter set, bought a few random slabs, etc. After looking over what I've accumulated over the past few weeks already and reading NumiNews, the boards, etc. I find myself just wanting everything. I don't want to be set on one particular series. I can appreciate all coin types and so desire to have quite of few of each. I guess what I'm posting is more of a rant than anything but I was just curious as to how many other members are like me and can't just set themselves on one series, but find themselves just buying whatever catches the eye that day. A local dealer recommends I build a type set, but I don't want to be known as a type-set kinda guy. I just want to be a collector who appreciated all the series. Meh, anyways, rant over.
Ryan >>
You sound like a type set collector to me; maybe you should look at going in that direction.