What kind of junk do you have? Probably says a lot about what kind of collector you are.
DNADave
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My guess is that some collector's junk would be pretty welcome additions to some collections.
I just took a peek at mine and its mostly foriegn crap, elongates, game tokens and some real junk common US.
What 'cha got in your junk box?
Here's a pretty neat foreign holed coin and a train flattened quarter.
Wasn't there a thread about these chuck E cheeze tokens? Here's the "old rat"
Sure would like to go to the PAN again...
The U in Trust is replaced with a V.....must be valuable.
Show us your junk.
I just took a peek at mine and its mostly foriegn crap, elongates, game tokens and some real junk common US.
What 'cha got in your junk box?
Here's a pretty neat foreign holed coin and a train flattened quarter.
Wasn't there a thread about these chuck E cheeze tokens? Here's the "old rat"
Sure would like to go to the PAN again...
The U in Trust is replaced with a V.....must be valuable.
Show us your junk.
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-Randy Newman
I collect damaged coins. Especially coins that either were or look like they were run over by cars. But I think the best coin in my damaged collection is a 1987 cent that is cut in half. I have both halves! I also have a half of another but not the half that shows the date-but it's a zinc one, so it must be 1982 or newer. I also have a New Jersey State Quarter that someone (I know who, but nobody else does-my 9th grade shop teacher) took a blowtorch to and melted the silver part off of.
I will say that I would never think of purposely damaging a coin, but I save them when I get them. I'll take some pictures of my damaged stuff.
I don't collect holed coins, however...especially when it's a cool old coin! I only had one, an 1876 Dime, and I traded it to Lord M for an ancient Roman. I've had the opportunity to buy lots more and declined, however. It seems like there's lots of them around, more so then non-holed, or maybe that's just what's put on display and the good stuff is hidden. I don't really know, yet.
I collect real oddball stuff-the tag line One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure really fits me, as I love oddball and obscure stuff!
Your giant Peace Dollar and IHC look like these things I just bought two weeks ago. There are shown with a random state quarter I had gotten in change recently for size illustration.
I got them for $2.98 each, and I am still debating how to get the adhesive off the ones that have them. I was wondering if there were others...looks like there were! (I got one of each they had)
When I was married many years ago I collected a few different type US coins. I was a Quarter Freak.
I had a complete set of 1932 through 1990, AU TO Proof. I like not ever sold that set as no one wanted quarters.
I had some other things.
About one month ago I got interested in coins again. I'm into Ike's and older proof sets.
Working on building my stand for taking pictures, have all the parts just have to assemble.
people can look through it first and there's always something you
won't see every day.
in a box
on a shelf
I saw a coin near my keys, so they can be anywhere!!
I think I'm more of an accumulator that tries to be serious every now and then. Without forcing myself, I'd buy quantity over quality most of the time.
<< <i>I saw a coin near my keys, so they can be anywhere!!
Nice Badtz Maru key chain.
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<< <i>I saw a coin near my keys, so they can be anywhere!! >>
Nice Badtz Maru key chain.
ROFL!!!! I dont know what to say to another adult who knows about Badtz Maru!
Okay, here is my jar of crapola. I just dumped
it out, picked up what fell on the floor, and here
it is.
Mostly stuff I found in pocket change, which should
be spent in vending machines now, which I thought
was interesting enough to toss into the jar at the
time, as well as a few odds and ends, picked up who
knows where.
~
"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
<< <i>Every single thing shown so far would be treasured if it was mine...and not considered junk, that's for sure! >>
imho, they not really 'junk' per se, just things which we like, otherwise we wouldn't keep 'em, but things that just dont 'fit'
photo #5 . If a spouse or significant other get a hold of that , your delay technique
is gonna be stopped dead in it's tracks .
When asked "when are you going to clean out the garage"?
Or "How come you haven't put up our new mailbox?"
your answer of "when I get around to it' is immediately quaffed
as you will be handed the round 'TUIT'
This is a favor , and I do not expect a token gesture .
The Wooden (When You Get A Round) TUIT is
Hoard the keys.
I actually collect this "junk" I'm sure most of them could be spent somewhere, but I kind of like them. Obviously, or else I wouldn't collect them!
You'll find an assortment of "artificial toning", coins missing small chunks, reshaped somehow, or that look like they were run over by a truck. Some of them in fact WERE! Two nickels bent in half, two (well, one and a half) cents cut in half, a New Jersey State Quarter that had it's nickel layer blow-torched off, and more stuff that nobody else would want!
Here's some closeups. And yes, I now see that looks like Pac-Man! LOL! I don't know why cents seem to get run over more then anything else!
My most recent addition is the funky looking cent that is third from the bottom on the left cent column, I found while walking around the Dutchess County Fairgrounds at the Goodguys East Coast Nationals last month, I'm rather proud of myself for finding it, as it was the EXACT same color as the track surface it was on (wet gravel) and I recognized it's shape and size and doubled back to get it.
If that Buffalo Nickel had a date visible, it'd be part of the permanent collection. I only have 3 good (read as: with date) Buffalo Nickels. The green Jefferson on the bottom right is a 39.
Here's where I keep them. I store a lot more then Junk in here though. Joining them in this box are my tokens, elongated cents, and more that I couldn't even fit into the picture, like my entire Canadian collection! (currently 64 coins, nearly all pulled from circulated here in NY-only 5 were not!)
The folder on the top is actually from a 1960s US Bond, (now turned in) and currently holds my rather small paper money collection.
Here is the top of the box.
My tokens have been seen before so I won't post them again.
Thanks for looking