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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry to hear about your decision.
With an eye toward the possibility that you might not see things the way you're seeing them right now at some future time (2, 5, 10 years?)... Why not just put
your present collection--as is--into "dead storage" in the back of some little-used closet? You might be glad you did some time in the future and if not, you could
end up leaving something for your heirs to bicker and squabble over. That's always good for "one last laugh."
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Valued Member
Canada
158 Posts |
Sad to see a collector go.....I would sit and think on it as well. If your mind is made up and you do decide to sell, don't release them to the banks at face value. As a few have said, I'm sure the fine folks here would be willing to help out......i know I'd be interested in the Canadian and the Silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
675 Posts |
I have gone through several different times of collecting and then let the hobby go on hold for several years and come back to it again. I collected from approximately 1986-1994, 1998-2001, 2004-2007, and just picked back up in Fall 2013. Other interests and just life events sometimes take priority but I always come back to it. If you don't need the money that is tied up in the coins, it isn't a bad idea to let them sit in the closet for a while. That is what I did for the past several years, and I am glad I didn't sell them all off. Just my 2 cents. Good luck with whatever you do!
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Moderator
 United States
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It's bad enough when we loose a valued member but when it's a Michigander  .Why not put the hobby on the back burner for awhile,6 months or even a year? If you (need) to get rid of some coins it would nice to offer some to CCF members.I hope to see you return to CCF and to the hobby in general.Maybe you could even get one or two newbies to join the hobby and CCF to take your place for now  ,just an idea. John1  Fellow Michigander |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I was in a rut like this for about a year; however I took up and interest in ancient history, and after about two years I bought my first ancient coin. That was in the early 1970's. I now have about 400 coins over 1,000 years old. And I have never looked back. ?Perhaps that last statement is slightly wrong?  |
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Valued Member
United States
256 Posts |
It's all up to you. Of course, all of us would love to see you continue collecting, but all in all, it's what you want to do. we have no right to try to convince you to keep your coins or not. If you want to stop, that's totally up to you and I respect any decision you make.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
Maybe all you need is a "little" break. I took off 25 years and that seem to do the trick.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Glad to see you go. Now more coins for me.  Oddly enough what your going through is sort of common. Many people get irritated with all the STUFF the Mint is producing today. Over kill in coins is sort of the same thing that happened with Stamps, Sporting cards, little cars, etc. Manufacturers get carried away with massive production and this just ruins it all for many. So many commemoratives, large variesties of proof and Uncirc sets, etc. makes a lot of people sort of thinking like you. I've never really stopped for any period of time in coin collecting so difficult for me to ever want to stop now. I just ignor all that stuff I don't need or want. Just remember that in the future if you get reintersted in coins, you may have already got rid of something you'll want in the future. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5856 Posts |
I'm sorry to hear you're getting burned out, but I suspect this is a pretty common result of focusing on coins currently being released by the Mint. Collecting older coins can certainly get expensive, but there's just something about holding a 100-year old coin with a classic design that's not made anymore that really gets my juices flowing.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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As John1 stated Quote:
It's bad enough when we loose a valued member but when it's a Michigander  John1 I did not know. What about the coin club we tried to start TheForce? Did you see this? @TheForce, have you been to Flying Eagle Coins & More in Bay City? This could be a new experience. Mention CCF and Don the owner should know. Sorry but, the Michiganders will hate to see you go. |
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
It must be a hard decision to make. Hope you chane your mind.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7194 Posts |
I had given up on coins in the 80's as I was more interested in women and cars. A decade later I was given a 1992 silver proof set and that got me interested again. Subsequently I have filled the "silver" void I had created and continue to buy modern silver to maintain my sets. If you have cured yourself of the collecting virus beware of it's potential for recurrence.
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Valued Member
Canada
158 Posts |
To be honest, I only own a couple products from the mint.....and only because they are listed on ebay and have not sold yet. To me, there are a few different types of people interested in numismatics. The first type are interested in all things numismatic, whether they be mint products exclusively made for the collector crowd, or circulation coins and notes, tokens, etc. if it has a dollar or cent amount on it, they collect it. The next is strictly mint products for the collector market, and will not deviate from that "genre" of collecting. Another is strictly circulation coinage and wants nothing to do with mint products. I fall in that category.....but haven't always been there. At one point I was on a mission to have one of each proof set, plus one of each specimen set, not to mention other mint products I could get my hands on. I got bored of it and just about left the hobby. I put my coins on the back burner for a couple years and forgot about them......as much as you can lol. I didn't sell anything, and glad that I didn't. I eventually got rid of all the mint stuff, and now focus strictly on circulated coins. The break gave me a new direction in the hobby, and now I'm loving every second of it. Looking back, I sure am glad I didn't sell it all. I probably wouldn't have gotten back into the hobby if I did, and if I did get back into it I would have been frustrated trying to get back everything I sold that I wanted back. Not to mention the fact I wouldn't have met any of the great people here :) Bottom line is, sit on it for a while and just take a break to decide what you would like to do. You don't owe any money on your coins, they are not costing you any money on interest like a loan would. You aren't making payments, so it won't hurt if they are tucked away in the back of the closet for a while. Trust me. I've been there, as well as most collectors. If after a while you decide you truly don't want them anymore, then sell them away (to me!)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2885 Posts |
Additionally, a good many of us only collect coins minted in a time when things like "mint products" and "proof sets" were unheard of.
Edit - on saying that, a slight correction. I collect coins from Roman / Greek etc, times, but there were actually "mint products" at that time too - often given away as ceremonial pieces etc. (Contorniates as an example), but I'm only interested in the actual coins as used by people for commerce.
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04/01/2014 5:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I had given up on coins in the 80's as I was more interested in women and cars muddler, if I had grown up in the 80`s I would have been in the same boat !  @TheForce Whatever you decide I sure hope you at least keep an album of BU statehood & ATB Quarters in case you ever change your mind or just as a reminder of the days when you were a coin collector ....  |
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