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Valued Member
United States
330 Posts |
I have a few CU $2 bills and some star notes but that is it. I don't have the currency bug yet and there are a lot of coins on my wish list.
Jim
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Member
United States
3242 Posts |
I love my coins but I will pick out star & fancy numbers
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
I collect both, though in very different ways. I'm primarily interested in 18th and 19th century American coinage, so obviously there's little of that in circulation. To build my collection means I have to buy what I want. However, I really enjoy watching the currency that passes through my hands, looking for star notes and notes with interesting serial numbers. IN a way, you can say that my currency collecting has taken the place of the coin collecting I did as a kid where I went through pocket change looking for dates and "old coins."
Edited by hunter20ga
12/10/2007 10:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Well, my mother gave me four consectutive serial numbered two dollar bills that were given to her from my Great Grandfather. They're in perfect condition too ! I see it as I'm only the caretaker of these for future generations of our family though. My father has also given me several silver certificates over the years and I have a $5.00 one too. Personally I've only bought a few of them at coin auctions and estate auctions, but I really do like them...... but for me too, coins are my first love ! So, having said all of that ..... I vote for both as well
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I primarily collect coins but do find myself checking each bill that passes through my hands for star notes and weird serial numbers and collect all of them I find and I also usually keep quite a few $2 bills for my daughter when the tooth fairy comes and stuff like that
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Valued Member
Canada
187 Posts |
I used to collect coins exclusively, but came to realize that there was much more room for great designs on paper money. For those of you who don't know what I mean, compare the Canada 1870, 1900 and 1923 shinplaster notes with the 2005,2006,2007 shinplaster $300 coins; there's no comparison.
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Valued Member
United States
204 Posts |
I try to keep my focus on coins, since my brother covers currency. I have started picking up notes, however, since they are easy to pick up when travelling along with coins.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
I mostly collect coins. I have a few notes can't really call it a collecting yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
I collect both. When I first started collecting it was mostly US coins. Then I went to the darkside and have worked my way into currency. And in the past 2 years it has been more focused on currency. Right now I have a ton of both and want to sell some off at some time |
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Valued Member
United States
189 Posts |
I only really "collect" coins. However I did inherit a nice collection of bills along with my starter coins but the only thing that has really grown was the coins!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I have always been a coin collector, but I still pull a few older bills from circulation, whenever I see them.
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New Member
United States
20 Posts |
Mostly coins, but I have a few bills both with and without the slogan, some old 2 dollar bills and a few new 2 dollar bills that are that are stamped and postmarked.
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Valued Member
United States
374 Posts |
Mostly coins primarily key dates, Love paper but its more exspensive then coins. I have some older big notes. Small notes N A, HW, red seals twos and fives, silver cert 1935, 1953,some other stuff cant remember havent gone to my boxs lately. Havent bought anything lately paper or coins. Last purchase was the R and S exp notes probaly 7 months ago.
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Moderator
United States
189603 Posts |
I collect coins only. Over the years I have acquired a few notes, either from friends (often assuming a coin collector was a note collector) or from my own cash transactions. I still have some pieces, but I traded a few of them with a dealer for coins I needed. Out of habit, I still look at my cash, but I don't consider myself a paper money collector.
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Moderator
Australia
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I'm primarily into coins, but any banknotes that happen to come my way, I keep. The only notes I actively collect are ones issued by countries that never actually issued any coins.
So I ticked "both", but the notes are very much secondary to the coins.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Posted 12/10/2007 10:18 am
