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Three years of looking at 1500+ coins a week of the exact same denomination and date has taken its' toll. The whole thing crystallized the other day, when I realized that my last 5 purchases had all been Darkside coins, and I hadn't seen a Morgan I liked well enough to buy in a month.
Enough. I'm going to liquidate my 1921's and go on a numismatic walkabout. Watch my Member Auctions page, starting next Saturday.
Has anybody else ever reached a wall with their coin collecting efforts?
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That's pretty dramatic. Sure you don't want to try a separation before you go through with the divorce?
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Yes , but I would always take some time before I sell or get rid of anything, you can still keep the 1921 and move on to something else just to get a break. and eventually You will find yourself Going back to your passion
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01/23/2007 4:22 pm
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How do you think I'm going to finance "something else?"  Nah. The Morgans have to go. The market's ready for them. Heck, I kinda helped create it. |
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Has anybody else ever reached a wall with their coin collecting efforts?
Once. Not because I lost interest but simply because I got interested in another collectible and directed my attention there for awhile. Eventually, I returned to my coin collection. Probably what has helped me stay focused is by not being consumed with one particular denomination, country, style, etc.. I just grab whatever catches my fancy at the moment, be it a coin, token, currency, whatever. If I see something that I like and can afford, I buy it. Not because it fills a hole, completes a set or the like, but simply because it caught my eye. Some of my favorite coins are the ones that I never expected to find but just happened to come across. I get bored easily so I could see where if I concentrated on just one variety I would most definitely reach a point where I would have to say "enough is enough" and head in a different direction. Edited by SE
01/23/2007 4:39 pm
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Burnout, that's tough. I'm going through it too, but maybe for a different reason. Don't sell your collection just let it sit, move on to a different denomination. We all go through it and selling off your passion is not the answer. I don't know anyone who sold their collection that later didn't regret it.
I decided to sell my collection for financial reasons because I was as a stand still in purchasing new coins. I decided to consolidate my collection to a certified collection. This would enable me to do what I really enjoy and that is the buying and selling of coins. I don't pretend to have all the answers to the type of problem that you are facing with your burnout. I do know and I am very humbled when I read the forum and see all the knowledgeable people that place different posts on the forum. From what I have read you seem to be very knowledgeable in numismatics and I may be taking this out of context. I love to collect coins and the history behind them. It would be a great injustice to the hobby to have someone with your knowledge even contemplating what I feel you are.
Again, I may be taking this out of context and if I am, I am sorry. SuperDave, I have not been with the forum for very long, but what I have read has been impressive and I look forward to your remarks and contributions. Stick with it SuperDave Busthalf.
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I don't think I would have that sort of burnout because my collection is so diversified.
Having been a collector for 50 years, I have had instances of minor burnout from time to time.
I'm currently really enjoying coin collecting and I doubt that interest will fade anytime soon.
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For me, it's basically a matter of having learned as much as I care to of this narrow, specific niche. It's become an endless slogging through identical coins looking for the occasional arcane error which I lack - a routine, and not a progression. I'm hardly burned out on collecting - heck, I can't decide which direction to go next, I want to try so many things - but I am burned out on exhausting all my cash and efforts on such a narrow area. I'm looking to go directions that combine relatively low cost (keys notwithstanding), decent availability and a large knowledgebase for me to dunk my head into. Here's the first direction (pardon the scans - I'm undergoing a sea change in my photography setup and will be down for a few days):   |
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Nice one Dave I have one just like It..
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I would think that selling some of your collection of Morgans to start a collection of European crowns [ 1454 - 1900 ] might relieve your boredom and supplement your collection with similar desirable coins.
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"I'm looking to go directions that combine relatively low cost (keys notwithstanding), decent availability and a large knowledgebase for me to dunk my head into." SuperDave comment.
I would bet Swamperbob would love to have another person that could pick up on a lot of the counterfeits and fakes!!!!! You already possess many of the skills you would need. You could probably do it easily and it would be a revenue benefit for you.
Whatever you do, good luck and have fun...
Berry
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I would think that selling some of your collection of Morgans to start a collection of European crowns [ 1454 - 1900 ] might relieve your boredom and supplement your collection with similar desirable coins.
Yeah, and if I ever get tired of the "Ones," I can start on the "Fractions!" Actually, I did, sort of.   -Props to Coin Community member TwoKopeiki, from whom I acquired both of these pretties |
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SuperDave that is exactly how I was feeling before I bought the dansco7070, I was actually thinking about taking a break from coin collecting for awhile because I was looking at thousands of 1878 Morgans and was getting really bored, I got to where I would even email the seller to tell them what VAM their coins were I got so bored but the dansco seemed to be a fixall for me, I am having allot more fun doing this album than I beleive I ever had building any of my morgan sets |
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Yep, I felt the same.I was getting totally burned out on looking at hundreds of Morgans a week.Then I started picking up a few other different coins.I didn't sell all my Morgans but I actually thought about it for a while. I sold a few,bought some other coins and I'm glad I still have my Morgans also. Sometimes all you need is to step back for a while.  |
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Dave ... collect errors ..... very interesting, different, eye appealing, ever increasing in value, and certainly not boring.
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Dave ... collect errors ..... very interesting, different, eye appealing, ever increasing in value, and certainly not boring.
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Essentially, my concentration on 1921 VAM's has been just that. The few that I'm going to be keeping in my collection are the laminations and strikethroughs. I've always had a fond eye for errors, and that won't change. |
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