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Pillar of the Community
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the only prescription is more Coin Roll Hunting I wil only stop when they pry the final roll I am hunting from my cold dead hands! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good grief. I'm glad I finally got past CRH when I was 22.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Ya, I just don't get the attraction. But hey whatever floats people's boats. Now, excuse me while I go play my cowbell
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Bedrock of the Community
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Funny, I play the cowbell as well, and do a respectable Old McDonald's Farm.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ya, I just don't get the attraction. Maybe a little study about numismatics will help you understand. but be warned!, once you start studying numismatics, then you too have become a numismatic. |
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Pillar of the Community
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The only way to break a coin addiction is to buy some Turkish coins and put them in the refrigerator.
I know a guy...... |
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Rest in Peace
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I wil only stop when they pry the final roll I am hunting from my cold dead hands! Is there a hospice affiliated on this forum ?, this guy has a terminal disease.  |
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I don't have a coin addiction, I have a 'coin-buying' addiction  |
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There are certainly more fatal addictions one could have.  |
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Maybe a little study about numismatics will help you understand. but be warned!, once you start studying numismatics, then you too have become a numismatic  shadz, I think you misunderstood. I was talking about CRHing. I personally would almost rather VAM a hundred 1921 morgans than do it but that's just me |
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Or study a hundred 1959 Canada Large cent varieties.
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Cascade, that is why I said study up on numismatics. It isn't just about collecting coins, but say I find a 20 rappen in a box of nickels I an CRHing. What the heck is a 20 rappen? I then go look it up, learn a bit about the country that issued it, learn a bit about the world economy at the time it was issued. Learn about other countries denominations, etc, and so on. I am not likely to just go read about Switzerland's coinage just for the sake of reading about it as I have no connection to it until I found that 1974 20 rappen coin in my CRH box of nickels. In CRH it isn't about making profit, or just hoarding coins for many, it is the numismatic value also. I have acquired coins for 19 countries other than the USA in my CRHing and enjoy the tidbits of info I find on other coins as well as the joy of finding something like the interesting design on the Greek 10 drachmes from 1984 with an atom on it. AN ATOM! or the 1943 French franc coin with a battle axe made of aluminum. A BATTLE AXE! ON A COIN! not a dead guy and an eagle... Not sure what you are doing to this poor Morgan you speak of, but I keep mine in the 20th Century Type folder and a jeweler baggy so I can take one out and flip it occasionally to enjoy the feel of it and look at it. When asked by someone "what's your coin collection worth" I told them "The H if I know. I don't collect them to put a price on them, I collect them because I intend to keep them until I die." The intrinsic value is greater than any monetary price you could place on ANY of my coins. Bare minimum I would take for 1 of my 2009-P Jefferson nickels in circulated condition would be about $1 million. That is how a coin collector values their coins, not a coin/metals speculator. |
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