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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You're still relatively new and in that list phase. It will pass with time and you will focus on specific coins or ways to collect them then that will change. I suggest having a core group of coins, the ones you like the most and keep those. Then sell the rest and buy more then sell some more then buy some more. Being an ebay "dealer" can be quite fun and you learn a lot by having more coins pass through your hands. The trick is to not get attached to specific coins. They come and go and the ride is awesome. It's a great way to have fun with coins and learn on a limited budget |
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Valued Member
United States
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I have a friend that hits a lot of flea markets and yard sales and buys different things and then gets on ******list and sells. He takes the profits and heads to the LCS.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Very well said, Cascade!  I've recently taken similar advice to focus. I have now decided what my "core group" of coins is and sticking to that makes it so much easier to offload the rest that will not become any sort of organized collection any time soon. I've bought some coins over the last few months and then, after deciding to focus, have sold or am selling them. It was nice to have them for a bit and that's a learning experience in itself but, I'm over it.  Stick to your collecting focus while entertaining a few "transients" here and there.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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The trick is to not get attached to specific coins. Ay, there's the rub.  |
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Ireland
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So I cannot afford to buy coins every month, months may pass before I can buy a coin and usually it's a cheap coin, but I want to know how do you guys get by without buying coins those in the same boat as me?
I get myself busy with other things but it stays with me, I would take out my other coins and just look at them, or my Morgan pocket piece would remain in my hands flipping it all the time, the struggle is real
CCF certainly helps with the withdrawal symptoms of not buying have you considered setting up a buddy list for swapping coins from your area [SA] to another country, you then just have to pay for postage which would be cheaper I recon? |
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2taol: not a bad idea but, overseas and in continental customs charges shoot up real high real quick. sent a coin to Canada, normal cost $2.67, add $9.50 customs fee to that, gets hefty for a few dollars of coins...both ways. Sometimes easier to find "foreign" coins in cheap bins of in auction lots.  |
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Valued Member
Ireland
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@Crazyb0 that is serious customs fees! I can get anything into ireland customs fee free
that is valued under €50.
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Rest in Peace
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2taol think it has more to do with the handoff from US post to Canada Post, on this side of the pond they call it Capitalism!  |
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Valued Member
Ireland
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hmmm yea thats it!
but in all fairness it is a bit OTT.
I collect on a small scale old Vinyl Records
and from time to time I purchase from Canada and
I do find the postage rates are a little higher all right.
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