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Valued Member
Canada
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I do keep an eye out for coins on ebay and places like Heritage auctions, yet I am not active right now. This has to do with a combination of the fact that the market is shrinking and values (as per CCN trends and the Charlton catalogue) are vastly way too high given the shrinking market. It is a classic case of oversupply and low demand...something's got to give and I don't want to be the sucker left holding the bag. I can easily wait until prices become more realistic/in tune with reality. Add into the mix you see a lot of sellers on ebay asking way over trends for their coins...I really have no interest in paying the outrageously exorbitant prices these sellers want. It also doesn't help that the RCM keeps pumping all these stupid, useless and crappy commemoratives into our circulating coinage. For me it is very tiring and a huge turn off for coin collecting. |
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Valued Member
 United States
467 Posts |
@JACA, based on the location within CCF that you posted and the first few replies, I was thinking that you were asking this of Canadian coin collectors. I agree with others that my appetite for Canadian coins has waned somewhat, although it was never a super active area for me.
Correct. However if collectors of US and others would like to weigh in so much the better.
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 United States
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However if collectors of US and others would like to weigh in so much the better. Agreed. I just wanted to make sure that us folks from the South side of the border didn't overwhelm your theead. It seems to me like the US and Canadian numismatic markets are quite different. One isn't necessarily better than the other--they are just different. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1984 Posts |
I am collecting as aggressively as ever, but getting more and more focused as time goes on.
I used to collect all things small cent, but I have decided to drop out from all but registry set material and four key error series (rotations, off centres, planchet errors and brockages).
I am now working on a new novelty-type collection which is great fun....it is kind of like those who collect just Olympic coins, or just animal coins, or just centennial coins. I am not quite ready to put the collection out there (still to busy filling holes and don;t want to encourage anyone else for now!!), but I am thinking that when the time comes I will issue a specialty reference book on the topic. For now, the specialty has no reference material available.
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Canada
10458 Posts |
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
I'm still actively collecting mainly Queen Victoria large cent I collect all Canadian denominations but the last few years I haven't filled many holes other than large cent coin holes and varieties.
I also just started a couple of PCGS Registry sets last week
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
955 Posts |
Likes others I'm sure I am at point the in my collection were what I'm after is priced in the clouds! Still actively collecting only (again like others) anywhere I think there might be coins for sale . Most recent purchase? 2011 Charlton with the penny varieties  And a decent 1922 nickel. Edited by Canacoins
05/11/2017 11:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1505 Posts |
I am in the same boat as many of you, actively collecting, but pricy for the condition and grade or just outright expensive. I have picked up a couple sovereigns recently, which eat into the budget pretty quick.
I still need a few easy ones like 1950's silver, bUT otherwise attractive vickies can be quite expensive.
From a wish list of about 1000 Canadian circulation coins, I still have around 140 to go. So I will be at it for awhile, I like the thrill of the chase and scouring for good buys. Just wish I had more time to sell off the excess.
Then maybe finish the maritimes and eventualy start the New Foundland coins.
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New Member
Canada
9 Posts |
I had completed my 50 cents collection (minus one), and I was starting on the quarters. The latest batch of fakes, that were discussed on this forum, spooked me so I stopped. I'm just collecting the RCM circulation stuff for now. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
I would say I no longer actively collect. My Paypal got hacked a couple years ago so I no longer use ebay, not to mention for the stuff I look at there's very few true auctions anymore, it's all BIN/make offer. I might go to a local coin show once a year or two and pick something up, but very few dealers here have Canadian, and when they do, it's priced Canadian trends in US dollars. I actively view this forum though, because I love learning new things and looking at coins. |
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Valued Member
Canada
153 Posts |
Im semi-actively collecting....or I should say being more particular of what I choose to buy.
If its something rarely seen ill go for it, but if its more common (relatively speaking) then price becomes a factor in the decision.
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Valued Member
Canada
154 Posts |
I have reduced my coin activity considerably in the last few years. Canadian nickels to date in unc. Just need a 1926 far to complete my collection but having trouble pulling the trigger on the 1926 far in unc. Also working on completing a Canada type collection to 1967. I am keeping my cent and nickel collections to 1967 that I completed when I was a youngster. Just nostalgia there. At 70 it is time to rationalize my coin collection and sell the rest.
I really enjoy this forum, though.
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Valued Member
Canada
118 Posts |
I buy the odd coin as I'm working to complete a date set of 10 cents up to 1959, my birth year.
All I need now is 1883H, 1884, 1889, and 1892 2/1, all of which are pricy in decent shape. So, I'm in no rush.
After that, I may get interested in $1 coins from 1935 to 1967, but for some reason $1 coins fail to turn my crank - so that may just stay as a gap.
Once my date set is complete for 10 cents, I may go back and look at variations I've missed - common variations that is.
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New Member
Canada
39 Posts |
Because prices have been declining, I have been buying more. Dollar cost averaging on some coins I already have, and generally buying the more expensive coins. (unique looking, and items you don't see too often.) Condition rarities, specimens, RED Victoria's.
So much so , I think I'm an investor / collector, now!
If prices continue to decline, I will continue to buy, and when the prices rebound, (hopefully sometime before now and 2030) haha. That's when I am suppose to sell, and pay taxes.
I'm also getting into Real Estate out west, as a hedge against my coins. Yup, just bought my first flip. lol
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
617 Posts |
I have always had an "on again off again" thing going when it comes to collecting. Right now its off again, but maybe this winter...
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