Does It Come In Waves For You Too?

It comes and goes for me. I've always had "hobby attention deficit disorder".

Ill be obsessed with something, then not care cause something else has my attention.

I have found though, that coins is one of the few hobbies that consistently draws me back in. :)

I get a new hobby about every 18 months.

Before this it was puzzles (mostly rotational).

But - if I keep to cheap world coins within my means, I can probably go for longer, maybe indefinitely - I lost some interest in puzzles because the new ones are expensive!!

I have a constant low-volume hum in the back of my head that says, Coins, Coins, Coins... I'm always thinking about them in some context. If I'm able attend a coin show or auction, the volume gets turned up quite a bit for a few weeks. Irregardless, the volume is always on.

With me the wave isn't the collecting, but the collection.

By which I mean, I'm constantly on the lookout for coins to add. But the wavering bit comes when I look over my collection. Sometimes I'm all 'yeah, that's a pretty good collection!' and others I'm thinking 'why on earth did I buy that? I could have spent the money on something nicer'. I start to find fault with coins I have, wishing I had waited for better.

In fact I've just sold two rare coins (one, only the second known example) because I just don't get a kick from them any more. I'm shifting towards better condition coins rather than filling all the rarities gaps, which I was keen to do when I first started.

So now I'm better off in terms of cash, another collector is pleased as he has filled a gap ... and I'm on the lookout for more coins to buy!

Like others have said before, my wave shifts from the different coins that I try and collect. I think I have finally settled on what type of coin and the other dansco's will move on to support my collecting of this coin.

Yes, Babar, my interest in coins has come and gone over the years. 'Life' interferes:
school, marriage, family, illness, lack of time. And more. But it usually returns.
One cold and snowy winter day you pull out your coins and remember what fun it was to collect them. You spend several hours lost in the memories of just where and when you acquired them.

Please do not worry about the current lack of interest. It will eventually pass.

NCSU, 3.14,
Another poet in our group!
Please write again, please more and more.
I'll like it lots, and that's no poop!

Oh, I know all about coin collecting waves. Often it will take an event or the discovery of a certain coin to get me back on track. I'm currently riding a wave inspired by the recent Chicago ANA show.