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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
I am with COTW. Although my wife and I have a $20/month allowance I am able to make bigger purchases by selling on ebay. Now seems to be a weekly steady stream of junk silver from my lcs (I get at actual weight x spot price) and can get $5-20 per lot depending on what I get there. For example, today I picked up a really worn morgan, holed peace, 1964 kennedy, a Barber quarter and some junk dimes for $32.50. From that I expect to earn at least $10 after the ebay fees and that just adds up for my coin savings :) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
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i personally work with a coin store in a flea market that pays me $100 for working the weekend from 10:00-5:00 Saturday and Sunday. it is a little below minimum wage but I like it, it is easy work, it provides free food and drink and it gives me a place to sell off some of my stuff(with owners permission). I have worked on and off with this guy for a while and for several+ months I have been working there every weekend. it is a good job and is pretty easy, and I doubt many 15 year olds would complain about $5200 a year for doing what they enjoy.
This takes me back 35 years when I was a kid and how I funded my expensive hobbies. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
819 Posts |
when I was a yn I would cut grass, rake leafs, shovel snow.
now I have a very good job at least until next year(i may retire)30 years is a long time.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
4911 Posts |
cool. interesting note about that guy who employs me-he was the first coin dealer I ever met and I knew him from the start of my collecting.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I buy some coins, and then I sell the ones I don't want for enough of a profit to pay for the coins I do want. Net zero cost. It takes a lot more time, planning, and risk, though.
I need to get a job. I'll probably be co-oping within the next couple of semesters, so that will help. There is a coin shop near campus, so I could ask them. 99% chance they will say no.
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Moderator
 United States
189053 Posts |
Way back in the day, before having a real job, it was funded by mowing lawns and later a paper route.
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Valued Member
United States
381 Posts |
Birthday and Xmas money. Can't mow lawns here since all my neighbors have a pro lawn service. Probably going to start ebay soon tho. |
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Valued Member
United States
381 Posts |
thedollarman, how old were you when you started? I'm pretty sure where I live you have to be 15.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4911 Posts |
i met the guy when I started to collect at around age 8. he used to let me watch his booth during his smoke break when I was around age 11 for free coins(there were always his friends and my parents around at that time anyway) and it evolved in to an actual job when I was late 13 or early 14 for free coins and $20 and soon I was getting raises and opening up for him and stuff until it reached where I am now. there was another kid there working with me there as well who was a little older but my boss got rid of him because I was much more competent and understanding of numismatics and less lazy.
Feel free to call me Will.
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New Member
United States
38 Posts |
I'm not quite as young as some, but I started detasseling when I was 12 and did it for ten years straight every summer. Worked at a gas station through college for extra funds, then in a distillery after graduation. Now that I'm in graduate school, money is tight, so strict budgeting and limiting myself to a purchase every now and then.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12843 Posts |
I was more of a YP (Young Philatelist) when I was a kid but I did have (and still have) a small collection of interesting coins from my grandfather. Like others above, I used after school jobs (yard work, paper routes) to fund my hobbies.
Nowadays, lawn services and paper routes are all (or mostly) done by pros. I like the paper route because it taught business at a basic level and got me out of the house.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
If all these YN lived close to me I would put them to work for me. I'm sure I could make a deal with them. Mow my lawn for a morgan or something like that  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
I'm 15 and I don't have a job, but to be honest I don't really spend a lot of money on the hobby- I mostly try to learn as much as I can (I now have the exact composition and designer of every US coin memorized). I survive on money from my grandparents every birthday and Christmas (my parents usually get actual gifts)- for Christmas this year I got $490 from grandparents plus $2000 which went to the college fund. It's about the same for birthdays. I also have about $3000 saved up in the bank, so I can use that if I want to make an expensive purchase (it's also good for CRHing). I also tutor a 7th grader, and I get $15 for a 45 minute session, but I only do one session per week, so that doesn't pay much. I sell if I am no longer interested in a coin, and get $10 allowance every week.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
I am also 15 and I do not have a job (although I am currently trying to get a summer job). I get money from coins through birthday and Christmas money, selling coins =, or doing chores around my house.
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