Kinda Losing The Fire For Coins

I've taken years off at a time, mainly due to money reasons, but I've never sold a coin. Every once in a while the interest picks back up for me. CCF helps in recent years but no issues with putting all the coins away and forgetting about them for a few years

Why bother trying to complete a set of coins?
I notice that for some collectors, when the set is complete, interest in coins generally tends to decrease.

How about the idea of collecting,
where completing a set is not only impossible, but irrelevant?

After completing a set of say, Mercury dimes,
how about delving much deeper into the history of the development American coinage system, and illustrating what you have learned, by collecting some nice coins on the way?
In the process, you will learn more about American history and culture generally.

My approach is not that much different, except that I have learned a great deal about World history generally, as a direct result of collecting coins of all cultures, over the last 2,600 years.

http://goccf.com/t/345213

That's because you have not posted any photos to your thread - there is nothing special about Canadian 1970 five-cent coins, unless you have a striking error...

Also, members don't like people attempting to derail another thread of a completely different topic.

Yeah... I coin roll hunt to fill collections as my coin collecting hobby. I buy proof sets and mint sets also but I buy them and store them and that's it for that part. However my "collecting, span's about 35 years of coin roll hunting to fill albums.

Absolutely I burn out on it from time to time and put it up for 6 months to a year even a couple years. There's a lot of time and effort involved in coin roll hunting and while I always find something, finding something new I don't already have is rare to happen and between going to banks to get rolls of coins and going through them and returning them and going through dry spells where there's periods of nothing interesting just burns me out. I'm fairly certain I will be burning out after hunting these W quarters for instance, I'm already feeling it after not finding anything for 2 weeks of actively looking.

I always come back to it at some point though.my problem is I get really into it and it becomes a big portion of my time and if it isn't rewarding enough I give up for a bit.
Back in 2011 when silver spiked I sold most of my silver coins except for my more difficult dates but all my doubles got turned in all my commons got turned in, and I figured I'd cash in and when it came down in value I'd re-buy and get even more.

I regret doing that. All those silvers I got from roll hunting for years, I don't want to buy them it's not the same to me.I'd rather have highly circulated coins I found in low grade than gem mint state examples I bought, but that's me.

Nothing wrong with taking a break at all, just don't do something a couple years later you might regret doing like sell off your coins until you're sure you are done with it forever. It's hard to get back to where you were after doing that and it's just not completely the same.

I have lost the fire for many things over the years, but I have always kept it burning for the coins. It started to smolder somewhat in the early 2000's, but CCF stoked the fire.

Sort of like what happens to me at coin shows. I walk around just looking at first saying I'll come back for that one later. Then when I do go back, it's gone.

Every year when the next hole to fill comes out I try and add a few to previous years I don't have. Money is always an issue for everyone. I try and balance it out by saving throughout the year and try and buy one of the more expensive coins, in hopes of preventing stalling out with a collection where I need 20 coins that cost $1000 plus. This way I chip away at the more expensive ones while adding the current year and a few others. I find it helps me stay interested. Although there is always 4-5 months each year that I put them away and come back the next year when the new year circulation coins start appearing. I also have a firm line drawn in the sand if exactly what I would like to accomplish in the end, what grades and at a cost that makes sense for my income.