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Valued Member
United States
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A hoard is defined by the first time your wife complains about those darn coins taking up all of the space in the house.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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How many coins in a hoard? That reminds me of the philosophical question:
How many grains of sand does it take to make a pile? 2? 10? 1000?
Webster says: "A supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc."
So it may really be the purpose not that amount.
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United States
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United States
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For me, part of it depends on whether the collection is difficult to store. On another forum there was a guy with many trash can sized metal drums full of wheat cents. They took up a whole side of his garage. I'd say that is a large hoard, since it definitely impacts the collector's quality of life.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The way I see it, a 'hoard' is an archeological 'find' of more than one coin.
In the hands of a collector, I agree with Sap's remarks.
In this case, you have an 'accumulation' (chaotic) or a collection (organised).
Sometimes, I think my collection must be somewhere between the two, because my (accumulation / collection) is so diverse, covering all of numisamtics since the invention of coinage.
They are arranged chronologically and partly subdivided by the culture which issued them.
Edited by sel_69l
03/20/2016 01:54 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I count my coins and think, one more coin and I will have a hoard. But when I get another coin .. I think .. one more coin ..  I always need more coins .. precious coins .. My precious coins ..  |
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Australia
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Valued Member
Belgium
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for me a hoard is a collection of 10 or many more pieces from the same coin or even diffrent ones hoards with a s screams many hunderds-thousands. totally depends on who you ask I think. but actually a hoard is a large amount of something valuable that is kept hidden for me this is a small hoard of the same coinse  Edited by dohcollector
03/20/2016 08:35 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Similar to our fellow associates preceding this -
When I think of hoard and hoarding, I see it as compulsive. Literally someone who is out of control busily accumulating this or that. The accumulation becomes the 'hoard'. No order or organization, a pile like the small hoard as displayed above. So it begs the question: if order and organization is committed to the hoard, does it now become a collection? With directed effort, I can see a collection growing into a large collection. If things are stored in piles or buckets, or anything that will contain and unorganized accumulation, I think that's a likely scenario to be viewed as a hoard.
A collector 'collects' with purpose and directed effort.
A hoarder 'hoards' without clear purpose or direction (other than to have an accumulation).
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03/20/2016 10:21 am
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United States
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So darth, still have only 200 Ikes?
Actually, I have exactly 838 now.  Quote:
Well said, Rackster. 
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United States
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No one seemed to notice that this was a four year old necro-bump. |
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United States
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Oh really jbuck |
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No one seemed to notice that this was a four year old necro-bump Good point jbuck ... I missed that as well.  I am replying only to support Rackster excellent description of hoarding versus collecting ... the words used in that reply are exactly what I was thinking but lack the ability to express as eloquently. David
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