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Valued Member
United States
206 Posts |
Poll Question
What do you collect? (Just curious)
-Ben
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Pillar of the Community
United States
673 Posts |
I must admit , my first love is coins, but I have a small collection of currency . The coin collection grows much more quickly though ! I have to vote for collecting both.
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Valued Member
United States
228 Posts |
I enjoy collecting both!
Fishnwidow
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
I collect primarily coins but I keep any and all notes that pass thru my hands
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I have collected coins since the 1950's, however when my wife and I were fortunate to travel to different places (Europe, South America, Mexico, Cayman Islands), we picked up a lot of paper money, and it is now a part of our collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
819 Posts |
I've only recently discovered currency and have started a small collection, whereas sometimes I'm surprised the floor hasn't given out beneath my desk for the weight of the coins atop it. :)
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Valued Member
United States
330 Posts |
I have a few CU $2 bills and some star notes but that is it. I don't have the currency bug yet and there are a lot of coins on my wish list.
Jim
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Member
United States
3242 Posts |
I love my coins but I will pick out star & fancy numbers
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
I collect both, though in very different ways. I'm primarily interested in 18th and 19th century American coinage, so obviously there's little of that in circulation. To build my collection means I have to buy what I want. However, I really enjoy watching the currency that passes through my hands, looking for star notes and notes with interesting serial numbers. IN a way, you can say that my currency collecting has taken the place of the coin collecting I did as a kid where I went through pocket change looking for dates and "old coins."
Edited by hunter20ga
12/10/2007 10:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Well, my mother gave me four consectutive serial numbered two dollar bills that were given to her from my Great Grandfather. They're in perfect condition too ! I see it as I'm only the caretaker of these for future generations of our family though. My father has also given me several silver certificates over the years and I have a $5.00 one too. Personally I've only bought a few of them at coin auctions and estate auctions, but I really do like them...... but for me too, coins are my first love ! So, having said all of that ..... I vote for both as well
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I primarily collect coins but do find myself checking each bill that passes through my hands for star notes and weird serial numbers and collect all of them I find and I also usually keep quite a few $2 bills for my daughter when the tooth fairy comes and stuff like that
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Valued Member
Canada
187 Posts |
I used to collect coins exclusively, but came to realize that there was much more room for great designs on paper money. For those of you who don't know what I mean, compare the Canada 1870, 1900 and 1923 shinplaster notes with the 2005,2006,2007 shinplaster $300 coins; there's no comparison.
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Valued Member
United States
204 Posts |
I try to keep my focus on coins, since my brother covers currency. I have started picking up notes, however, since they are easy to pick up when travelling along with coins.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
I mostly collect coins. I have a few notes can't really call it a collecting yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
I collect both. When I first started collecting it was mostly US coins. Then I went to the darkside and have worked my way into currency. And in the past 2 years it has been more focused on currency. Right now I have a ton of both and want to sell some off at some time |
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United States
189 Posts |
I only really "collect" coins. However I did inherit a nice collection of bills along with my starter coins but the only thing that has really grown was the coins!
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Posted 12/09/2007 10:54 pm
