Coins For Christmas

My wife aways gets me the usual stuff Cloths,socks,underwear etc.. So I get to buy somethings for myself (like maybe a tool ,gun, fishing stuff,or coins).This year I'm getting all the D sacagawea's for my collection along with some misc.coins. Also I'm getting my 10 year old niece that likes to search Lincoln memorials with me some Whitman books and a few starter coins and some rolls to search.

Searching:To get my wife more Confederate notes

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I got a 2007 American Gold Eagle last Christmas.

Then I got a 1968-2008 Clad Proof Dime Set for my birthday!
(I didn't have them, and my family has the good sense to not buy gold-plated colorized State Quarters on HSN, so I can't complain!)

This year, I 'cheated' and bought myself an American Buffalo Gold Fractional Proof Set for Christmas (at least that's my excuse), because I told my family that I had to jump on them quick before they disappeared (as indeed they did, and from the Denver Mint Gift Shop too, not just online!).

Hopefully, my family will forgive me for blowing a few months of my 'coin budget' in one shot and I won't get zinc pennies in my stocking on Christmas morning...

None of my family or friends know anything about coins or what I would be looking for if they were interested in buying me something coin related. So I'm not too optimistic, but hopefully somebody wont do something stupid and get me the liberian 9/11 20 dollar bill or the barack obama coin set. That would take more false appreciation than I think I can possibly conjure.

I am, however, getting my girlfriend 3 world coins that all depict sharks. (Shes studying to be a marine biologist) They were incredibly hard to find and buy. I don't remember the years or denominations but each were from a different island nation: The Galapagos, Easter, and Kellings-Cocos islands.

I already started shopping for my christmas gift and more to come of cource coins for myself as my family does not know what coins I want.

As a general rule giving coins to non-collectors is a mistake because they aren't interested, don't want them, and have to fake enthusiasm at receiving them. (one exception to this seems to be giving them a single common pre-1900 AU/Unc Morgan dollar each year. I have yet to find someone who doesn't like getting a small hoard of these over the years.)

As a general rule receiving coins from non-collectors is a mistake. They usually have no clue what you want or need and you tend to get overpriced junk such as these tribute coins, colorized coins etc.. If you have given hints and do get something you need, the coins will be harshly cleaned or overgraded, or if they are OK they will have way overpaid. (Think coins from Home Shopping Network type prices.) Having to then fake gratitude for receiving this stuff you wouldn't touch on your own with a ten foot pole then encourages them to buy MORE of it for you next year.

(Disclaimer: The author has been trying to convince family and friends since he was ten years old that he wants to "opt-out" of either giving or receiving Christmas presents. I don't know what they want, and they aren't qualified to judge the stuff I want. Plus If there is something I want and it is available, I buy it. If I don't buy it it's because I can't afford it, and if I can't afford it, they can't afford it.)

I've asked for certain coins (I have a close relative in a foreign country) and specific hobby items, but I bet I don't get them. I'll be grateful for whatever I do receive, though. Shoot, I'd be happy with socks and underwear! (Funny/tragic story: I had a grandparent who pretty much lost it in later years, and for several years in a row, my brother and I received underwear sizes 8 and 10 for Christmas from her, clear until the time I was in high school!)

Well, I haven't gotten coins for Christmas yet, but I've only just started out with collecting being more than a passing interest.

My uncle travels a lot, and brings back something from wherever he's gone. So far, I've gotten three or four countries

I'm looking for some old English Crowns and Florins, and those marine life/Oceanic countries' coins sound really interesting! Numismatic meeting tomorrow!