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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since I got out of stamps, I got into coins, purely by accident, but now I have a hobby where I can have fun searching through pocket change. So, yeah, I have been buying some bullion stuff, it's all for my 3 year old son, who, hopefully, will have some money when he gets older. But, I am so new at this, that now, I am hoarding all my pocket change, until I can get a chance to look at them carefully. I also get to add the everyday coins to my beginning collection. If I don't have one of a type, I get to add to it. To me this is much better then stamp collecting, cheaper in most respects and variety is so much larger. So, I am sure I will be asking lots of questions and doing a lot of reading just to learn the basics. I have a good magnifier and a great magnifier, a Red Book, a blue book and Coin Worlds big grading book, which has already helped a lot. I am finding that people here are very helpful, just like in the stamp forum. I am really glad this site is around and am grateful to Bobby and his boss, that they keep this site going. Edited by stampvirgin
10/29/2013 08:53 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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pick up a cheap digital scale as well.
can be found in most grocery & health food stores, or online (I picked up a "salter" brand diabetic/nutrition scale accurate to .01 grams for $20 at a local pharmacy)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Hi Stampvirgin, Welcome to the other side. Steve  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Hi TM!
I did get a digital scale some time ago. It goes to 2 decimal places. it is a "pocket" scale. it's been good so far.
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Moderator
 United States
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Welcome to the other better side. Fixed.  I know you are going to enjoy the change.  I used to collect stamps as well (I still have them). I am the opposite, I collected coins first and got into stamps by accident. The real interest in stamps only lasted a few years (1981~1984), although I still keep the more interesting ones that come in my mail. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Welcome to the other better side. I am a Mod on the Stamp side, so I have to be careful what I say. :) |
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United States
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I am a Mod on the Stamp side, so I have to be careful what I say. :) Yup... which is why I had to mess with you a little.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I never collected stamps; I often claimed that my entire "collection" of stamps consisted of about ten of them (a few Belarussian ones with huge face values, a few Russian ones with beautiful pictures, and an 1974 Soviet one I randomly found on the floor once; all the non-Soviet ones were still affixed to their respective letters).
A few months ago, well after I've started seriously collecting coins, I found a book about stamp collecting. I realized then that it was probably a good thing that I never collected stamps... even when compared to coins, there's far too much variety.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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STOP NOW. Don't continue collecting coins. Think of this. You've already spent money on books, magnifiers, etc. Also, think of all the time you'll spend going to coin shows, coin clubs, coin stores, on line and all for coins. The worst part of all this is the more collectors there are, the less coins for ME. So my suggestion is send me all the STUFF on coins you now have and I'll do the future collecting for you. Imagine, no more problems.  All kidding aside, the above, like this hobby is all in fun. When your son gets a bit older, this hobby will be something you two can do together. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I try not to do stamps. I just can't understand how they are collected.
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Moderator
United States
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Oh, I understand it, but I am someone with limited funds, so I opted to spend what I had on what I preferred, coins.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
548 Posts |
I'm sure stamps were interesting to collect once upon a time but these days the postal service has realised they can make a lot of money from collectors by just printing pieces of paper with a myriad of designs.
At least with coins the simple expense of producing the object cuts down on the junk issues, although it regrettably falls short of eliminating them altogether.
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United States
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Pocket change is going to do nothing for you. Even the most stunning "New" coin is likely full of marks and stains and worth face value. The chances of "finding" a rarity is about as good as getting hit by a Packard while peddling a unicycle. Your excitement is real but your chances of a fruitful passion are weak. You need to hone your attractions and realize spending money (nowadays) is the only way to collect coins. Before you buy ANY "real" coins spend money on books and literature. Find something within a narrow focus you can learn about and concentrate on. In the end you'll be glad you did.
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