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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
So I had an experience recently that made me think "only someone like me would get this." I thought it would be fun to start a thread about things only a coin collector would understand. If there's already a thread like this, my apologies, we can dump this one. But in the event there is not one out there already, let me kick this off with my thing only a coin collector would understand (thanks to my girlfriend for being so patient with me concerning this!):
While out with a non-coin collector who buys something with cash, wanting to go through their coin change to see if there's silver/wheat cent/foreign/counterstamp/etc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2850 Posts |
Not exactly coins, but money related. I check each serial number on my bills before I spend them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4409 Posts |
Paying more than face value for a coin (people thought I had lost my marbles for paying $800 for a 1909-S VDB cent)
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Pillar of the Community
798 Posts |
Like preserving irreplaceable parts of history and the possibility that there might be something in your change worth more than its face value. Also the value beyond the metal content or the denomination.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1005 Posts |
Taking unnecessary precautions to only handle new shiny coins by their edges, even when I'm just going to spend them anyways.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
Having a drawer full of coins pulled from circulation, each in a coin envelope with the date you found it and where you found it written on the envelope. No one else would ever be interested in them, but you keep taking them out and looking at them.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5029 Posts |
Asking for a box of pennies (or any denomination coin) for birthday or Christmas.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
539 Posts |
looking in a tellers till whilst they get your change to see if they have any good coins
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Valued Member
Canada
413 Posts |
I ask my tenants not to fold their money when they retrieve the rent from the bank machine
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
1509 Posts |
A quick look at any 10 Baht coins I get in change. When I come across a commemorative I show the person who served me.
A lot of Thais don't even know about circulating commemoratives.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1314 Posts |
EVERYONE looks in the penny bowl to see if there are any steel/wheat cents.
And I pay with bills even when I have the change, just to get more change. When the ice cream bucket is full, I go to the bank.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
Whenever I open a new box of quarters @ work, I side-search every single roll before getting back to business.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
I'm always looking at the reject bins on coinstar machines. I cannot pass by one without a least sneaking a peek out of the corner of my eye. Actually I can't enter a store without walking by the coinstar on my way in. Maybe I have a problem?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Look to the left at GLOSSARY. There is an entire mess of info that the average person would not understand. Think of this. If you really need a GLOSSARY, doesn't that mean this hobby is sort of nuts?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Numismatic author Michael Grant, C.B.E., LLD., Litt.D., F.S.A., - one of his books:
'Roman History From Coins' (Cambridge University Press)
In fact ANY coin, modern or ancient, is a window on our history.
That says it all for me.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1118 Posts |
"Any hobbies?"
Why yes, I'm a numismatist.
"A what?!?!"
Coin collector.
"Ohhhhhhhhh."
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Posted 10/02/2014 11:57 pm
