Do You Hoard, Collect, Or Both?

I both hoard and collect and always will
John1

I have a passion for many areas of numismatics, including medals. To me the thrill is in the hunt, the history and the sheer beauty in many cases. I also enjoy good ole plain silver and gold. I am presently working on an MS69 Heraldic Art Medal set, I have 17 to go, some are very difficult to locate. I also have a weakness for French medals, the artwork is quite amazing.

Not sure what I am really.

I like to buy the junk silver, in particular the junk foreign silver, but I try my best to cherry pick out the best.

I really like the US junk silver too. Hate FDR as a President, worst President ever, so I don't like the Rosie Dimes, but I do have a nice set that I picked mainly out of a junk silver coffee can. Really love the old designs in my junk silver purchases. Still buy some way above melt though too. Recently bought 3+ rolls of Barber dimes at $3 each. Rosie and Mercs were going for roughly $1.50 each at the time. Full rim Barbers, not a single one out of the maybe $150 face value had a full liberty, but plenty of partial liberty's (150+ by my sifting. . . . .).


I do the same with gold. Tough to call it junk gold, but I can generally take my pick of 10 - 20 coins at one price or my pick of 2 - 6 more at a higher price.

I do purchase with melt value in mind, but often end up picking the prettier coin for a few percent more.

Call me a hoarder that likes to collect. I do have sets, but none in folders, all in 2x2's.

Can't call myself a stacker though when the last visit to the LCS was a Braided Hair Large Cent F-VF, a Flying Eagle cent in VG, and a really sharp Three Cent Nickel XF+ for $50 out the door. Melt value was probably all of 7 cents if I am lucky. Not sure how I did on my buys, not sure I care. I trust the dealer and these were my best picks out of what he was going to bring down to the FUN show. Type coins are fun.

I am much like Sap here... I collect, not hoard.

I am a PCGS Registry Set player, so I am always hunting to either fill in the holes of the sets I am focusing on, or constantly hunting for upgrades to existing sets. Sometimes, it is the thrill of the hunt, that keeps me going...

Both. I work on sets and hoard silver. I'll scour auction sites to fill a hole in the collection, and get much of my silver in the form of coins taken from circulation.

I am a collector and love working on my albums, but I hoard every Bicentennial Quarter that comes my way. I've just always loved that design.

Did you happen to grow up on Rankin/Bass TV specials? Every time I see one I start to sing in my head, "Will you play for me pa-rum-pa-pa-pum, on your drum."

It has more of a Christmas vibe to me than a nationalism one. I don't recall ever spending one of these myself, but I wouldn't call 3 rolls hoarding.

I'm a collector, my target is wide but every coin I put into binder have a different KM#. The coins I collect don't have significant value above face value so no need to make a hoard.