Discouraged?

Do you roll search at all?

I always want to buy the expensive ones
but can not afford them
so sometimes I buy the ones I like-

other times I save up and get a nice coin

Remember it should be a hobby not an obsession

which I think I have.


Coins are like life

Love is a feeling
Marriage is a contract
Relationships are work

hope you enjoy your relationship with your coins.

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"Anyone else experience this or is it just me?"
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I experienced it on weekly basis until I realized that as long as I was playing by the "rules" of others, (especially as they pertain to grading U.S coins,) I was not going to be happy.

I'd rather collect things that I like but no one else likes or even knows about. I hate crowds, wherever they go the games and mantras always follow, no matter how silly or illogical. If you put the #1 Mantra: "buy the coin and not the slab" into Bluejay's head, that sucker would fly backwards and upside down.

As for Lincoln cents I'd rather collect the BIEs and other failed die errors on them rather than the cents themselves. Not many people care about them or even know what they are. And the grade is not that critical. Why should I follow Mantra #2: "always buy the highest grade you can find" when it's not necessary. I won't see anything more on a MS70 Lincoln BIE than an EF45.

TSOTL, there are always runs of bad luck and everything I want seems over priced, but then it changes and the deals seem to fall out of the sky. Give it a little time. Also, try something new. I am always energized by going to an estate auction selling coins. There seems to always be bag lots that go cheap and are great fun going thru. You might give that a try.
Jim

Hey, TSOTL, don't give up the ship just yet. Everyone goes through periods when their enthusiasm for a hobby wanes just a little bit. (That's why I have at least four hobbies...I keep jumping from one to another as my interests shift in any given month or time of year.)

As others have mentioned, good deals tend to run in streaks. Recently two or three months went past where I could hardly find a coin to buy, or even a star note or cool serial numbered note to pull from circulation. It always turns around though, and suddenly two or three or more coins you've been searching for will suddenly be there at prices you are happy with.

Thanks, it's good to know I'm not the only one.

Maybe I'm just bored. I dunno. I guess it'll work itself out or whatever eh?

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"Maybe I'm just bored. I dunno. I guess it'll work itself out or whatever eh?"
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Bored? But what about "the thrill of the hunt?"

Give the boot to coin collecting mantras and the Great Expectations they lead to and you'll see more clearly what you really like. If it leads to collecting something that others think is "junk", that's their problem.

"He could have went for general, but he went for himself instead."
Capt. Willard--Apocalypse Now

I have "a lot" of coins to go through yet this winter (it's snowing now !) I like to get a "batch" and then wait a couple of months to go through it. Then I'm re-invigorated ! I'll sit for hours pouring over my Wheats or IP's or Buff's with the anticipation of finding a key or semi-key date ! And it happens usually. I bought a thousand Wheats for $50.00 at an estate auction once and it was sooo much fun going through them with my light and mag glass. I've got 150 Buffalo nickles and 50 Indian Heads (all dates readable on Buffs) to go through at my leisure this winter and I'm getting excited about it ! But yeah the "fun" in the hobbie shouldn't always evolve and graduate into the most expensive stuff !