Types Of Collectors?

Best answer to what type of collectors we have here: knowledgeable and helpful collectors.


As for me, I collect silver and gold coins mainly. I really enjoy collecting old US gold coins the most. About half my collection by value is old US gold coins, mainly Liberty Head coins, nothing of note, just common coins.

I also enjoy watching silver be taken out of the money around the world, in particular in Mexican coins. I love old foreign silver coins. Very economical in my neck of the woods too.

I do collect type coins as well (older copper and oddball denominations).

I have a couple of ancients. When I do look to buy this is where I spend about half of my time lately. Not buying much, but looking a lot and learning a little even.

I have some bullion coins, Silver Eagles, Maple Leafs (Leaves?), and Libertads. Some generics, but I don't enjoy them and will sell them when silver price is right. Only bought them when nothing was available at the LCS and didn't want to leave empty handed.

My favorite coin is my only non coin, my avatar. That is a UN monetary pattern for one world currency. Only 750 issued in silver. It has the flags of the US, Russia, China, Great Britain, and France on the obverse.

I haven't attempted many sets. I do have a nice Ike set and a few Franklin and Roosevelt sets also. I also enjoy the silver proof sets. I have all those for the State Quarters and I am missing a couple of the ATB silver proof sets but will wait for the prices to come down there.

Here at CCF, we have collectors from all different parts of the world, and each member has their own collecting strategy.

The general rule of thumb for my collection is to keep all the coins I have purchased/acquired over the years, for one simple reason. They were bought because I liked them, and I could not part with them no matter what anyone offered. I search out problem free keepers, ones that you could not replace for one reason or another. So I kind of have a large quantity of good quality pieces.

I have what could be called hoarding tendencies. I have been a CRHer for several years, and have accumulated about 60 lbs of copper cents, and hundreds of pre-1960's nickels!

That being said, I have sold a few coins over time that I either don't like or don't collect.

My main focuses are on odd type US coins such as Half Cents, Two Cents, and Half Dimes. I also have quite the Kennedy half collection going too. I do collect a little bit of everything that strikes my fancy, but generally all my larger purchases are odd types.

I'm an old time collector of U.S. coins. I have a bunch of Canadian & Great Britain coins as well. first started with Lincoln wheats and Jefferson nickels. At this point in the hobby, I'm collecting just about everything U.S.

That would be why I asked about the folks here at CCF. I obviously understand that there are millions of different types. Sorry if you got confused. I may be new to this forum but I am not new to collecting as a hobby. I just never moved out of the beginner stages in all these years.

Also, very interesting guys! I love knowing and learning who collects what and why they might collect those.

In the handy list posted above, I guess I'm type 3, 4, and 12, for the most part.

I buy and sell bulk stuff that I already have to buy more quality and rarer pieces. I started off doing coins and got kinda burned out on them and drifted into U.S. paper money and haven't looked back. I sold off a lot of coins to fund that new focus. I still enjoy uncirculated early wheat cents, as well as nice wood grain wheat cents. I have always enjoyed wheats, hence my username here.