How Have Your Coin Collecting Tastes Changed Over The Years? And Why?

I started with large cents and bust dimes and a few other 19th century classics before the urge to hoard the coins of '82 consumed me. Most of my buys recently have been German States and Spanish Colonial, but the occasional unique US coin pops up here and there. World just had so much more variety and goes back deeper into history, much rarer pieces for my money too. I'm still working to finish my date sets of bust Half Dimes and dimes and draped Half Cents, but less urgency than world coins from 1482-1782 indeed.

Not really changed so much as being expanded in practice.

A good example is my 7070. I originally only focused on collecting modern coins, but then I bought the 7070. I new that at some point I would have to embrace the classic coins it required. So, I had a taste for Classic US coins, but only in the last few years have I been able to acquire them.

I have also had an interest in foreign coins since my early collecting days, but only have a modest collection. It is on my list to be done once I am satisfied with my US collection.

No real change for me. I started collecting US coins when I was a kid and still basically collect the same stuff. Only expanding more on some than others. For example, now have 12 sets of Mercury dimes, 10 of Lincoln Cents and similar duplicates of many others.

I pretty much focus on gold coins (and the odd bit of silver).

I don't like the idea of condition being a determinant of value. I would prefer to have a collection that has intrinsic. Only problem is is gets jolly expensive so I only buy one or two coins a year.

I started out collecting silver coins found in circulation. I still do that. I tried to collect everything and put together a few collections. A complete Kennedy, Franklin, Roosevelt, Susan B and State Quarter collections I have completed. Still working on my cent, nickel and quarter collection but not working seriously on those. There is just too much to collect and not enough money. My main objective is trying to complete a classic and modern commemorative collection and that is quite a project and what I spend 90% of my coin budget on. That by itself keeps me quite busy.

As a kid, I kept every coin that I could get my hands on: mainly european coins from holidays. Also, my parents had spread the word that I was collecting so many of their colleagues kept their pocket change and gave it to me. Anyhow, I got more and more intersted in old coins. Thus, when I was about 15 years old I started to buy old coins. It did not really matter where they came from because I was simply amazed by the fact of having a coin that was several centuries or even hundreds of years old and always imagined what that particular coin has gone through. Well, that did not really change... What did change though is the fact that I now try only to collect coins from regions where my family and ancestors used to live. In a broader sense that is Germany 1871-1945, before that the German States of Prussia, Saxony and anything related to Weimar and Eisenach. Besides, I also try to collect older coins from Brandenburg and several German colonies or occupied territories.

Nevertheless, I am the type of collector that cannot resist to buy a coin that is beautiful. Unfortunately, to me way to many coins are beautiful so there is always a place for coins here, that do not really belong the fields that I've mentioned above.

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Potsdam

Wow, DrDarryl.