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United States
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Anybody else have coins that you just to love own lots of, but don't actually formally collect (i.e., care about getting all dates, mint marks, etc.)? For example, I absolutely love Morgan dollars and have stacks of them, but most are common dates and I just have no desire to put them into albums or try to put together any sort of set. I don't even consider them to be "junk silver" since most of the ones I have are in AU to BU condition and are certainly worth more than just their silver price. Eisenhower dollars are another example for me. Again, I have never tried to complete any sort of set and don't have them organized in any way, but I just hoard them whenever I find them just because I think they're neat to look at. Proof examples especially send shivers up and down my spine and I just can't get enough of them. |
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Canada
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Large pennies from Britain and the former colonies. I have 1000s. I even made my own cardboard boxes so I can keep them in boxes of 20 rolls of 50. Absolute madness, of course.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
744 Posts |
I have a bunch of Challenge coins... I don't collect them, just was given them by friends and at my old job conventions.
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 United States
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Absolute madness, of course But surely a form of divine madness, no? |
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United States
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I buy and sell 20 c pieces in AU-55 to MS-63. I find a nice one, I buy it and put it up for sale to make a few bucks. There is no possibility of completing the series, though short as it is, so I mostly buy and sell the 1875-S again and again. I usually don't have more than a couple as they are really popular, probably moreso than when they were used.
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09/07/2017 11:25 am
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United States
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I would love to own a Pine Tree Shilling in XF grade, but the odds are against it.
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United States
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Most areas that I collect can't really be "completed", e.g. ancient coins, Indian Princely states, British Colonial... just too much and most of it is too expensive. In particular, I have been in love with but never attempted to complete the French colonial series, featuring Marianne on one side and really pretty scenery on the other. E.g.: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1525.htmlMost are cheap and available, but I have just never felt the drive to attempt a set. |
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United States
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I have a couple of boxes full of non-US coins. I never look at them but I keep adding to the accumulation every time I find one.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Boxes of transportation, tax, love, elongated, car wash, parking, and merchant trade tokens. Plus others I'm sure I'm not remembering right now. Like wooden nickels that I probably have a few thousand of that keep getting tossed in the box. Plus Wheaties that get tossed in quart jars, even if I have to take them out of someone's 2X2's (don't worry, I doubt any are that nifty). Plus all (garbage) kind of US coins like slick V-nickels, very circulated War Nickels, individual modern proof coins I have no interest in, modern dollars that look interesting, and Lord knows what else is hanging around. (just thought of the OPA tokens that I have almost enough of to either search for the MV or sell). Anything that isn't on my goal list probably gets tossed in a box. Since I attend a lot of local coin auctions I usually get quite a stack of "stuff" at cheap prices. Last week I bought 14 recent mint sets for about $2.50 under face value. Those got added to my impossible stack of mint and proof sets that I might someday strip for sets. Stuff - more stuff, some more, and... |
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Canada
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Barryg, yes a form of divine madness (I hope).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For me it's Carson City coins. I always try to make room for one if I see a nice, reasonably priced example. I love the history and nice original examples just bring thoughts of the old west.
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Anybody else have coins that you just to love own lots of, but don't actually formally collect (i.e., care about getting all dates, mint marks, etc.)? To be honest, no. Everything I have is part of a set or is a one-off (like my US Type set and foreign coins). |
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United States
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I like having a smattering of 1700's 1800's British Copper coins, Condor tokens, period imitation half pennies, farthings and such. I don't chase after them but once in a while I'll pick one up if it really grabs me.  |
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United States
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I have an accumulation of foreign coins that I only recently started putting into 2x2s. Almost all of them are worth next to nothing, but I still take in more when I come across them (I even ask people to bring me loose change when they travel).
I have a hard time letting go of small dollars -- at least, SBAs and Sac's. I already have a full album and a slabbed series of proofs, but that doesn't stop me from keeping any others that fall into my hands.
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