Coin A.d.d.?

MorganNoob,

Confession is good for the soul. Now that you've confessed to an emphasis on buff's, you must change your screen name to BuffBoob!

Does it count if you buy the same coin three different times in a week because you forgot you already did? This is what happens to me because I have a few different sets going at once, luckily I did have other folders for those coins to go into and that they were not expensive.

I actually change around on purpose , its refreshing and keeps the long march to completion from becoming a burnout factor .

I spend weeks or days with one series and then switch to another series and add a few coins at a time to each .

But I never close my eyes while iam looking around ,,I have lists of what I need pinned up on a cork board next to my desk its a quick and easy reference and refer to it often as I'm searching .

I suggest you stop now. Go see a therapist as soon as possible. The reason is you'll never stop collecting coins otherwise. I didn't and I now know I should have stopped a long, long time ago. It's actually a form of an illness I think. As an example I started collecting pennies, cents, as a kid way, way back in the 40's. I now have well over 100 Whitman Classic Albums, 9 of those Whitman Red boxes with two rows of 2x2's and all full, boxes and boxes of Proof sets from as far back as the 50's, uncirc sets the same, boxes of rolls of just about anything ever made. Several boxes of foreign coins that I have no idea where they came from. It is a serious illness this coin collecting thing. STOP while you can or you'll end up like me.

One of the problems is that some of these sets would take a Marathon Runner to his/her knees.

Jeez. How many thousand coins in a Lincoln or Kennedy set? And with attention spans getting shorter every year, I see year-sets, short sets and various type sets becoming more popular.

Heck, if you ask me, in 30 years, the stuff from today that will be popular with be things like the SBA set, SAC set, Ike Set and State Quarters because they have a limited, fixed number of items and can be built in less than 3 lifetimes.

Yeah, I totally have it too. I only recently started collecting coins...what started me off was a few birthday gifts (a 1986 1oz Gold Eagle, 1949 open wreath $1 gold, and a 1908 Indian $2.5 gold). So I started off with Lincoln cents and Walker halves, switched to silver Rosies and Franklins, then jumped over to Jeffersons and most recently my 7070.

Now-a-days, I gave up on LMCs...just trying to put a set of wheaties together...I put the Rosies and Franklins on halt, and just trying to finish up the Jefferson (almost done). Still working on the Walker set (slowly) and my 7070...I think working on my 7070 is gonna keep my attention the longest, since I have ADD so bad...lol.

If it was only coins it would be manageable.