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Valued Member
United States
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What do you guys do when your bored that is coin related? I have no rolls to search through. I already made a list and prices of all the coins/notes I want. I read through majority of this forum. Any ideas?   |
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Moderator
 United States
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I'm constantly updating and adding to my coin inventory program. I go back and double check,change info once in a while. Check back at the forum for new posts or topics like I just did now!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1713 Posts |
If you're anything like me there are always some coins sitting around somewhere. A change jar, coins that need to be filed/organized, a pile that needs to be added to my trade list, a pile to be put in 2x2s, a pile to be rolled and taken to the bank, someone else's change jar that I should exchange for paper money, I could go on...they're everywhere! Top of my list right now is trying to get them all organized and packed away so they can go safely into a vault while I'm in the Philippines.
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Moderator
United States
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If I do not have a coin show to attend or no change to sort through, I hang out at CCF!  For those rare times that the forum is slow, I will go get a copy of Coin World to read. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Hmmm...  I think I get on CCF and see if there's anything cool I can spot on someone's coin, or to give a bit of help, or maybe just mouth off.  This would be always boring for me if I just did this for me, my little pile of coins, and I. It's other collectors who make it interesting! Edited by KurtS
09/01/2008 02:36 am
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New Member
Australia
5 Posts |
Yep I got myself a coin inventory programme and have found I am always adding bits of info to it - taking photos of the coins, searching on the internet for some more info to add.
I surf around on e-bay as well, checking out selling prices of similar coins I have.
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Moderator
Australia
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I sit down and read coin books and catalogues.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1415 Posts |
It's pretty simple for me.
My uncle was .... a Dark Sider!
When he passed he left me his collection of .... Ancients
which he of course did not catalog.
So when I'm bored I get one coin - operative word 'one' and for several hours maybe days!! try to identify.
This is so additive whenever I see one - not identified - I pick it up. SO there is always a few around to work on -
Never boring -
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AAHHHHHHHH. Your kidding of course. Being a recent stage 4 cancer survivor I find that every minute of every day is critacle. Even if you just recount every coin, recheck them all for errors, go to a coin store you've never been to, coin shows, check out garage/yard, estate sales for coins, ask everyone you know if they have any old jars, cans, boxes of coins you can have. As an example not long ago there was an article in the Numismatic News about a second 1982 reverse side Lincoln Cent Double Die found. This made me go look at every one of my 1982 coins for a possible one. Look for any old, worthless coins that are contaminated with something and try to clean it off. Document that and let everyone here know what you did. Of course you could just go outside and get some exercize. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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rec.collecting.coins should keep you busy for a few months.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1840 Posts |
The last time I had nothing to stuff in a 2x2, catalog or photograph I bought a 5 pound bulk lot of coins to sort through. I still haven't finished sorting and stuffing them into 2x2's and it's been better than 6 months.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep I got myself a coin inventory programme which one? well since I'm only 14. 15 in october. I chat with friends, myspace, Play Video Games, Hang with girls and friends, Go to Mall, and with the little time left I do coins. |
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New Member
Australia
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It is called Coin Organizer Deluxe, by PrimaSoft.
Great programme; I love it. Check out the thread on coin inventory programmes for a few other ideas.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
656 Posts |
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It is called Coin Organizer Deluxe, by PrimaSoft.
Great programme; I love it. Check out the thread on coin inventory programmes for a few other ideas.
FREE? other threads? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sean1011: Not sure how big your collection is but as noted already have you tried to catalog all your coins? With types, denominations, mint marks, grades, purchase price, present value, locations, etc? Go out to flea markets, garage/yard/estate sales and ASK for coins. Look up hobby or coin stores in your area and go there? Look up coin shows and go there? Ask everyone at work, neighbors, relatives for any coins at all and look through them? Or just pile them all up, pack them in a large box, send to me. Then start collecting all over again.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bored ?......at a standstill ? That's NEVER happened to me !..... most assuredly it's because I seem to be so unorganized all of the time ! There is ALWAYS work for me to do.... Taking pictures of coins Beginning a "spreadsheet" or something to categorize everything the way I want. Putting coins in 2 x 2's Putting coins in tubes Organizing dates and mintmarks of Wheat cent dupes. Going through small piles of Buffalo's and IHC's that I've bought a long time ago that need organization. Buying more currency albums and segregating the dozens and dozens of Silver Certificates I've picked up. Going through State Qtrs. and getting rid of unnecesary ones I've saved to make future SHQ. Albums.......and deciding which ones are "upgrades". Constantly trying to attain P and D mint of the SHQ's as well. I'm always buying "little batches" of still more coins that need attention in the aforementioned manner as well. I've never "had all of my work done" pertaining to my coin collection ! It remains a never-ending joyful mess to contend with ! But really, for me, that kind of stuff is a "winter time" project. When it's too cold to be doing other things..... Edited by eaglefoot
09/04/2008 1:43 pm
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