How Much Time Do You Spend Looking At Your Banknote Collection?

I have a few inflationary banknotes, but I hardly ever look at them.

I'll bet I spend at least half an hour each day working with my notes - cataloging, photographing and showing them on various forums.

I think that that it is likely true for most collections, where a number of items are amassed, that we do so. We start off looking at them and then, then just knowing that we have them, and looking at them less often as time goes by.
I realized I liked the hunt possibly more than the having a couple years ago. But I find that when I am not in a buying mode, I do look at the notes more often, and write more articles about the notes, researching them and delving into hidden symbols, security features, etc.
I hope to save some (most) of that for when I retire. Until then I am trying to focus on getting the notes I can while still being able to afford them. Then once I'm retired, though I will still collect, I hope to be able to spend more time doing the research, writing, and other things that I want to do with them.
Hopefully by then we will be out of our virus sequestration and I won't need to use them for TP. (haha just kidding!)

- Great question "DavidUK"

These days, I spend more time online (contributing to my website, perusing CCF & roaming/researching various forums/sites, working on my next video, etc) than I do taking time to admire/take stock of my collection. I still have many notes I have yet to list in my inventory & scan. But I'm in no rush because like a good book (which I typically slow down & read less & less near the end) I want to take my time & savour some of my recent additions. I have older acquisitions which I also have yet to scan.


99.9% of the time, I struck out (& didn't find anything collectible) but it became a fun "past time" just to deal with the notes/wads of cash (& discover new prefixes from the BOC). Once every 2-3 months I might find a ratty repeater or decent radar (change-over) that was in good enough shape to keep. That was the thrill of the hunt for me.

But since I dropped doing that (recycling cash), I have been buying more than I should (yes, more for the thrill of the hunt & since then, I have found myself trying to be more careful not to get too carried away with the hunt!) or writing up such long replies...

I remember a line from Garfield the cat: "It's not the having, it's the getting". I think that this is similar to what Spock said, and is generally true.

Interesting topic. I also find myself not looking at my collection as much as I probably should, but with the current lockdown I have been devoting more time to doing so. It appears that a good amount of thrill lies in knowing that you have a particular note, rather than necessarily looking at it.

Nonetheless, I've been able to interest my mum in the coins/notes I possess, so have been taking time to sit down with her and talk about them to her