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Valued Member
United States
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I'm not asking what got you into collecting, but instead, why do you collect them? I'm just here to see if there's more money, hiding in my money.  Okay, I suppose that's part of the reason I collect them. Seriously though, I think it's funny that coins still have errors on them from time to time, even after they've been produced for all these years throughout history. Little mistakes like that give certain coins unique qualities and I find that interesting. I was suprised to hear that even after they switched to the single squeeze method, you can still find a doubled die. |
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Moderator
 United States
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Coming up on a milestone. Contest time? John1  |
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Valued Member
 United States
232 Posts |
Oh look, my 100th post.  What type of contest are you talking about anyways? I always notice you saying that to people. Edit - 100 posts in 17 days haha. Well, at least I'm learning things on here. I hope I'm not bothering you guys too much. Edited by Grelko
08/26/2020 04:19 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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What type of contest are you talking about anyways? I always notice you saying that to people. When you pass a milestone in posts some members celebrate by having a contest giveaway . Anything goes, and any prize goes . Your choice . I guess John doesn't know how many posts he has .   Edited by T-BOP
08/26/2020 08:47 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Why do I collect coins? No longer any idea. And as I get older I wonder what to do with them. If just a normal collector, sort of a waste since attempting to sell them takes up to much time. No one to leave them to also. Just one of many hobbies to kill time.
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United States
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why do you collect them? A good question and one I do not know the answer. I suppose it is in my DNA to assemble things and put them in order. You should see my file structure. |
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Valued Member
Australia
128 Posts |
We Aussies are lucky because our coins are beautiful. This makes collecting very easy.
Collecting brings memories and reminds me of my grandmother :)
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Valued Member
United States
182 Posts |
My grandma gave me a 1923 Peace dollar when I was a kid, and being a kid I lost it years later... I also had a 1909 penny (non VDB) that I was proud of, but after moving a few times it somehow got lost... So maybe there's a bit of guilt involved with my past irresponsibility around coins... Truth be told I'm just kind of starting this as a real hobby... Over the past 6 - 7 months I've gotten into collecting silver as my main focus, but after being stuck at home with a pile of change, I had a lot of fun sifting through it and pulling out the wheat pennies, and some random foreign coins, and I think I'm just starting to appreciate the history of the coins, and the time periods that each represented. I'm still focused on silver stacking as my first goal, but my secondary goal is collecting some cool coins. |
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Valued Member
Australia
128 Posts |
@silverstash119
I'm sorry you misplaced your penny and dollar. I hope the memories you have of your grandma and her thoughtful, kind gifts are worth so much more than the value of anything tangible.
Good luck hunting those cool coins :)
Edited by petef7365
08/27/2020 10:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was about 10 years old, my best friend was collecting and got me hooked on it.
Asked mom and dad for Christmas to get me some of the old Whitman push-in albums...
Filling the holes ket me going until I was in my teens, then it kinda went to the wayside, but I kept those albums.
Got back into it after the baseball card thing fizzled out with the strike...
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Australia
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I collect coins for the history, and for the tangible link, the historical continuum of coinage issues, that links the coins of today all the way back to the coins first invented 2600 years ago.
Consider this: if you were to travel back in time 2000 years or so, kidnap a random Roman citizen, and bring them forward in time to today... there would be a great deal about our civilization that would be either incomprehensible or magical to them. Our science and technology, our transportation system, our style of government and societal attitudes - they wouldn't even know where to start. Our financial system would be equally confusing, in terms of banknotes, credit cards and electronic money. But give them a coin, and they would have a pretty accurate guess as to what it was, and how you were supposed to use it.
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
Australia
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Consider this: if you were to travel back in time 2000 years or so, kidnap a random Roman citizen, and bring them forward in time to today... there would be a great deal about our civilization that would be either incomprehensible or magical to them. Our science and technology, our transportation system, our style of government and societal attitudes - they wouldn't even know where to start. Our financial system would be equally confusing, in terms of banknotes, credit cards and electronic money. But give them a coin, and they would have a pretty accurate guess as to what it was, and how you were supposed to use it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I figure since making money from money is socially acceptable (interest, dividends, capital gains), then spending money on money must also be.  More seriously, I am in it for the thrill of the hunt, and for the history behind the coins (I collect older world coins). Edited by tdziemia
08/28/2020 08:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1751 Posts |
To me it is all about the history. I focus on US coins and think about what was going on when the coin was minted or in the case of very early coins which of our forefathers may have spent it! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Also for the history. Hundreds of old coins I've found are attached to local history.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I collect because I'm a fan of history. To me a coin represents the time it was made. For example I love Peace dollars, to me the Peace dollars represent a time of profound change in America. It represents the roaring 20's, promotion, the movement of America to the cities, the liberation of women (right to vote to flappers), the advent of movies, radio and then the Great Depression and the dust bowl. The Peace dollars where minted through the best of times and worst of times. Coins represent history. They also represent beauty. Some of the most beautiful coins have been minted in America from the Flying eagle to the bison nickel To the walking liberty. And old coins have value, it's nice holding a dime or 50 cent in which it has an actual value. So I collect for the history but also for its beauty and the value. |
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