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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a small collection of box cameras and folding cameras:
 Very Nice! I love those. I collect antiques of all sorts, bottles, Civil War and other relics that I find with my metal detector, glass electrical insulators, and fossils. |
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Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
I have a collection of stamps from way back and my wife inherited quite a few more. I have recently acquired a very extensive beer can collection from my late brother. Also have quite a collection of books, mostly westerns. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
[   Inbetween collecting coins just have to do something. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1801 Posts |
I also collect 54mm and 60mm plastic toy soldiers and the tin lithographed western theme buildings that came in the Marx, Superior, and Ideal playsets of the 50's and 60's.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
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I also collect 54mm and 60mm plastic toy soldiers and the tin lithographed western theme buildings that came in the Marx, Superior, and Ideal playsets of the 50's and 60's. An interesting addition could be Lead or Lead Substitute Soldiers. A company in the USA is a representative of an England Company that makes molds for those. If your interested, try https://www.dunken.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Coins, cameras, and rifles. The oddball in the collection - rifles. I don't collect them just to store, I use them.
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Besides coins, guns, model trains & erector sets. I really don't collect them. I build models and mechanisms with them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1801 Posts |
just carl, thanks for the info. I actually have several of their molds. When I was in Jr High school in the stone age we would sneak into the local sheriff shooting range near where I lived and sift through the sand bunker that served as a backstop and make off with all the lead we could carry. We would then melt it down and cast soldiers under the "not so watchful" eye of his dad who constantly told us if the lead fumes didn't kill us we would die in jail as convicted felons. When my son came along I purchased some new molds and started buying all the junk pewter I could find at swap meets, thrift stores and yard sales. We used it to cast a new army of soldiers but they all belong to my son. Great hobby, but stay away from the true lead casting, too dangerous.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great hobby, but stay away from the true lead casting, too dangerous.
Not meaning to get away from coins but I have been using Lead for those for well over 60 years. If it's going to kill me, probably did but don't know it yet. I too get Lead from shooting ranges. Also, discarded Lead/Acid batteries, Lead fishing sinkers, old Solder and/or anything similar that melts. I purchased all the Moulds for Chess sets from Dunkin and Prince August in England. I did try making moulds for coins but sure looked horrible since only one sided and ugly. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
Hmm, nothing else. I do spend time playing tennis, golf and camping.
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Valued Member
Poland
114 Posts |
I also collect playing cards decks. In order to make me interested, a deck must have unusual figures, but not themed ones like "British dynasties" or "Regional clothes". They should be pretty abstract.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I collect gems and minerals,fossils,autographs of all kinds,sports cards,mostly baseball,but not really actively now except the cards I send off to be autographed,stamps,until they became more like stickers,and ,as many of you know,old coin wrappers imprinted with bank names. My coin roll collection stands at just over 50 different banks,many of which no longer exist. If any of you come across wrappers with names imprinted that you don't want,give me a holler.  |
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
I used to collect football and hockey cards, when I was a little younger (I am only 21 now)
I have boxes and binders of these like crazy!
I was also at work yesterday and found a really old motorcycle license from NY (where I live)
I thought it looked really cool, so I took it out of a scrap metal pile and put it in my car
Maybe I will get around to collecting those
I also have a more illegal hobby of collecting road signs
and a less illegal hobby of collecting beer signs I would get from my job at a gas station
When I buy a house my basement bar is gonna be sweet. I have been saving signs for it for years
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1064 Posts |
When I was maybe 8 yrs old, I collected movie star cards; kinda like baseball cards, gum and all. Star's picture on the front, bio & movies on the back. Very exciting for a youngster, guessing they don't make them anymore.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I trade off between stamp and coin collecting. Before I came back to coins, I nearly completed my mint US Commemorative set, only missing the $2 & $5 Columbians & $2 Trans-Mississippi. Also completed a mint set of Canada and NF 1890-1951, mint late Victorian British Empire, mostly complete EVIII, GV and GVI. Will probably have to bring them to auction next couple of years as they're just sitting there gathering dust, and I could probably get some nice coins with the proceeds...
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