How Much Would You Spend?

I'm in the same boat rachums. I'm 22 and full time college student. I'm married and my wife doesn't work right now so we have not much spare money. I'm in the same $60 to $100 range, although some of my favorite coins are much more expensive :/

if I really wanted it, id spend all I have, and I wont worry about paying bills and stuff becase I'm still in middle school.

so I can spend about $1000

I was always wondering how you get all of your money to spend on coins Adam. In middle school my parents gave me $1 a week for allowance to save or spend. And I'm not a million years old, I'm 22 so middles school wasn't that long ago. I wish I had your collection at your age :/




You must not know adam that well... also, dishing out 1000 dollars for coins at that age is a great long term investment in my eyes. most other middle schoolers would waste the money on toys or paintball guns or something.

I wish I could go back to Adam's age with the knowledge I have of coins today. I'd have a Collection second to none by the age of 50!

Glenn

I'm with Wei Fun, I don't spend what I don't have.

Per the Thread Diversion on Adam, A Middle school aged person could do reasonably well. When I was in Middle school I was pulling roughly $200 per week, once I hit the age of 13 that went up to $300 a week. Most of my income was derived from mowing lawns throughout the town. I would ride my bike all over town and spend upward to 4 hours a day after school mowing lawns. In the winter time I made even more by utilizing my fathers snow blower to remove snow. Once I hit 14 I continued doing all that and took up a job washing dishes. I was pulling $800 a week going to school full time, working 6 hours in the evening and pulling double shifts on the weekend. while mowing lawns in the morning. The best part was having no bills, combined with always working and not really having a whole lot of time to spend it. At the time I had yet to have developed an interest in coins, instead my interest was in computers. I remember I would take the morning off on the first Saturday of every month and my father would take me up the Island to the computer show and I would spend about $1,000 each time on various components, books and other stuff. Ultimately it shaped my future as now 14 years later I never work more than 8 hours in a single day, never exceed 40 hours a week, get 6 weeks vacation a year and pull a sizeable income. To Adam, I say make it and spend it on something that will both increase in value and perhaps shape a future career... Of course the mature part of me has to include the caveat that you should consider school and the rising cost of tuition and so forth so definitely save a little :)

I would be able to tighten the belt and spend around $5,000. Thats only if I give up buying and reselling in the local area. I have about that much in silver that is expendable.

Thats very good adam. Keep on saving and re-selling. I dont have much time to spend working elswhere other than the farm because its just me and my dad and everything is always messing up:/ So I get $10 allowance a week so at that rate it'd take me a while to get to $1000. Hopefully I can find a job soon and still be able to help my dad.