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Posted by Catman
Hi all,
In my years of collecting I have found that many coin collectors are also "crossover" collectors. That is they have other interests or collections that they follow beside coins.
I collect Royal Doulton figurines, Stamps and Comic Books. Not so much the comic books anymore. I really like the Royal Doulton figurine and U.S. Stamps however.
Tell us what else you collect.
Posted by SFDukie
A while back National Dealer cited the CoinWorld trends article that stated that auctions, rather than the floors of coin shows was the greatest source of new materials.
Now CWT has a new article up which claims that due to the changing market, building a collection of which one can be proud, requires more time and patience than in the recent past. What do long term collectors think-do you agree that it is harder to find nice coins on the bourse, and if so, does it change the way collectors should think about shows?
Posted by toast
I'm hoping someone here can explain this mystery. I'm amazed at the demand for pennies. For the last 30 years or more, The US Mint has made around 10,000,000,000 pennies a year. Over thirty years that would be about 1,500 pennies for every man woman and child in the USA.
What do you guys do with them all?
Posted by Stephen420
I'm getting this very "buy this coin now even if it's a little tiny eentsy weentsy bit more than I can afford" mojo about some early Walking Liberty Halves being auctioned on ebay. Is there any truth to one of the sellers's claims, that early Walkers are getting harder and harder to find? I mean, well duh, every time one is sold the populations diminishes, but noteworthy drops in pop. I went to the PCGS online price guide and, for what it's worth, they have early Walkers with lots of green arrows pointing up in PCGS's estimation of value, which makes me think maybe the population is dwindling significantly and if I can't afford it now, I really won't be able to afford it later, and then I think, this is a sickness, don't even read their stupid ads. Can anyone help?
Well, forum member Gary Burke has started this very cool thread. Everyone just goes through their pocket change every day and reports all the interesting finds. This thread already has 24 replies and has sparked quite a bit of interest.
Whats in your pocket?
Come tell us.
OK friends, were trying to put togetther a list of classic coin quotes for publication on our website. One of my favorites is, "Coin collecting is the only hobby that you can spend all your money and still have some left."
So you get the idea. We've got quite a few already, but we need your help. Come see what we have so far and please add your own!
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