What kind of collector are you?

Stacker- Someone who buys a lot of precious metals like gold or silver. Keeps them all in one pile.

Slabber- Someone who collects slabbed coins.

Scatterbrain- Someone who collects anything such as world coins, us coins, paper money, etc.

Hole Filler- Someone who collects to fill albums or folders of certain denominations.

Buff- Someone who only collects a certain coin such as Franklin Half Dollars or Large Cents.

Fossil- Someone who collects ancient coins.

Paper Boy- Someone who collects paper money.

Gold Miner- Someone who collects gold coins.

 

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Impulse Collector- Someone who buys coins they like without prior planning.

 

What r u?

 

I guess you can call me a "drifter" as I dabbled in all kinds of different areas. I collected Morgan dollars for a while, then Franklin halves, then old world copper, and now Roosevelt dimes. But for the most part I like all coins.

 

that's close to me. way back I did Franklins then went for MS Morgans and Walkers. sold most of the Mogans and went for early halves and more Walkers. I also stack silver & gold bullion but that's a seperate goal.

 

Hoarder.

 

I just do type coins anymore. I think I have bought 2 coins this year. I'm not counting the few things I order from the mint each year. Don't really have a direction or goal any longer. Just having fun with the hobby and other crazy folks like myself.

 

Did you find these terms and definitions somewhere, or did you come up with them yourself. Personally, I find a couple of them kind of offensive. I fit a couple of those categories but would not refer to myself in the terms you posted.

 

I'm sure it's fine to add to the list. We probably all see the way we collect to be a bit different than the next guy. Lets here some creative definitions.

 

All of the above. TC

 

scatterbrain for me. i buy paper and silver coins from everywhere. no rhyme or reason. i have started to focus on britiah and british colonial silver coins though. 3 pence, 6 pence, shilling, florin, half crowns from britain, south africa, new zealand, australia, east africa and silver british india coins.

 

Scatterbrain/impulse collector

 

Series collector-I find a series that I haven't touched in a while and collect every one that I can get my hands on. First I do a business strike set, then I do a proof set, then I collect any patterns that I can get for the series. Then I go to the next one. Working on proof Liberty nickels now and plan on doing proof Trade dollars next.

 

Fossil for me

 

that makes me a scatterbrained, hole filling, fossil.....


Them is fighting words!!! put em up!

 

Fossil? That's the best you can do? I have books on my shelf in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Turkish, and Chinese that I routinely use. I collect coins that maybe four other people are interested in, in the whole world, and personally have a collection that rivals all but the largest European museums. I have at least a passing familiarity with virtually every series, from the earliest archaic Greek fractions, to rare Islamic issues of East Africa, and native American proto-currencies.

And I am about the same age as you.

Fossil is really the best name you can come up with?

 

If you have another name, feel free to mention it.

 

Senior Professional Collector

I'm over 60, I have a Professional degree, I'm an active coin collector :yes:

 

How about classical numismatist?

 

Why not, ancient collector, oh wait, I didn't mean to call you ancient