What do you collect?

You should take some new pictures now, that thing looks awesome!

 

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the souls of 1000 dead warriors and faustine contracts

 

ill trade 1 1955 ddo fs101 for your soul ?? + a box full of foreign coins

 

Like alot of people I'm all over the place. I have a complete collection of Icelandic business strike coins and a few commems from Iceland as well. I'm always working on that collection. Ireland is another collection that is nearly complete and is constantly being upgraded and added to. I also have a decent collection of Lincoln cents, Mercs, and a few Morgans. I also collect whatever catches my eye IF I can afford it. Right now I'm getting more into Austria, Norway, Denmark, Poland, and Finland. Like you I don't sell anything, once they get here they have a home....LOL

 

I'm a set sort of guy and currently have one going in all denominations.

Cents: About MS 65 or what I can afford for tougher dates
Nickels: V-nickels at VF or close to it
Dimes: Barbers F
Quarters: State-current MS 67 or better
Halves-can'[t decide circulated Walkers or MS Kennedy's as I just finished the Franklin Half series...still weighing which one I want
Dollars-keeping up with Presidential and Sac, taking my time putting together a low MS 62/63 Peace dollars or "Ghost" dollars (have an eerie looking Liberty and eagle)

Basically, whichever in the list above which floats my boat on any given day.

 

Capped Bust Quarters and Half Dollars, but if something really catches my eye, I have no problem picking it up.

 

Canadian & Newfoundland 50 cent & Large and small cents; they started my collection & continue to attract me to this day & do make up the bulk of it.
Over the years though, I've added lots of World & US circulation coins to that mix, anything that someone put aside for me or I happened across unexpectedly and it really caught my attention.

 

I collect anything that interests me and seems to be a good value. Currently, my focus is on completing the First Spouse series and attractive 19th century proofs when I can afford them.

 

So...what are you trying to say? :grandpa:

 

At 18 i started collecting girls and that turned out to be one big mistake.
I swear they cost more than any car ive ever bought.
Then i moved into saveing my money and leaveing the girl thing alone and thats when i saw coins in a different way than just something to spend.Today i have a wide range of coins that most here would likely call junk.
A well worn coin that has a readable date is a treasure find for me and i never have to worry about cleaning them.
Storage is easy as well no flips 2x2s and so on..

 

I collect 16th to 18th century German Talers, and 19th century Frankfurt and Bavarian commemoratives.

 

I'm a collector of US modern proof and mint sets as well as.........

Classic Commemoratives






Modern Commemoratives


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And most recently, 3" mint medals

 

When I was a kid I bought my first Liberty Nickel at a shop in a mall for a buck. It was in a G-4 grade and I don't recall the year. Ever since then I've been hooked on collecting them. My nicest Liberty Nickel is an 1890 and I would give it a grade of MS-63.



I almost have all of the Kennedy Halves... I only need about 20 more of those. After I'm done with the Kennedy Halves I want to finish off my Liberty Nickel collection. I can't afford them all in mint state, so I'm going to try to find the rest of them in VF to AU grades.

I have a start on Jefferson Nickels and Roosevelt Dimes... I'm a little scattered it's tough for me to focus on one area. Might as well face it... I'm addicted to coins!:smile

 

I collect stuff, and to my wife's consternation am always acquiring more stuff.

 

Like everyone else I'm all over the board. Bust halves are my favorite. Recently started buying from foreign mints (Perth, Canada, Israel and a few others) because they produce some beautiful "eye catchers" that the US Mint can't match. Don't get me wrong, I spend a small fortune on US Mint stuff too! My problem is I like to complete sets so they just suck me in on their subscriptions.

I also collect poker chips from wherever I go, they look really cool hanging on my wall. The coins, however, rarely get to see daylight

 

I can tell you, being a collector of low income who's never spent more than $175 on a single coin, and being a fan of Draped Bust dollars and Saint-Gaudens double eagles and knowing that I'll most likely never be able to afford them is kind of frustrating.
"Oh that coin you want is $3,500 but you only have $75? Well then just save up and then you'll be able to afford it." So after 2 or 3 years or so of saving you finally reach your goal. In fact you saved to $5,000 just to be sure. And of course, what happens? The market price for the coin jumps to $6,500.:headbang:

 

The most I have ever spent on a coin is about $30, which was a 235ad silver roman. I could not see spending over $100 for a single coin. Unless its something one of a kind

 

The most I've spent on a coin was $250.00 and that pretty much cleared out my coin budget for about 4 months. It was a 1912-S V nickel (NGC graded F-12). I shopped around and it was the nicest one at the coin show that I could afford. I must have talked to 14 dealers before I settled on it. It's a coin I've wanted since I was a kid, so to me it was worth it. Any key or semi-key date like that I purchase as a graded coin from a grading service. It's a coin that should for sure go up in value.

 

Im the same way. I have some really nice coins from my grandmother, that I would never sell. On a side note, I hate graded coins. The best thing about a coin I get going home, and touching it, really handling the coin and thinking, who else might of held this coin.

 

Bully, Coin Hunter, and I agree to a point with what it is you post. My commemoratives must, however, reside in slabs if for only no other reason than to keep the greasy Col. Sanders finger prints off of them........