Would You Wear This Gold Coin to a Coin Show?

You should totally do it, but don’t do it halfway. One is not enough. No points get awarded for subtlety. Live a little. Take a walk on the wild side. It’s fun to geek out.

All that went away in my Great Purge of 2013. I think I have only one coin left over from the old Holey Coin Vest (a Gothic florin which somehow hid itself away during the purge, thus escaping).

But the hat if not the vest might get a new lease on life. (Both remain in my closet, denuded of coins.)

A rebirth, if you will.

Here’s the view from my desk early this morning, when I first read this thread...




The little cluster is Indian cents. Reckon I’ll see how far I get with a holey date set of those.

This time it’s all very casual and on the cheap, so far. Very much a sideline. I don’t want it to compete with my primary collection for funds. So there isn’t likely gonna be a hatful of gold this time around.

I just picked up a 1798 cent, though. Might try a holey 7070-style type set, alongside the Indians.

 

Sometimes you have to embrace the hideousness. Lean into it. Cosplay is about fun, I reckon.

 

Well, there is that. You’d wanna be sure you trust the integrity of the old pinback.

 

Neither was I- or am I, ... until.

It was really tons of fun, and got lots of attention. I was a media magnet at shows. (Which I know is the last thing most of us wants to happen, but trust me- it was a blast.)

‘Twas my one time to be ostentatious, exuberant [edit: “flamboyant” is the word I was looking for], and over the top. Enjoyed it thoroughly. But I understand most would not dare go out there like that.

 

I once wore that getup to a Mexican restaurant after a show, because I was utterly foolish brazen and immune to wifely eyerolls at the time. That might’ve been a bridge too far. Refried beans and Seated Liberty halves are not the best combination.

 

I will say that hanging my old silver coins on a vest and keeping all that zipped up in a garment bag in the closet did result in toning over time, and not unattractive toning either, for the most part.

 

Yes, the fear of losing it, as mentioned by @JayAg47, would be a very valid concern. My gold pieces hung only on the hat, not the vest, so if one had fallen off, it would’ve landed on the brim and hopefully been spared a freefall to the floor. I only had one pinback (not gold), and do not recall wearing it. So that’s a practical coincern, aside from the social-sartorial aspects.

 

Pinned to a hat that is displayed in one’s office rather than worn to a coin show, on the other hand...

I fail to see any harm in that. Unless you get burgled, by which time that’s likely to be the least of your worries.