How you consider yourself as a collector?.

to chiefbullsit: your photo of jefferson's liberty spouse gold look like a silver coin. what if the mint produce silver liberty like that. it will be very beautiful. isn't it?.

 

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is there anyway that we can estimate how many collectors we have in the united states of america?.

 

All of the above. Now that I'm retried I'm selling off all my extras, setting up at local coin shows and on the Internet. I have stopped collecting new series; just updated my current collections is costing me enough. I main interest today is collecting all the silver bullion related series from around the world. In a couple of years I'll probably sell my collection since I have yet to figure out how to take it with me.

 

I know 38, that's a start!

 

I: Beginner
II: Set collector (quarters, pennies, dimes, nickels, Ikes, you name it)
III: Hobby collector
IV: 25 yrs old (neither of your categories fit me )
V: Few months collecting, looking forward to years to come

 

wow. i am becoming more of an investor rather than a serious collector.

 

I am a begginer but eager to learn

 

1. Beginner
2. modern coins
3. hobby collector
4. retired
5. 6 months

 

now i am kind of more investor than collector. hopefully nothing wrong on that.

 

Collector ? investor?

I believe all who are collectors, are investors of sorts. They do not like to see what they collect go down in value.
Some items are cycle up and down according to supply and demand and others because of economic times.
From 1987 - 1998 you could have turned 50K into 1 Mil with out much trouble. Stocks moved from group to group.
With a bit of home work realestate was also a good ride.
Oil was cheap but with an eye on the future ,oil companies always seem to do ok.
Who would think less of you for being a capitalist. You can not give everyone else the edge . It is who we are , Americans.

 

Group I: Average Collector

Group II: All of the Above (except Ancients)

Group III: Semi-Investor/Collector

Group IV: Middle Age

Group V: 11-20 Years Collecting (1968-1976...2005-Present)

 

Well let's give it a shot Elaine;

I: Average Collector I suppose (Paper Money though)

II: Large Size, Small Size, Fractional, Obsoletes

III: Investor/Collector

IV: I am on the Back 9 (Middle Aged)

V: Coins 11-20 years but I sold them all (almost)
Paper Money going on 4 years now


RickieB

 

Hi Elaine......good thread. Everyone likes to talk about themselves!

I think of myself as someone between a beginner and intermediate collector. I have and am still paying tuition for my steep learning curve about U.S. type and British provincial tokens. I have bought some coins I regretted and, fortunately, I've sold them for an acceptable loss. A good, but expensive and inefficient way to learn!

I see myself as a collector who cares about longer term value. My collection approach is to buy fewer in better quality rather than more with lesser quality. Of course, quality is all relative. Many might see my stuff as lesser quality. Anyway, my collection stands at less than 25 pieces. For many, that would seem anemic. I do admit some frustration in that I must learn patience to save money for what I want, but I get satisfaction in owning a higher graded piece that brings me pleasure.

I will be 50 in a couple of weeks.........collected as a kid, sold my little collection to my Dad when I was a teenager so I could buy a stereo and blast Aerosmith and Led Zepplin, and just returned to the hobby 2 years ago.
I sure wish he was still alive so I could share my collection with him.

One of my goals for my hobby is to learn about each piece I collect so that I can appreciate the times and/or the artistry associated with when they were made. My desire to learn the historical context is one reason for my interest in Conder tokens.

OK, time to stop rambling and thanks for the thread!

 

Dues

It costs money to learn to play any game. Ask a real poker player, Rare car collector, coin collector.
Not all do it the same way but all try to arrive at a positive conclusion.

 

beginner,middle age, hobby

Is it wrong that I enjoy finding the coins more than collecting them?

 

I Average Collector
II I collect mostly US coins including older, newer, and proof sets. I'm not into slabbing but more into filling holes in my collection.
III Hobby Collector. I buy but never sell.
IV Middle Aged
V 41-50 years of collecting but more intense over the past 10 years.

 

beginner, unfocused as of yet, I have a bunch of different stuff, middle age, hobbyist.0 years collecting, I think I decided to start sometime in may this year.

 

My contribution:

Collector, set collector, collector first/investor later, in my 40's, collecting for about three years (since coming back).

 

my conclusion is that 75% belong to an investor/collector category.