coin collecters are very sad people?

Thought id share this as I get this a LOT when I mention that I collect coins, most of the time the responses from NON coin collecters is "sad" "boring" "how very sad" etc etc, and yet these people that say this are the ones that drink beer all day so isin't that worse? plus coins you buy wil be with you forever, beer will not. Has anyone on this forum been labelled a loser or sad etc just because they collect coins? Ive collected them since a child (im 24 now) and its one of those hobbies I have never ever got bored of doing.

Apoligies if this has been asked before? coudn't find a similar thread

 

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There is certainly a stereotype associated with coin collectors.

But when you go to a coin show or coin shop, you can certainly see why some people think that way.

 

What is odd is that when I think of a coin collector I see a white, middle aged, overweight, man with a mustache and glasses, who is always congested.


I don't think of myself as a loser, used to be a jock in school, but health issues have gotten the better of me, but I'm still very athletic and very smart, not many people think of me as a loser, but I can see how people aren't and can't be fascinated by coins and think that people who do collect are losers.

Classic case of judging a book by its cover...

 

Whomever said that can go *bleep* themselves. I'm 23 years old, got a better looking girlfriend than them, and on my way to a successful career. I drink my butt off on the weekends, and work my butt off during the week. I think I can spend my money as I please, and if I so opt to spend it on coins instead of cars or tv's (I already bought all that, haha) I feel that I am completely entitled to do so.

As you can see by my avatar, I love my beer as much as I love my coins, if not more. I've never been labeled a loser, though, because if someone tried to pull that with me, I'd come after them, and you really don't want to upset someone who's 6'2", 210 lbs, and borderline psychotic when mad.

 

Doug, that description doesn't fit you though. Middle aged, YOU WISH!

 

I'll stack the value of my collection up against the net worth of those individuals who label coin collectors losers any day of the week.

My response to them: "Who's the loser now...chump."

 

eh I wouldn't worry about them. Plus if you make the right beer, it can be with you forever (just don't drink it too often!)

 

I dont sweat it. People can think what they want. All that matters is that your happy doing what your doing. Thankfully I dont tell many people about my coin collecting. The ones that do know accept it.

As Matt's shirt in the photo of his says.."Coins are fun".

 

There are two reasons I'm in this hobby :

1) I like coins
2) I like coin people

I love coin peeps. They're intruiging. As a group, they are well above average intelligence.

I'm amazed at how broad-ranging this hobby is. Some folks are interested in subtleties of die marriage and die state.

Some collect expensive early gold, while others sort through pocket change (the most long-lived thread on this board is "Roll Searchers, post your results !")

And I think that all collecting goals have equal merit. Billionaire collectors are not "better" than roll-searchers.

Yes, we can be a bit quirky. For some reason, we're fascinated when a reverse leaf lines up in the middle of the letter "D" instead of past the right edge.

What's wrong with that ?

To say that "coin collectors are sad people" is another instance of "intolerance of people who think differently". That is what is sad.

 

No I can't. When I walk into coin store or a show I feel like a kid in a candy store. I want to look, touch and see everything.

I like coins and history. Especially seeing it - I even spend hours going through heritages non-coin auctions. Almost caught myself bidding on a few items.

 

I wonder what the ones who drink beer all day think of beer can collectors?

 

LOL, I couldn't have said it better myself. They also tend to have bad breath as well. But that may be due to the aforementioned congestion!

 

Last person in a bar who said that to me, left, drove 2 miles down the road, was pulled over, given the roadside sobriety test, blew a .23, was arrested, charged with felony DWI.

I saw him before his sentencing and mentioned to him the biggest pro for collecting coins, you'll never get convicted of DWI.

 

I think it has to do with your age group. I know a lot of people around your age are still into going out and partying all the time. Anything else seems boring. People change as they get a little older. That's my guess anyway.

 

All the names I've been called in my lifetime, "loser" would be a compliment. If anything, I believe being knowledgable about coins or currency puts you one step above the name callers. You can identify what the ordinary person cannot. Now who's the loser...

 

The three stereotypes I have heard, and you have to admit they are true somewhat, is the old fat white man, the "hustler" of a dealer just making money by cheating people, and the academic researcher type. I do see these three "groups" a lot, so therefor the stereotypes are fitting, (not saying which one I might be in ). However, stereotypes are for lazy people, and coin collecting is very democratic. I love seeing any collector, but especially love seeing and helping someone not in one of these groups since I do want to broaden peoples perceptions of this hobby. All of you young guys and gals are always more than welcome. Maybe I can talk a couple of you over to the "dark side" of ancients!

 

And are generally highly reclusive...

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Ask your friends if they've ever found a unique/strange looking coin in their pocket change and if they put it aside in a dresser drawer. If they have, like 90% of the US population, then they're a coin collector.

 

Hmm, let me see. I am 74 years old, slender, have been remodeling and winterizing an old house for the past five years and also landscaping the yard.
No beer for more than 33 years, and oddly coincidentally, no problems with the cops for exactly the same length of time.
Since I can frequently be found with a dip of Copenhagen in my lip, the "bad breath" thing applies. I would like to flatter myself by thinking that I may be in the academic category. Am probably a lot more reclusive than most people but definitely not a hermit.
Spent five years in the US Navy but retired from the Army Reserve.
Worked as an RN on Indian Reservations for almost twenty years. Have visited 49 of the fifty states and have lived in 14 or 15 of them.
If anybody here has ever heard of Asperger's Syndrome, that applies to me as well.
In case you don't want to look it up, that means that I have been labeled a high-functioning autistic.
Next question please.