My Chiildren will not inherit my collection....

My children are 24 and 26 ....these are not children.. young adults. They are still into video games. I am giving these away. or burying them...

What I dont bury, I am selling...

Don't you have children the same? or a nephew or neice.?

 

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Good call, Krispy and Chris (Marauder)!!! Bury this thread with his collection! Failing away into the sunset on the failboat, powered by a "troll"ing motor!

 

If so then I must not be average! Cool.

 

Let's kill the thread by not posting in it! I'll be the first to go.

 

Your average teenager wouldn't know who the first President was

Your average Doctor wouldn't know who the 2nd one was !

 

You need to learn patience, as I said in my first post, I didn't develop an interest or passion in coins until I was settled down with a family at 28 y.o., at 27 I would of asked you is it gold or silver and what's it worth than turned back to my games
Now I believe games are the biggest waste of time in the world and shake my head at it.

 

The Doctor is out.

 

You visit 4chan, or did you google that ?
:devil:

 

Kids seem to grow up a bit slower, today.
I'm 41 and I still play video games.
Just be glad that they are not out getting hammered deleted ( forum rules) around, like I was at that age.
I understand your frustration, but give them time.
Maybe take them on some trips to say.... Gettysburg, DC, or anywhere else that will teach them the magnatude of our nations history.
Learning that history may make them think more about the date and mintmark on a coin, next time.

 

I get serious into coin collecting this year, and I am 26 this year. Yet i still love playing video games. How's that?

btw, I know who is John Adam!

 

Methinks thou wouldst get a larger kick from selling thy coins rather than burying them.

 

I agree with the OP, get rid of those coins. Throw them in the ocean, bury them, give them away. (my addy is on the way) And if that doesn't make you feel better I'll help you destroy some video games, that'll fix em.
And I know exactly what your talking about, It kind of sucks when family members don't share each others interest. But what can we do, either enjoy it or give it up...

 

This hobby is suppose to relax collectors not stress them out,

I Have over 30,000 baseball cards from 1930s - 1980s, just because no one in my family has interest in them

Should I Burn Them ? No Just keep them in their protective holders keep them in the safe with updated prices

then my family can do what they want , I also have autograph baseballs MUSCIAL,MANTLE , COBB, & MORE

I guess I will just give them to my dog to play with Not lol

 

I get the impression that you want us to feel as sorry for you as you do for yourself. So what if your children don't want them. Why don't you stipulate in your will that your collection should be bequeathed to the YN Program at the ANA, and stop crying about it.

Chris

 

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Does that answer your question?

 

When you are gone, you won't really care what happens to your coins or anything else.. either record it in your will (who you want to have them or what you want done with them) or get rid of them before you 'go'. You could also trust that when the time comes, they'll figure out what to do with them. One thing you can't do; control from the grave!
Lucy
p.s. If it isn't written down, it doesn't matter what you want(ed) to have done. It matters what is written down. (and recorded!) Might also be a good idea to discuss with them your wishes from time to time. That would be a nice way to help them for when the time DOES come.

 

Hey OP, give them to me (you said you'd rather give them away).....I've got a son interested....he's 16 now, and they'll go to him when I go....

 

I agree.

Here is one of my favorite Aesop fables:

The Miser and His Gold

There was a miser who had sold most of his possessions for a large sack of gold. Instead of using the gold, either for himself or to help others, he buried it under a tree in his garden.

Everyday, he would go out to the tree, dig up his gold and count each piece, gloating over the fact that he had this much wealth. And each day, when he was done, he would bury the gold once more.

Well, one day a thief saw the miser go through this ritual and he waited until all was clear. Then the thief snuck over to the tree, dug up the gold, and ran off into the night.

The next day, the miser arrived and saw that his precious treasure was gone... stolen from the base of the tree. He started pulling at his hair and wailing about his loss.

The neighbors came running to see what was wrong. When the told them about the gold, one man asked, "Well, did you spend the money or use it for anything?"

"No," replied the miser, "I only dug it up to count it and look at it."

"Well then," came the reply. "Here is a large rock. Why not bury that in place of the gold, for it will do you about as much good."


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Moral of The Miser: Something that is never used is worthless.

 

Hey everybody, if you have read this entire post, why the response to it? This is someone who keeps putting out the same old thread every so often, not to mention other boards he does this too as well. Go somewhere else an have a meaningful dialog.