How passionate are you?

I have gone through many hobbies: Comics, coins, fossils, rocks, trading cards *comic book related ones*, video games, wrestling, stamps. Usually when I get into something I get into it hard.

The shortest hobbies for me were fossils and rocks. It only lasted a few years as a kid. I was really into wrestling for awhile, 25 years. I accumulated a ton of autographs, action figures, dvds, trading cards and so on but I stopped cold turkey in 2008 just cause I felt burned out & it had gotten so predictable. I sold alot of the wrestling crap and it helped fund my coin collecting, which I was on a 15 year break of. I still have a few things of it though.

Most of that wrestling money when to U.S. coins in 2008 I was turned to coin collecting again. Now whenever I have free money I tend to hoard it and will spend it on some ancients that catch my fancy. I have spent alot of time reading about the various emperors or empresses on the coins, I have a few books on ancients but not as many as I probably should. I spend alot of time admiring them each week & believe it or not I still love each one as the day I got it, even after the "newness" wears off. I am very selective at what I buy and at times will spend extra just to get the one I want. But thankfully I do get alot of good deals, some have been nearly been free they've been so cheap.

I still buy 1 comic book a month because I have a complete run of this particular series going & I dont wanna just stop. Plus I attend comic book shows with my dad as its the only thing we do together and they are more fun then coin shows.

I have been slowly getting back into stamps but not much, they are cheap though!!

But ancients are my real passion. Its mainly cause of the great collectors here who help me and respond to my questions when I have them. Plus I enjoy reading the comments and seeing their additions.

 

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Although fairly new to the coin hobby (less than a year) I too am very OCD when it comes to collecting. I have learned over the years (I'm 43) that I have to be careful and very carefully narrow down my focus when collecting something. I've went through everything from comics, to cards, to paperback books, etc. As I grew older and my bank account grew larger I moved up to cars, guns, knives, etc.

One thing I learned from being OCD about collecting is that if I'm not careful I lose interest/focus in the actual item I'm collecting and start obsessing over just having more and more of what I'm collecting. For instance with guns, I got to where I was just buying a particular brand until I had all of that brand, but never went out to shoot them anymore. I've done it with other things in the past as well.

One of the things I've done different with coins was that I have involved my 13 year old son. We do it together and he gets/collects all the foreign stuff and I stick with the US stuff. Even if I like something foreign, I give it to him and he looks it up, catalogs it, puts it in binders, etc. It's been a great release for me from my OCD to let him be involved because I don't feel like I have to keep everything that comes my way.

I've purchased quite a few collections over the past year and have settled on focusing strictly on Carson City coins. I either sell off the other stuff or trade it. Some items I actually put away for the kids one day such as bullion, but for the most part if it's not CC then it goes.

I do love coins and love reading about the history behind them. It's a very broad and fascinating field in which you can spend as little or as much as you like in both time and money being involved in it. I've met alot of new friends and glean a great deal of knowledge from you folks here on cointalk. I'm on here everyday just reading and reading. I don't post alot but this one sorta hit home with me.

Sorry for being long-winded....

Tony

 

I find myself passionate about Classic Commems. Their history and designs both intrigue and fascinate me.

 

When I divorced my wife, I only asked for my coin collection. Is that wrong?

 

I wouldn't touch that line with a ten foot pole.........

 

I'm not quite to that level but it's nice to see you and rodeoclown so concerned for the well being of others.

 

When I first started getting back into coins it was a total obsession as is always something in my life. Previous obsessions were Fishing, Disc Golf, Poker, Baseball Cards, Working out... the list goes on and on. I hope numismatics are here to stay. I believe it is because they were my first pashion. I guarentee from 1986-1988 I was the most hardcore 3-5 year old coin collector in the world.

Just something about taking a Franklin into my little spot in the woods and letting the sunlight glisten off of the tone and thinking about the 1950's, let alone a large cent or an ancient. Amazing.

 

Well I asked for a lot more than that, but it seems this is all I got.....

 

My passion for Jefferson Nickels is well documented but I never considered it OCD. I have spent many hours researching, studying, browsing auction listings, bidding, buying, selling, and photographing Jefferson Nickels. As a result, this investment of time and effort has yielded me extensive knowledge and great pride in my collection. It has certainly been much more rewarding than just buying random toned coins which is what I did before I discovered the Jefferson series.

In fact, rather than worrying about whether or not I am obsessed, I find myself wishing that others would show a similar level of passion regarding their collections as I do about mine. I have to say that I enjoy your posts about Barbers and appreciate your passion and dedication to your collection.

 

Thank you for the kind words, as I admire your passion for Jeffersons.

 

I musta lucked out. I got to keep everything, I just paid for all the filing and junk .

 

I am very passionate about collecting silver art bars and I have been passionate about it for almost 4 years now. I am passionate to the point where I will travel out of town to several coin shows a year to go silver art bar hunting for the rare ones that I am looking to collect. In addition to buying silver art bars that I like, I talk to other collectors about the hobby to try to learn from them on what they collected. On a daily basis, I lurk (and occasionally bid) on ebay on certain silver art bars to get an idea of how much certain ones are worth. I write online (and offline) about my experiences, observations, certain art bars, and other things relating to this hobby and try to help others. My writing that pertains to this hobby involves posting on here and 3 other forums and also writing in my silver art bar journal which what I do offline. I love what I do and that is the main source of my happiness and I will continue to do this in the future.

 

I would have never guessed

 

There is a disease like that, it's called Asperger or something like that. It's some form of autism. But I think it is involved with having an extreme interest in collecting things that most people consider useless. Which isn't the case here.

 

Somebody once told me that autism is like having a movie being played in your head and that people who suffer from it are immensely drawn into watching that movie and disregarding external stimuli. Not me......way, not me, but possibly close?

 

I knew this one was gonna show up sooner or later.......

 

I just started getting into Barbers. What amazes me is how hard it is to get a mintstate one at a reasonable price! $180 for a common dime in MS63?!!! When Mercurys run under $20? What the heck happened to all those mint Barbers?

If you are going for a complete and top quality set, please share it with us as you work on it, or when it is finished!

 

You should post up pictures/info of some specific bars that you are hunting. I run a pawn shop and handle 50-60 bars/rounds per month on average. I would be more than happy to keep an eye out for some of the bars that you are looking for.

 

Nobody (very few) collected them in 'the day' hence the lack of mint state issues.