How long have you been collecting?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by appliancejunk, Aug 31, 2012.

  1. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Frankly, I like bourbon and pi on Pi.......:)


    Oh, that's gonna get edited by Doug in da AM.....

    Let him sleep!
     
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  3. icerain

    icerain Mastir spellyr

    10 months and counting. Spent way too much already, still have lots more things to buy though...
     
  4. Urban_Lawyer

    Urban_Lawyer Half dollar nerd

    25 years.... nearly 83% of the time I've been alive!
     
  5. redwin117

    redwin117 Junior Member

    SIXTEEN YEARS Plus..
     
  6. windwalker

    windwalker Member

    I initially started collecting back in the fifties, dropped out for the military, came back and saw that my collection was dismantled and scattered. So life got in the way. Picked it up a couple of years ago and trying to make some headway. I have 7 collections going but with multiple sets for different coins split between proof and circulating coins. Proof because they are nice looking and circulating because I can pick them up for face. Basically the best of both worlds.


    Still trying to understand the nuances between DDO's and other varieties and feel that I am loosing the battle of understanding but not patience.
     
  7. iGradeMS70

    iGradeMS70 AKA BustHalfBrian

    2 1/2 years.

    Enjoying every minute of it! :D

    -Brian
     
  8. chip

    chip Novice collector

    Over three years now, I am about to move up from a novice collector to a dilletante collector
     
  9. ikandiggit

    ikandiggit Currency Error Collector

    Almost four years.
     
  10. jloring

    jloring Senior Citizen

    Wow... there's a lot of really old people involved in this hobby.
     
  11. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    Almost!

    At first, I tried copying it to one million decimal places, but it got bogged down when I tried to post it. So, here are a few of them...........

    3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209 7494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651

    Chris
     
  12. quartertapper

    quartertapper Numismatist

    I've been at it for 28 years, but did kind of take a few years off for cars, beer, and ladies right after high school.
     
  13. Numis-addict

    Numis-addict Addicted to coins

    started late august/early september last year, so thats, uhhhh, ohhhh this is hard math:p
     
  14. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    No he doesn't, at least not when he's sitting next you :D :p

    I started collecting in 1960. I stopped collecting in 2006. But I still study and try to learn about coins, will never stop that ;)
     
  15. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    Since my dad came back from Vietnam with a whole bag of Vietnamese, Australian, Singaporean, and Japanese coins that he had accumulated during his tour there. Still have most of them and the MPC's and Vietnamese currency too.
     
  16. yakpoo

    yakpoo Member

    I've seen some of the pictures you've posted of past triumphs and they are spectacular! :bow:

    Just wondering (if you care to share)...why did you stop? I think I recall you saying that you didn't just stop collecting, but actually sold off some amount of your collection.

    Personally, I have a mental disease...I'm a coin addict. I can't imagine ever having the self control to stop without going completely cold turkey. :(
     
  17. Kirkuleez

    Kirkuleez 80 proof

    Why did you stop Doug? I heard that you don't even own any coins anymore. How could such a knowledgeable person just sell off 46 years of collecting?

    Sorry Yakpoo, we must have been typing at the same time, great minds...
     
  18. KoinJester

    KoinJester Well-Known Member

    1976-1981
    1988-present
     
  19. redwin117

    redwin117 Junior Member

    Got souvenir from my Uncle who is Radio Operator during the Vietnam WAR.. received on 1975 after the war One of the last currency printed.
    35yearsinmycollection1975acquired.jpg Image152.jpg
     
  20. Eps

    Eps Coin hoarder/ lover

    Well ya but that's what I have memorized, do you have all that memorized?
     
  21. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper

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