i have been collecting coins and bullion for about 5 years now. a year ago march i quit my job that was driving me mad. i had slowly built up a decent collection of stuff and ended up selling 99% of it during the year i took off. i started working again this past march and started buying again in August. i didn't realize how much stuff i have bought in the last 4 months. i can not save money so i put my money into coins and bullion. and i am proud of myself for being able to save this much money in only a few months. i just hope i can keep it up! and i decided to not sell anything anymore, only trade if it is for something i want. with the exception for 4 coins everything here is new
i have always been terrible at it. i am trying to do things a little different now. go food shopping once a month, fill up the gas tank instead of just putting in 10 bucks every few days. and putting it into this stuff is the easiest way for me to save on top of having fun while doing it.
Dang right, you are having fun and if you needed to, you can readily liquidate your fun whereas other fun is here today and gone tomorrow.
I wish i had money to buy a lot more than i do right now. i budget myself some money for coins every week, and every saturday i go to 2 different dealers and buy either 4 or 5 small coins, or 1 or 2 bigger ones.
i am lucky my girlfriend and i just moved to a different state and she hasn't worked since march but we have a cheap apartment thats actually in a decent part of town and she collects as well. so as long as she gets something every now and then i can afford $25/200 a week on stuff depending on what bills are due. this coming week i am signing up for ngc though so no new stuff. but shopping at a flea market every saturday is how i built up my original collection. sure silver was only 12 bucks an ounce then, but eventually you will have a lot
