What do you do with your doubles?

I'm curious what people do with their doubles, i.e. coins that you have more than one copy of. When I first started I was just hoarding everything, but now I just keep the best copy of a coin and sell any others I get. I decided I'd rather diversify my collection than accumulate multiples of the same coin. There are a few really neat ones that I have more than one copy of, but for the most part it's just one of each for me. How about you?

 

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Sell them or trade them, simple as that. I would rather get the $ for something I need vs keeping a clone of something that doesnt mean anything to me anymore.

 

Did you know that there are more than 230 varieties of the 1878 Morgan?

Chris

 

Yeah. In ancients, there are so many varieties, and also issues with strikes, (three coins may be needed just to see all areas of the coin design).

Therefor, I justify my hoarding mentality. Yeah, recently I did get a huge pile of ancients I just don't care much about, so I have had to swallow hard and sell some, (my wife actually mails them out, I cannot bear to do that).

For moderns, if I was absolutely convinced they were the exact same design, (wonders of modern manufacturing), then I would feel better about letting some go. For ancients, though, at least to me, this isn't the case for most of my coins. Most are unique in some way, (or my mind just makes it up, either way I am happy with them).

Now, I am a lot more interested in trading coins. I don' mind letting go so much as long as I get another little thing to covet.

 

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I collect them. For example, I have 5 1884o Morgans---two with different toning, a DMPL, and two high grade ones that are brilliant white. Nothing wrong with having different coins of the same date. I find it odd that some folks are desperate to have every coin in a series, despite some rarities that they could never own based on economics--so it is purely a matter of taste. For example, there's one Liberty Nickel that nobody here will ever own, so why worry about a complete set?

 

Just do what us ancient collectors do, make up what you personally consider a "set".

One of the great joys of ancient collecting, there is no such thing as a "complete set", so we buy what we darn well feel like buying. Same can be done with modern coins, don't let the taskmasters at Dansco tell YOU what you have to collect.

 

If it's a variety I already have I sometimes sell the duplicate, but most of the time I give it to someone else. I don't need the money and it always makes me feel good to give it to someone who appreciates the piece as much as I do and also helps their collection along.
Guy

 

I generally keep everything unless circumstances dictate otherwise. For example, I just purchased 3 cents of the same year, same mint, and of the same PCGS grade so that I can have them for comparison and reference purposes.

 

No kidding. Since I started my Lucilla/Crispina set I have found there is two Lucillas with reverses of "great rarity". There may be a chance one could surface but I am not holding my breath so I have to make do with the common coins being the actual set

 

I collect world coins so there are a lot more coins out there to go after. If I was just into U.S. then maybe I'd keep more doubles, but the sheer number of options in the world coin market make it seem silly to me to keep multiples of the same item.

 

If I really like a world coin, I will keep doubles, for example:



And, I plan on purchasing one or two more examples of this:

 

I trade them with another collectors

 

I sell or trade US graded coin.
Morgan + Seated coins I keep all of them+Gold keep.as there a lot of varieties.

 

can you spell hoard?

 

Whaddaya mean? You can get it from China any time you want.

Chris

 

Yes, but a lot of people can't.

 

I more than spell it, I live it sir.

 

1. I'm hoping my 2 year old will eventually get around to collecting coins like his older brother. So that being the case, I hold on to doubles.

2. This shows you how much of a problem I have. I'm holding onto triples and quadruples of everything, because I'm going to eventually give circulated coins to 2 of my 4 year old's best friends as birthday presents. I'll buy them both a Whitman book and two rolls I've made of extras. That way I can make sure the kids both have extras and can trade with one another.

 

That is a way cool idea!