Ways of Enjoying a Collection

I don't know where I'm supposed to put this--there's a lot I haven't figured out about navigating this site--but I wanted to thank all of you who contributed to the thread. Your replies were very meaningful to me and I have copied and pasted them into my hard drive. Thanks so much. Gunsmoke

 

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WOW! i never saw a coin like that, nor emagine 1 like that :bow:

 

1947 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR AND ROY IS RIGHT JUST READ HIS POST AGAIN DID YOU HAVE A NICE NAP ROY:smile :smile :smile

 

Hello,

Then I ahave to admit there is maybe a third one...

Cucumbor

 

Just think, 1799: George Washington died, as the result of blood letting, on December 14th. He could have spent that coin.
John Adams was President, and could have handled the coin while checking out the mint.
Most of our Founding Fathers were still alive, and most of the country had veterans of the Revolutionary War living in their towns.
The Civil War was still over 60 years away, and we had the first coins being produced.
Those early coins are beautiful.
I recently had the chance to buy two 1795 half cents, and I just could not resist. The history that they have seen, if only coins could talk.

 

Things I enjoy about the hobby:

the hunt and locating of a sought after token,

finding new/unlisted varieties, especially of a well researched series,

collecting hometown (or special towns of interest to me) tokens, as I especially enjoy the local history aspect and remember many of the places now long gone. Postcards and old photos relating to the tokens add another aspect for contemplation,

sharing of the hobby with others - sharing knowledge/friendship with other collectors, meeting some new wonderful folks, I used to enjoy (unable now due to current job) sharing about coins and history in the local school system's history classes and at the end passed out cull coins/tokens from the 1600s thru 1800s to each student (that got them thinking about the past for at least a short while),

reading the background/history of many tokens oftens provides for a more intimate or different perspective regarding portions of history than I have seen elsewhere.

While I am not a seller, and don't plan to be, I must admit to enjoying the prospect of my collection becoming more valuable over time in case a need were to arise.