Have ruined my life... I use to buy nothing but rolls of eagles and occasionally U.S. silver coinage at low premiums. I thought buying the guide and loupe would help pass some time during the winter cold. So I started looking through my proof sets and found three of my '64's are accented hair Kennedy's!!! Now I have a problem. Bullion has become boring, cherrypicking feels like treasure hunting, and my eyes hurt from looking through a darn loupe all the time. This is overwhelming. Any advice out there on how to bring some sanity to this hobby? I thought about just focusing on a short series like franklins or peace dollars?
Congrats on the Accented Hair '64s. A little change can really restore your sanity. Franklins are a nice, easier set to assemble with no real financial stoppers (unless you're assembling a very high grade set). Peace is a short series, but you've got to shell out for that 28-P & 34-S. Some of the other dates are scarcer, but not particularly expensive. Try taking a quick break from the bullion and cherrypicking if its driving you nuts. This is supposed to be fun, remember?
Any advice out there on how to bring some sanity to this hobby? This is my loupe while at shows, at home its hooked to my computer, my monitor is a 32" LCD TV
Sorry, don't mean to hi-jack a thread, but, coinzip, can you provide any info on who makes this and where you got it? TIA
Sorry to hijack as well. Alan probably posted some info on this forum but I can't find it. Here is where I remember it from....... http://www.numissociety.com/showthread.php?8619-Dino-Lite-USB-Microscopes
Finding one series to focus on is a good idea. The thing is that I am not getting the feeling that you are really excited to do that, at least the pair of series that you have suggested. If you like 'treasure hunting', a good idea might be roll searching with great frequency(I can tell you have already gotten ahold of this idea). That won't remedy your eyes, but coinzip's contraption might. You might attempt a set of modern bullion coins from one or multiple mints. If you like cherrypicking, another option would be to pick an older coin series with a wealth of varieties. Then you could do your treasure hunting while putting together a collection of non-bullion pieces. Of course, doing an older and most likely longer series of coins is not going to ease the effect of this hobby on your wallet(at least in US coins. However, it is important to note that in this hobby older does not always equal more valuable). All that said, I wish you luck in whatever you choose to pursue.
Thanks for the advice everyone. I tried taking pictures but with only a cell phone, I couldn't get any to show any detail. I guess I have to figure that part out too! Budget is not too big of an issue for me so I would prefer to definitely stick with U.S. silver coinage and higher grade pieces. I only thought about Peace or Franks because of their short series and maybe while I am getting my feet wet grading and or finding varieties, this might not be as overwhelming as taking on Morgans.
