How often do you look at your coins?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Jack77, Jun 21, 2007.

  1. Jack77

    Jack77 Member

    Hi, I’m new to this forum. I have been reading your threads for about a year and collecting coins since I was a kid in the 50’s. Before I start at few threads, I would like to thank all of you for the valuable information that you have supplied to me and all others fortunate enough to have found this beneficial website.

    Now for my question.

    Now that you have researched, shopped, bought, received, examined, recorded, protected and stored your new coin(s), how often, if ever, do you look at the new coin(s) again? Personally, I like to occasionally take them out of storage and look at them again. I remember when I was a kid, the excitement I felt when I found an unusual or older coin. I still get that feeling when I find something in pocket change or when I buy a coin or set of coins. I even have this feeling now when I look at them again. What a great hobby!

    I look forward to being part of your educational & spirited conversations. Thanks for being my new friends,
    Jack :hail:
     
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  3. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Welcome to the forums :D I have to say I sit in a darkened room fondling my preciousness quite regularly LOL Honestly I do like to look at them otherwise whats the point?
     
  4. Jhonn

    Jhonn Team Awesome

    Welcome. I take a peek at them almost everyday. I just love opening my display boxes and lookin' at all that metal, haha. I only closely examine my new coins (esp. ancients I need to attribute), or maybe an old one if something warrants it.
     
  5. TCBBK

    TCBBK Cubs Fan

    Just today. I was reading the thread here about sealed proof sets, so I went to my safe to see if I had any. I picked up quite a few 50's sets about 6 months ago, but just stuck them in the safe. Since I got them from a guy in my complex, I wasn't too worried. Well, one of them...a '55...was sealed, so I opened it up. Gorgeous coins in that little envelope, I must say. Then, I went through the rest just to marvel at some beautiful, 50+ year old proof coinage. Been a good day, so far! :D
     
  6. SanMiguel

    SanMiguel - pro patria vigilans -

    heheh...i lurked this forum myself for about a year and a half before i started posting here regularly. welcome jack!

    i don't have any coins, but i have lots and lots of paper. i still do the same researching, shopping, buying, receiving, examining, recording, and protecting, so i thought i'd reply. :D i'd look at a few pieces almost every day except for when i'm swamped, and then it's maybe every other day.

    i've been physically separated from my collection for going on a year and a three months now, but i have pictures scanned online so i can browse through them whenever i feel withdrawals. :p
     
  7. TC2007

    TC2007 Senior Member

    Hey Cubs Fan, if you're!

    Signed,
    Red Sox Fan

    Pm sent about the edit De Orc
     
  8. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Nearly everyday. Or else whats the point?
     
  9. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Jack77:
    Welcome, and as often as I can.
     
  10. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    Whenever I can
     
  11. kiwi01

    kiwi01 Senior Member

    Welcome Jack ;) I look at my coins nearly everyday. They are just sooo purdey I can't resist!!!:eek:
     
  12. tcore

    tcore Coin Collector

    I probably average out to looking at some of them once or twice a week... sometimes more, sometimes less.
     
  13. asciibaron

    asciibaron /dev/work/null

    i look at them once a week or so - keep them fresh in my mind, what i'd like to add and what not.

    in the end they are just coins, i do prefer to look at my wife ;)

    -steve
     
  14. Just Carl

    Just Carl Numismatist

    Way to often. I have to move my pillow to get to them so every time I do laundry I see them. :smile
    Actually seldoml. Way, way to many to bother attempting to look at them all. I do an inventory every 2 years and at it now. It takes me about a month to finish. Way, way to many. Not long ago I gave away several thousand coins just to drop the amount down to a reasonable amount and still, way, way to many. There are as of today 96 Whitman Albums alone. Then there are proof sets, uncirc sets, rolls and on and on and on. The problems with collecting coins for well over 60 yesrs.
     
  15. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter

    Welcome!

    I like to bring a coin into work maybe three times a week. It can be old or new and any denomination or token. I place it on my desk in front of my keyboard and look at it from time to time. Love looking at a nice coin and wondering where its been if it hasn't come directly from the mint.

    Good Luck and enjoy your collection!

    Darryl
     
  16. Indianhead65

    Indianhead65 Well-Known Member

    I get a few sets out to look at about every day. Im currently collecting 18 different series of U.S. coins including two complete sets. I just grab a few albums and sit for a while and wonder why they dont fill up faster than what they do. :( lol
     
  17. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank


    Steve:
    But, the coins are less abusive!
     
  18. clembo

    clembo A closed mind is no mind

    I have a bad habit of leaving the cheaper stuff sitting out in the computer room. Stuff that I don't have a lot invested in basically.
    Now as for the good stuff maybe every two weeks or so if I'm digging in the safe for something and that's pretty much whatever I happen upon.

    Love my coins though and have spent a few hours looking at them on occasion. Then I realize that I went looking for something. A wonderful distraction I must say.
     
  19. DJCoinz

    DJCoinz Majored in Morganology

    I love to peruse through my coins...it's just holding history in your hands. On average I'd say every 3 days I'll get my collection out of my safe and go through it.
     
  20. BostonMike

    BostonMike Senior Member

    I have a 3-ring binder that i keep all my coins and currency in on binder pages. Makes it easy to view my common-date coins. I take it out about once every 2 weeks or so to add something i found in circ or bought and browse through it.

    I also have some better quality coins in PCGS holders and air-tites that i look at maybe once a month or so.

    On my work desk, i have, in airtites on an small easel, a '41 and '42 Washington quarter in MS



    If i find a wheat cent or pre-60 nickel in circulation, i usually examine it for a day or two before i put it in a 2x2 and add it to the collection.
     
  21. FL_RacingGal

    FL_RacingGal New Member

    Hi Jack and welcome. I 'm fairly new to this forum as well but I read it often before I started posting.

    I wish I looked at my collection before I went to the monthly coin show this past Sunday. If I had, I wouldn't have bought the 2007 silver Britannia for the 2nd time :(

    I look at my coins on average, probably 1-2 times a month but I probably don't have as many as most on this forum.

    *~*Joey*~*
     
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