You know you're a coin collector if...

Hey everybody! This thread is just for fun, post any little nuances/quirks/funny things that set YOU apart from the general public Finish this sentence: You know you're a coin collector if...

 

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And I'll start off with this: ...If you see a sign for highway 55 and you automatically look for a doubled die on the numbers...

 

Your wife asks for some change and you adamantly deny ever having any.

 

You know you are a coin collector if you have all your coin purchases shipped to your office because your wife gets home first and brings in the mail...... GUILTY

 

You know you are a coin collector if one of your wife's pet names for you is "coin nerd".

 

You analyze every coin or banknote that shows up in a movie or tv show for accuracy.

narcos failed in using $10 that weren’t printed until 3 years AFTER the story takes place.

 

You know you are a coin collector if one whole room in your house is dedicated to nothing but coins.

 

Wish I could give more than one like per post... Got some really good ones so far!!

 

I think I posted this once before, but:

You always go through the self-checkout lane that accepts cash.

You ring up your groceries, carefully noting the total after tax.

You fish out change from your pocket, carefully feeding it to the machine until your remaining total is $$.06 (not .01, because who wants two dimes instead of a dime and a nickel?).

You feed the machine bills to cover the rest of your total. (For extra credit, feed ones and fives until you're close, then a twenty or a hundred, to maximize the number of bills you get back.)

You get your change, and head for your car, carefully examining each coin and bill that the machine returned to you...

...leaving your groceries sitting on the counter.

 

Hilarious

 

Thats just amazing...

 

Stop by the train station to buy a 35 cent senior citizen bus transfer ticket using a $20 bill just so you get 19 small dollars, 2 quarters, 1 dime and a nickel back in change. Everyone stares at you when the machine starts spitting out the coins cause it sounds like you won a jackpot. This is how I filled my presidential small dollar dansco before they stopped issuing them for circulation.

Leave the transfer ticket on the machine so some lucky old fart can use it.

 

When you scope out the gold coins in the st. paddy's day display's pot o' gold for varieties and errors. hahahaha GUILTY!

 

You know you're a coin collector if, the people on the checkout line stop talking under their breath and speaking outloud that you can look at your change at home. As I sheepishly slink away.....

 

You know you're a coin collector when you feed the self-checkout kiosk enough coins so you can get $0.99 back in change.

 

. . . when you stop and pick up a Mento from the ground thinking it was a coin. Yep, did that.

 

You know you're a coin collector when you spend too much time on cointalk.com.

 

You know you're a coin collector if your wife says nothing when you buy silver coins, after she buys silver jewelry on Etsy or Wish.

 

I've never figured out the quantitative measure for 'too much' time on CT.

 

...you've emptied your bank account, but you still have a lot of money.