I hate you people.

:loud:

That's right, I hate you people. I'm a note guy. Pretty much always have been. Mostly foreign notes at that. Ugly, wrinkled ones that people gave me for the most part. Pretty colors. I was happy.

Honestly, I didn't care for coins much. I expanded to U.S. notes, though I'm close to the point now where I have everything I'd be willing to spend money on (meaning I don't foresee spending $1,200 on a note any time soon). But still, there are some more to get. I was happy.

I collected a few odd things here and there, and actually had some coins, but was happy with my 1915 Barber quarter that I got for $3 and my 1924 Mercury Dime that I got for $1.50 and my 1913 Barber dime that I also got for $1.50. You can guess what condition those are all in.

Then you came along. Yeah *you* bucko. With your fancy-schmancy coins. Hmph. I just spent more than I've even spent on any single coin (not thousands mind you, but it's a lot to me). OK, so it was less than the 1900 or 1904 $20 Gold pieces, but gold is in another category.

If my wife finds out, I'm blaming you. Sure I probably paid $100 too much for it (so you'd tell me), but I don't care. It spoke to me. :secret: I think I heard it call my name. That would be weird, eh? I had to have it. Odd, as I'm not really a coin guy. Which brings me back to...

I hate you people.

:whistle:

 

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I tried to doff off the blame for my money spent on other people too, and it got me nowhere.

If you really want to find who is responsible, go to your lav and look in the mirror

 

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Isn't it odd how coins are like chips, you can't stop at just one. I'll just get this one........well mabey that one too...........and I kind of like that one....... mabey I'll just complete this set........and so it starts!! :kewl:

 

Seems to me you should be voicing your opinions to the COINS that are CALLING to you? No one here told you to buy anything, pushed you into it or held a gun to your head? Its those darn coins, just lying there, quitely speaking to your and your wallet and you COULDN'T leave a lying coin lie and you are blaming us? Face it you my friend are on the road to happiness in a great hobby! How you handle your wife, now I wouldn't touch that one with a ten foot pole! Me, I am lucky as my wife is an avid coin collector and a very wise one at that. Perhaps its time to introduce your wife to coin collecting? That would be your best bet if you can light a fire in her collecting desires. Hold on a second Samjimmy, I have an old Morgan dollar here who would like to say hello? Buy me, buy me, take me home, don't leave me here, I can add value to your ever expanding collection, buy me, you will never find another one like me, buy me, buy me...........Its those darn voices again!

 

you can hide them here if u want and ill take care of them

 

like the voice of a siren. so while we are on the topice i think we should all be honest for this next one.

how many people here tell your girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/husband the actual amount you have spent on coins?

i for one have to cut what ever price i have spent an cut it in half (which is tough because we share a ebay account and we normaly go to the flea market together.)

 

Oh..I am so sad that you feel that way...but whenever you are ready to re-enter our house..it may cost you a coin or two...

Asta la Vista Dude!

RickieB

 

I learned to START that habit...

 

Well, I have the luxury of having a separate account for my own hobbies and needs... so I don't need to tell my wife what I spend where... and she trusts me... BIG MISTAKE!!!

 

My wife and I have an agreement. She earns the money and I spend it. It seems to be working out so far. However, I'm thinking about asking her to get a second job because there are still some coins out there I don't have 3 of.

As far as paper goes, I can respect your choice of collectable items. Everyone collects differently. I have some old notes...somewhere...I think, but I really haven't seen anything on the foldable side that has really drawn me to add to my collection.

I'm going to have to side with your wife here though and I've already told her what you did and she is p***ed! So you go ahead and be mad at us...your days are numbered bucko.

 

My wife probably wouldn't understand why I spent $$$ on a single coin. I showed her the last coin I got (20c piece), and built her up a bit, saying that I had lost many an auction (which is always true), trying to get one for under $100. So she guessed high on that one, which was good, as it cost me $115

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It really is... the coins.. not you I suppose. After all, in the chain of command, they are pretty high up the ladder.

You might be surprised at what may have really done it. Sure the colonials (which I'm sadly addicted to) have done their share, as have the mid-1800's coins (a Civil War period coin never hurts). Then there are the gold coins and obsolete denominations. All very,very enticing. But this wasn't any of those...

It was a Barber Half.

Honestly, I don't even like Barber coins all that much. Never really did anything for me. The Barber quarter and dime I have are cheapies, but that was about how much I was willing to spend on them. A Barber. Certainly nothing I would have expected to call my name. But it did.

Funny.

 

I tried that but the guy in the mirror blamed me..what's up with THAT?
Красная, - то, что ваш портрет?

 

Glad to return the favor!

My currency collection is small, wrinkled and utterly fascinating. From the 1942 French twenty francs to the 1947 Soviet one "whatever" and all points in between it makes me crazy every time I look at it. :goofer:

 

My wife doesn't mind how much I spend on coins.

Doesn't bother her one little bit.

She never says a word.

Of course, she spends more than I do on her collection!

And it's not coins!!! :headbang:

 

"I hear ya brother, I hear ya..."

Bone

 

To save you having to use some online translator, she is a girl on a Provincial Bank of Ireland £5 note from the early 1980's. She is quite a becoming lassie worthy of being an avatar, and more enticing than hammer and sickle on Soviet coin.

 

Ireland is great. I loved the beautiful countryside around the Ring of Kerry.

 

As long as my coin purchases come from my "spending money", my wife has no problem with what I spend. After 20+ years of collecting, she knows that I appreciate nice coins and she knows they don't come cheap. She probably figures she will reap the rewards anyway when I die.

 

You think I have a death wish? I got the 6th degree last week for bidding £51 on a Birmingham threepence token from 1812. Of course the nicest one that I have seen in some time comes up just before holiday shopping, and we have all these important nieces and nephews we have to buy inane gifts for.

 

I wish my wife was a collector of something... he hobby is to try and convince me that my hobbies are rubish and puss me to throw all away... as for her is just a waste of space!