It is weird how when particular people comment on a thread it seems to die. I always like seeing your coins. I still like posting here. It's something to check between the news and social media.
I'm doing good. I have a seven-month-old son now, and that's a big factor in me not buying a lot of coins anymore. I still like to buy from the coin shop's junk bins but I've drastically cut down on my eBay purchases. I've also stopped trying to get every coin from every year and instead focusing on getting different things that I really like, even if they cost more.
How about you?
Congrats on the birth of your child! Mine was in college, which meant a serious reduction in collecting, but now he's joining the Army and pursuing college afterwards. So I may have a little extra cash to began purchasing more exotic coins again.
Foreign bin diving has ground down to a halt in the Los Angeles area. Several coin retailers have passed and some are leaving for Idaho. Adding to it, most old time collectors in San Bernardino, Pasadena, and Redlands have all but vanished and their collections are now being offered on eBay by their savvy inheritors as opposed to being sold to coin galleries.
Thanks for the congrats. Sorry you're not having much luck in the bins lately. It's hit or miss for me. Sometimes I have really good days. Last time I went I found a lot of silver. It's just hard to find time to go. I'm at the point now where I rarely see anything new in the bins, so instead I try to update coins I have and hope to find hidden gems.
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