Coin Snob or Coin Slob

OK.......anything you want dear fellow. I'm stayin' away from that couch though.

 

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I prefer circulated coins but not too circulated. An EF-45 is my favorite grade. So I guess
I'm a slob's snob.

 

Neither I guess. I like a bit of honest patination on just about any coin, but if the devices are so worn that their artistic value is gone, I lose interest. So I'm all about the AU. When it comes to purchasing, I do it the stupid way: buy better and better examples of a given coin until I've really spent some money. Then all the previous ones serve mainly to make the expensive one look good

 

Slob, but some of my coins are NGC or PCGS, so I guess I'm kind of a "slab slob".

 

I'm a slob. Love to collect, love coins. Definitely can't afford the best specimens.

 

At this point in my life I have a slobbering love affair with snob coins.

 

I'm definitely a coin slob! I'm sure most of 'em snobs envy us slobs though

 

Slabbed toned franklin snob right here.

 

Wow, I haven't posted here to CT in forever!

I am definitely a converted snob. When I started collecting, I was all over the place, picking up Morgans, junk silver, large cents, and just about anything I thought was cool. Now that I've learned more, read a huge amount of material and began seriously collecting a single series (Lincolns) I'm much pickier about the coins I buy.

I only collect PCGS Lincolns cents. That may make me a kool-aid drinker, but I like to think I do a good job of buying the coin not the slab. I have a few coins in my collection that despite being common as dirt in MS66RD took a few months to acquire through Teletrade because all the offerings weren't attractive to me despite the TPG grade. And a few that were graded lower MS 63-64 that I paid way over price guide for because of excellent strike and eye appeal. I prefer PCGS simply because I like the holder and I want my set to be as congruent as possible both in the way the coins look and how they're presented. I have no feelings one way or another about whether PCGS is more strict on Lincolns. I would certainly buy an NGC coin if I agreed with the grade and thought it would cross at grade to PCGS.

Just my two cents, I hope to post alot more around here!

 

In all fairness, I think your explanation in your second paragraph makes you a "Realist" not a "Kool-aid Drinker". I think you will find this thread amusing (see link below).

NGC or PCGS: The Ultimate Poll

 

I started out as a slob but have evolved into a snob, at least with my Canadian type collection.
I've reached the expensive coins (Victoria silver) now and MS examples are uber-expensive, thus slowing down my rate of acquisition tremendously.
OTOH my Canada nickels collection is comprised mostly of circulated examples but it is complete up to 2010.

 

Somewhere, somewhere, I have a cache of Victorian- & Edwardian-era Canadian silver. I remember they're not in great shape though. Don't even know where I got them, I assume they were handed down in my family at some point. Should I try and find them? I wonder.

 

Being young and being a snob is hard to do. A Merc dime under Ms 65 that's not a key date doesnt deserve my attention. Well I may end up with some but I am one who likes the finest of the fine I guess. Oh well they are nice and shiny

 

Slob aspiring Snob.

 

I have slob coins, snob coins and everything in between. That's what makes it fun!

 

Really, wow! I bought that year and condition for $2.25. Glad I got a good deal.

 

Interesting thread. I am not sure I would be a snob even if I could afford to be one. I really like my worn large cents and some of the high grade coins I think are ugly - especially the red ones. I do swing both ways with some of the coin types I collect.

 

without a doubt,, I am a SLOB.
IMO, as you progress through the hobby and age, you'll more than likely be able to be either. Disposable income, peak earning years, etc...
You may even join the SNOB's for a time.

That said, if you can affort to be a SNOB but elect to be a SLOB, and realize just as much enjoyment as the SNOB's, then you've won in this game.
Kinda like living in your own skin...

One of the reasons I admire Doug so much, even having never met him. Unsure what you'd call him.. maybe a GOBBLER, as his enjoyment appears to be the digestion of the body of knowledge rather than the possession of the content. I think he's evolved beyond most here,, even us VOL SLOB's, who sometimes relapse into Snobbery, but less and less often ; )

 

I am somewhere in the middle, I have minimum requirements for coins that I purchase but they don't normally reach MS.

Does that make me a smob?

 

I'm a slob because I can't afford to be a snob. Maybe when I get a job