CommonCents

Coin collecting is similar to sports - it takes time to excel at it, and set goals, both short and long term, have to be established. By following the rules and using common sense, the person can become one of many other successful coin collectors.

 

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Makes "cents" to me. I've been collecting coins since 1952 and still haven't figured out what I'm doing.

 

yes and coin collecting is very time consuming and interesting at the same time.

 

it is still good to find a roll stuck back and find time to and go through it ...Jim

 

More of a game than sports in my opinion. I'm a haggler, I often get coins for less than for what was asked due to my stringent buying techniques.

I've been collecting seriously for over 10 years now, and it never gets old.

 

It is like a sport, except for part of how well you can do is related to your income.

 

its like sports sometimes because you can strickout once in awhile or you can hit that homerun...Jim

 

I have to give coin collecting the edge. I have yet to break a leg, break an arm, or sprain an ankle (all of which I have done) while making a numismatic purchase. Then again, it's rather difficult to get a good cardio workout looking through my Morgan Dollars.

 

quartertapper is that what got you into coin collecting ,.
something to do while you healed up..Jim

 

the grade of a coin is what two or more collectors agree on (buyer and seller mainly, can not be ones opinion)
the rest of it is just an argument..Jim

 

once a coin has been cleaned it is never going to be UNC again, regardless to how nice it looks..Jim

 

Yes and we can call an HOMERUM if you strike it and reachable buyer/s too.
My AVATAR is real HOMERUN all the way... No doubt about it. Plus If you have a passion then you will be a good coin collector too.:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

That is a HOMERUN Nice..Jim

 

I believe if you found a bank that had haves the coin collectors would over run it....Jim

 

I would like to know more about this "homerum" you speak of.

 

HOME & RUM with RUM & COKE filled with Ice as a short circuit. Make me type a typographical error..HOMERUN as in BASEBAll...

 

Sports are a good analogy for coin collecting. Hands on experience, coaching (mentoring), and a bit of book knowledge are the best ways for both sports and coins. Like sports, talent plays a large role in coins. A person with a natural eye for grading has a huge advantage over the average person. A person with naturally superior people skills, has a huge advantage in terms of negotiations and making dealer connections. A person with an analytical mind, will have an advantage in terms of learning and remembering pricing and available. For both sports and coins, some training, some homework, some coaching, can get a person to the average level, maybe a little above average. To move the exceptional level, some natural talent will go a long ways. A person with average natural skills, may have to work ten times as hard as the gifted person. Again, a natural eye for grading, good people skills for negotiating and getting deals, and an analytical detail-oriented mind for remembering pricing and scarcity, are natural talents that most of the exceptional dealers and collectors start with and why they are drawn to work in the hobby.

 

No Jim, I was bitten by the coin bug way back in grade school. But, I had lots of time to look at my collection with my right leg elevated.

 

quartertapper your my kind of guy ...You know when the situation is bad and
you just got to make the best of it ,...seems like coins won out good...Jim

 

I say you pratice this stuff long enough you can't help but get better at it..