How much money have you spent in the past year on coins?

not enough

 

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Including the stuff I buy to resell it is probably just over $1,000.

 

wow, two people voted that they pay over $50,000 a year. Wish I had the money to do that!

 

Nothing personal, and I hope no offense... but I never answer these kinds of questions in polls, regardless of the subject or pollster. I don't have anything in particular to hide, but I just feel it's very private information.

These come up at least once a month over on the model railroading boards-- "How much do you spend on trains?"

It's not what you have or how much you spend, but the enjoyment you get out of it.

For example, I came upon a Palisades Amusement Park "Bingo" token for the low price of -- nothing!-- and it is as valuable to me in sentimental value as any other piece I have in my collection. (I guess those of you who know of Palisades Amusement Park now know where I'm from...)

 

Is the park still open?

I haven't been there since I went across the river while attending an Army school outside NYC more years ago than I enjoy remembering.

 

No offense taken and I agree although I did give a dollar amount. The reason I think coin collecting is so great is:
1) I've been doing it since I was a small child
2) I love the beauty and the history behind coins. That's why I'm so heavy into U.S. type
3) Filling a hole in your collection can always be a challenge. Hey, I don't just buy the first one that comes up. I look for the coin that I want at the best price I can get it at.
4) To me it IS an investment but not in the literal sense. I LOVE my coins but have no children nor anyone that I would leave them to besides my wife.
As I grow older I will start selling my "best" coins. Hopefully they will wind up in the hands of someone like myself.
I also have a few low dollar, sentimental pieces that I would like to be buried with when that time comes.

I've bought a lot of coins over the years. Many were cheap but I thought they were cool.
That histroy issue always comes up with me. I have a few Conder tokens and a smattering of Tax tokens as well. Not big dollar but the history behind them!

To me spending money on coins is fine, appreciating what is behind the coin is even finer.

 

I voted for $1000-5000-which is alot of money for a YN.

 

Under a grand, but if my wife had her way, it'd be under a bill (that's slang for $100 in today's lingo, BTW).

But that's why I don't tell her how much I spend in the first place, a policy I know many of us keep with our respective others.

 

Over $50000 #4 = 6.45%

Now, there is a category that I would like to be in!

 

It's hard to say for me. I don't really keep track anymore. Sometimes I'll spend a few hundred dollars a week on coins, but then may go months before buying anything else. It depends on what I see I like and whether my means allow.

Besides, if I wrote an amount on here and it got back to my wife, my collecting days may be cut short very sudenly!
Guy~

 

:thumb:

 

I keep thinking about this and still have no idea. Maybe to much.

 

i spend around 300 per show i go to and i go to like 4 -5 shows a year

 

Hotonai, you don't have PM's enabled, so apologies to everyone else for veering off topic here.

Palisades Amusement Park closed in 1971 and there are condominiums on the site. There is a website devoted to the park and its history http://www.palisadespark.com and there is also a book, a video and an occassional lecture series in the New York City area. Some of the rides were sold to other parks, most notably the carousel which is now in Wonderland north of Toronto. (Which means I will be going there eventually.)

To get nominally back on topic, the Palisades Amusement Park Bingo Token appears to be copper-nickel and has a male indian head in full headdress on the front and the park name plus "BINGO" on the back. It cost me nothing but to me it's priceless...