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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 315353, member: 8033&quot;]My coworkers (about 10 at any given time) know I collect coins. It comes on job sites at times as well (I&#039;m in the new construction trade) as I&#039;ve met a few other collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>VERY few people see my coins. I may meet someone at a show or shop. Did that last fall met CT member Gopher29 and a guy I run into at job sites. Brought a few things to play &quot;show and tell&quot; as it were but they are coin geeks like me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I VERY rarely have people over at the house and if they aren&#039;t into coins I don&#039;t bring it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really worry about people knowing on job sites actually. I do drywall repair and paint. Over the years you start to know a lot of the other trades as you run into them on job sites all over. The reason I don&#039;t worry about these guys tracking me down and ripping me off is that they are all working for decent wages and have been for years. If they hadn&#039;t I wouldn&#039;t keep seeing them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do get one question from time to time. It doesn&#039;t really bother me as it&#039;s just curiosity. The question is &quot;how many coins do you have?&quot;. This is when I really know they have no clue as to how serious we collectors are.</p><p>So what do I tell them 8 or 10 or thousands? Heck, I don&#039;t know how many coins I have but if you factor in the 5-6000 wheats I still have it&#039;s well into the thousands.</p><p>Take out the wheats and it&#039;s still over a thousand. I guess they are picturing that cigar box that their mom or grandpa had with a few odd coins and maybe some WWII money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line is I don&#039;t really show my coins unless it&#039;s a fellow collector that actually really cares.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a shame that we have to think about these things. Many keep their profile a lot lower than I do but I do watch who I discuss these things with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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