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Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-08T11:24:02 -05.00

Originally posted by: Xtincthed

i collect coins in mario!

speaking of that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCfRdE1JQtQ

they must be in new york, because I can't imagine most clerks would act like that anywhere else

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-08T10:38:26 -05.00

I don't collect coins but I did inherit some recently I should probably go through them and see what exactly I have one of these days. For now they're just sitting in a box.

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-08T07:07:16 -05.00

i collect coins in mario!

i got some old dutch money like 5 guilder bills, 10 guilder coins and 2.5 guilder bills

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-08T06:18:53 -05.00

I have a couple of Roman coins, like 2,000 year old Roman Empire coins. I thought they'd be worth a mint, but it turns out they're pretty common.

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-08T01:24:17 -05.00

I don't, I was thinking about that, and the new gold dollars, but I like the old silver stuff more

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-08T01:20:51 -05.00

who all collects the state quaters. ive got half a roll of all of them that have come out

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-07T23:48:36 -05.00

I had a bunch of silver coins (mostly quarters) but they were all taken when my apartment was robbed.

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!damage! — 2008-10-07T08:56:11 -05.00

I have a good pile of coins at home, but have been putting off picking out the numismatically valuable ones to sell and convert into a much greater quantity of bullion. I have a variety of old silver dollars that fall into that category.

Unless you have something incredibly rare, most of the 90% silver coins are worthwhile as bullion since they carry a low premium and they have a known silver content. In fact, you can buy them by the bag with a known silver content and very little markup over spot price.

I think it would be neat to have some gold coins, but other than krugerands they all have a really high markup. Instead we have some 24k gold jewelry my wife picked up in the middle east. When she bought it, they charged by the weight rather than the workmanship...it's a very interesting system.

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-07T08:27:41 -05.00

I've collected old coins and bills since about Christmas '91, when my parents gave me 52 coins they'd won at a live auction back in 1986 (I think). My collection grew somewhat rapidly...even to this day, I still have more coins in my collection than video games (about 2500 coins vs. about 1600 video games). I have coins and bills from about 115 different countries, as well. And one other somewhat surprising note...most of my best deals that I've had over the years have actually fallen under coins and bills. I bought a certain $10 bill from the Bahamas once, cost me $2 (so already a deal vs. its face value), but it turned out to be a rare variant worth at the time about $500. I also bought a very old Turkish gold coin (the date translated to 1802) for 50¢ (it was a very small coin...bullion value on it is only about $50 or so to this day). It remains the only gold coin in my collection.

Who else collects coins here?

!damage! — 2008-10-07T07:32:59 -05.00

I used to as well, although I liked collecting bills more. Some of the art work on those older bills is pretty amazing, makes our new bills look pretty junky.