I imagine that we all change the way we collect , What we collect and how we store/display our numismatic items.
When I first started collecting Australian coins they HAD to be pre decimal and preferably Silver, Decimal coins were simply pocket change to me then.
I used to store them in tins and boxes without any regard or knowledge of what the detrimental effect this would have on my coins :blush:
I then discovered 2x2's and put most of my collection neatly in PVC albums and pages :cray:
I have since rectified this (I hope) But I did manage to ruin quite a lot of nice coins in the process.
My conversion to collecting decimal coins is only a recent thing, I only started about 4 years ago on these and quite frankly I am having more fun with these than I did with the pre decimals.
Unlike my pre decimal sets ALL my decimal coins are in mint state and really didn't break the bank getting them, they are also easily available in this condition.
Then came my conversion to getting coins graded by TPG's.
If someone told me a year ago that I would be sending coins away to be graded I would of called them crazy.
Just goes to show that coin collecting is a "Fluid" thing and the enjoyment/learning factor can only be increased by trying NEW ideas and concepts.
There is ALWAYS something new to try or different coin types to collect and by keeping my ears , eyes and mind open I am having far more fun now than I did when I first started.
I call this Numismatic Evolution :)
I have seen my own collection move from cardboard 2x2's in pvc pages to much more standard and safer Saflips and PP polypropylene pages. My dollar coins are fast boring me with their sheer numbers but I feel it's my duty to keep them up to date rather than a real desire. My collecting has evolved to include commonwealth coins and more recently broader again and has begin to include tokens. I've also moved away from actual coins to numismatic ephemera and decimal changeover collectables and atm I'm quite keen on Australia Day badges pre-1950. I'm certain the evolution will continue.
I've only been collecting coins for about 3-4 years and have progressed from average quality predecimal to decimal mint sets and now try to only go for high grade George V coins but have recently decided to get all of my top coins PCGS slabbed before I buy any more.Sending another 15 or so coins away tomorrow for the regular service and it might
be a while before I buy any more coins for the collection
I started because I wanted to control my own "future super scheme" and I bought a circulating set pf pre decimals all mounted in DANSCO Supreme Albums about 10-12 y=ears ago. Since then I purchased an already mounted, again DANSCO Supreme's, a full set of of Decimal Unc coins. Since the purchase, I have secured the more dearer coins, 1930 Penny x 2, 1923 Halfpenney x 2, 1921/22 Threepence x 2, both Foy Bags, and now I maintain my Decimal collection securing the UNC sets and putting them into the DANSCO's. I branched out by accident in the search of the 2000 $1 MULE and haven,'t stopped searching although I have slowed somewhat. Besides getting a complete set of OFFICIAL PNC's and all the 25mm Silver proofs, I look forward to securing coins to maintain my full collection. I will go out of the way to secure some more "rare" decimals including the two overprinted Folder/coins, 1966 Wavey 20c etc. I can't see me stopping until I decide enough is enough and sell the blooming lot.
Very impressive Goldie.I also have visions of supplementing my Super by selling
off the collection down the track
I guess I got started with the bicentennial polymer $10. I'd picked up an almost UNC with the dodgy hologram from a customer, but it was on a trip to tassie that I scored a big pile of the commemorative notes and matching folders. I'd been collecting stamps since childhood, and gave it away about this time because AP got greedy with too many issues and multiple formats (stamps, strips, mini sheets, etc) of the same stamps driving the cost into the stratosphere.
When I got back with my stash of tenners, I started salting away the odd note and interesting coin, but didn't really do much more until the NCLT bug bit in the mid 90's. Another sad and sorry tale I now regret *sigh*. Having a few goodies come into my shop (one kid paid for basketball cards with a pile of round 50ยข, worth hundreds of times what his cards are) stoked the circulating decimal fire, as did my mate Phil (now a member here), with whom I split sacks of UNC dollars from Armaguard (back when they would actually deal with you). I even drove to Canberra to pick up a sack of each of the CoF coins, and get them home with as little damage as possible (they were pretty cruddy straight out of the presses though)
I went through a stage for a few years last decade when I was noodling about $10,000 a day in $1 coins. I'd drop Julie at work, go to mum and dad's, spend all day driving back and forth to the banks, swapping rejects for $5 notes, taking those rejects to another bank and getting more dollars to noodle, etc etc. Eventually I branched out into other denominations and errors (I had been simply looking for rarities, hence the high turnover rate), before things came crashing down.
All about the same time, previous forums collapsed, we broke up, and I found I was going blind thanks to my diabetes. I couldn't see properly, and everything was doubled in one eye. I stopped doing anything numismatic for ages. Then after two cataract surgeries, dealing with a new, single life, and rediscovering this place, I started to get back into it. Not noodling anywhere near as many as before, but studying every coin much more closely.
And of course the coronation hunt ramped up my UNC sack stockpiling. What was previously the odd sack here and there has become every single one I can lay my hands on. As I've said before, all it really costs is potential lost interest, less taxes, which makes it cheap fun.
While I've got predecimals, foreign coins, and even a few ancients, I'm pretty comfortable with decimal errors for now. There is sooooo much more to learn, and the more I do learn, the less I know, so this could keep me happy indefinitely. That said, I'm feeling the pull of the UK releases, which I find elegant, and the RM less roguish than one might expect. So perhaps I'll drift in that direction as well, who knows? :)
I started by buying some NCLT, quickly moved into pennies (mostly Geo V) and then specialized in the 1920 penny.
About 3 years ago started stacking silver and 8 months ago moved into high grade slabs.
I still go for 1920 as my main focus but I have developed a fascination with QE11 silver and aim to get at least one of each year and denomination in MS66 or better, that will prove expensive.
I began collecting world coins in 1980, and I still collect world coins. I bought my first ancient in 1983 and I still collect ancients. My biggest "evolution" happened when I joined a coin club in 1996, where most of the members had already evolved beyond plain old coins and were more into tokens, medals, badges and such things. They are not a major part of my collection but, for example, I now own more medals than I own Roman coins.
The only things I have pretty much stopped collecting are banknotes. I used to pick up pretty much every note I came across, but now I'm just keeping the ones I already own and maybe picking up one or two that fit a collecting theme of mine - for example, banknotes from countries that never got around to issuing coins.
I was fascinated by the Silver nclt coins for a while and collected quite a few of them.
I have sold most of these to help with purchases of proclamation coins and Australian Sovereigns, This is a whole NEW area for me as well.
The coins used in the early days of settlement have always interested me but I never did anything about them until last year.
I now have about 20 different proclamation/Colonial coins and learning about them is most interesting :good:
Not only evolving your interests is good, expanding them is also a heap of fun :)
The problem is letting go. Selling stuff and moving to your new interest. Just doesn't happen for me. I guess it's a saving grace that The Purple Penny owns, buys and sells its own stuff or I'd be screwed.
Take the 1964m penny for example, I could pretty much do a grading study on these. I have a
MS63RB
MS64RB
MS64RD
MS65RB
MS65RD
Oh don't forget the 1964y halfpenny
MS64BN x 2
MS64RB x 3
MS65RB
MS66RB
and that's just the graded coins........ I can't let go.
I sold 2 of my halfpennies last year and almost died....twice.
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='41905' dateline='1392544410'The problem is letting go. Selling stuff and moving to your new interest. Just doesn't happen for me. I guess it's a saving grace that The Purple Penny owns, buys and sells its own stuff or I'd be screwed.
Take the 1964m penny for example, I could pretty much do a grading study on these. I have a
MS63RB
MS64RB
MS64RD
MS65RB
MS65RD
Oh don't forget the 1964y halfpenny
MS64BN x 2
MS64RB x 3
MS65RB
MS66RB
and that's just the graded coins........ I can't let go.
I sold 2 of my halfpennies last year and almost died....twice.
Its OK PP I only sold what I now consider as "Grannybait".
I didn't consider them that way when I was buying them but Hay evolution has casualties :ok:
Your 64's are your "Core" coins so it would have been a painful decision to part with them.
I have sold half a dozed of my Canberra florins recently so I Know how you felt :cray:
I can only budget 10-15k a year for my collecting habit but my expectations go past that figure, So I have to sacrifice some coins to appease my goals .
ALL is good , there is NO gain without pain in real life :)
Quote from: 'trout' pid='41907' dateline='1392545281'ALL is good , there is NO gain without pain in real life :)
I'm anticipating a whole lot of pain with the green $2 hunt in a month or two. Two grand a sack has a terrible effect on the old bank balance, especially if they mix them with SD's again.
Why do you guys think I don't sell much? I can't bear to part with things either. :(
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='41910' dateline='1392546459'Quote from: 'trout' pid='41907' dateline='1392545281'ALL is good , there is NO gain without pain in real life :)
I'm anticipating a whole lot of pain with the green $2 hunt in a month or two. Two grand a sack has a terrible effect on the old bank balance, especially if they mix them with SD's again.
Why do you guys think I don't sell much? I can't bear to part with things either. :(
Gone to Misbehavers :whistle2: