How much a month do you spend on this hobby/addiction

[trout]

Just out of curiosity, How much per month does this hobby cost you

[keldaw]

cannot be answered by me personally
 as some months nothing , then mint time comes around ,like perth silver bird series comes along and i go all out .
 i dont worry about the cost just now , if i like i buy it ,another example , i was offered 20 round,s at $ 10.00 ea so i took them even though i did not have $ 200.00  , so i owe my brother $ 140.00 still ..    ,, kel ,,

[Robster]

I was lucky enough when I returned to collecting to have a base of a couple of thousand coins to sort through.! Most of the money spent this year was on supplies (albums. 2x2s etc.) I did reward myself with two coins I had missing,but I have reached the stage where one has to decide on improving the quality of coins in the albums or head in a new direction. (sort of fallen in love with U.S. Morgans.)
I have also returned to photography as a consequence of posting coins so some funding went into new equipment.!
Regardless of money spent, the learning has been the biggest buzz.!:wavemulticolor:

[enworb]

I spend most of my disposable income each month. I cant get enough! The best thing about this hobby is you can make it cost as little or as much as you want. About this time last year my work dried up and i didnt have any money to spend on coins, that was ok i took to noodling. If it wasnt for that month or two where i noodled like a crazy man then i wouldnt have many of the varieties and errors i have. The money you spend on the hobby isnt necessarily proportional to the amount of enjoyment you can get from it.

[Ozcoins]

Mostly I noodle, which costs very little. It only costs face value for what you keep, and you can always spend it again if necessary.

[Australian coin]

hehe, DON’T ASK MAN, I don’t want to think about it, I might realise how much I really do spend on my coin habit.

Well said enworb, I am the same, if you don’t have the money to spend, just noodle it doesn’t cost anything because you just put it back into the bank.

This month is the love coin so I will be getting that along with the bush baby coin, then its a few months to the next release so you just save up again.

[emu666]

Shhh.

Why do you want to know?

[stevo1962]

Dont tell anyone

[robbiegal]

Wot is noodling.?
I like 2 minute noodles!

[Goldseeker]

Noodling is the art of eating noodles without burning ones chin......no, it the art of searching bulk coins inn the hope of finding a Mule or something like that....true.

[robbiegal]

I was lucky enough when I returned to collecting to have a base of a couple of thousand coins to sort through.! Most of the money spent this year was on supplies (albums. 2x2s etc.) I did reward myself with two coins I had missing,but I have reached the stage where one has to decide on improving the quality of coins in the albums or head in a new direction. (sort of fallen in love with U.S. Morgans.)
I have also returned to photography as a consequence of posting coins so some funding went into new equipment.!
Regardless of money spent, the learning has been the biggest buzz.!:wavemulticolor:

Oh ta - so it's decimal coins?
I do that at lunch time - got a beaut remembrance 2 dollar coin just the other day
And one time i actually won $100 on the pokie
Took the dollar coins home - the hubby got a nice rotated to 7.00 pm coin and the rabbit ears etc
Next day i took back the left overs - think that they thought i was a bit wacko!

[Goldseeker]

If one can find a coin that is different from the rest, one cannot be a wacko.   I have found well over 500 error coins in my noodling.   No wonder I am really wacko after searching well over 2.3 MILLION $1 coins and thousands of 50c and 20c pieces..........

[robbiegal]

yeah AC - there are guys in our coin club who are constantly at the bank getting coins - take 'em home - sort and then take 'em back - just the good fun of the hobby
I collect pre-decimals - so I just exactly the same with the bulk lots that I buy at auctions - again, it is a big part of my hobby which I greatly enjoy

[keldaw]

really , i dont know where to start and i cant find a place for new posting , so i will put it here and hope one of the mods will put it where it should be ..

 my question is ,what is a good place to sell coins with out getting ripped off

 lets say , i want to sell a mule 2000 dollar coin , ok  , i list it on ebay .. ok , it sells for $ 500.00 dollars , ok ,ebay then take 7.9% =
$ 7.90 per $ 100.00 dollars  == $ 39.50  , then the buyer pays by paypal , ok , i dont know their fees but let,s say $ 10.50 , ok , so now i have $ 450.00 for my mule rather then $ 500.00 , does that seem fair , not to me it does not . is there a better way to sell ??
  ok that may seem ok to some but if you were to sell a lot of unc and proof roos and some other coins and some notes also you could lose quite a few hundred dollars all up ..   ,, kel ,,

[stevo1962]

is there a better way to sell ??

You could try to sell on "quicksales" who I believe are very reasonable although I've never used them to sell.They also dont force you to use paypal as far as I'm aware,I'm pretty sure they are an Australian based auctionhouse