Does anyone still collect stamps and coins? Wondering if this is a thing. I have a small collection myself but I only collect on items I enjoy and not f getting rich one day. I did have a look at some prices on collectibles and really, it's not all that anyway. Not sure if there is even a market.
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Darkman Almighty wrote to All <=-
Does anyone still collect stamps and coins? Wondering if this is a
thing. I have a small collection myself but I only collect on items I enjoy and not for getting rich one day. I did have a look at some
prices on collectibles and really, it's not all that anyway. Not sure
if there is even a market.
Darkman Almighty wrote to All <=-
Does anyone still collect stamps and coins? Wondering if this is a
thing. I have a small collection myself but I only collect on items I enjoy and not for getting rich one day. I did have a look at some
prices on collectibles and really, it's not all that anyway. Not sure
if there is even a market.
DARKMAN ALMIGHTY wrote to ALL <=-
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Does anyone still collect stamps and coins? Wondering if this is a
thing. I have a small collection myself but I only collect on items I enjoy and not for getting rich one day. I did have a look at some
prices on collectibles and really, it's not all that anyway. Not sure
if there is even a market.
Not exactly an ongoing collection, but I have a bunch of old Pesetas
from the pre-euro age. Also some stamps I collected as kid, in a tidy album.
The one purchasing coins like crazy is my father, but I think he does as
a means to acquire precious metals for the most part.
Not anymore. My parents tried to get me interested in stamps, but I
never had access to the more interesting stamps (no international mail
in my household).
But as a paperboy, I did start a nice collection of coinage since I large amount passed through my hands when collecting for the paper. I got a nice assortment of silver coins. A few old $2 bills. I even got a
silver cerfiticate (If you don't know, it looks just like a regular $1 bill, but it's blue not green).
My son has started collecting coins. My father passed along a collection of turn of the 20th century pennies, nickels and dimes he collected as a kid, and I've got an assortment of old silver coins, new minted silver, and copper. I really like some of the Lakota copper coins, apparently they're used as legal tender.
My wife still has her stamps, but it was more of a hobby and just having different stuff, and not for 'value.' But she hasn't touched it in YEARS...
Not exactly an ongoing collection, but I have a bunch of old Pesetas from the pre-euro age. Also some stamps I collected as kid, in a tidy album.
The one purchasing coins like crazy is my father, but I think he does a a means to acquire precious metals for the most part.
hey thats pretty cool. It's hard to come across coins these days since a lot have been taken out of circulation and then of course, no one uses cash. Collect for precious metals.. hm.. I'm not sure whats in coins but the ones here do not contain anything valuable. They used to have silver in them. Eve the pennies were not copper anymore. Perhaps in other countries the use of precious metals might still be a thing. As for stamps. Could be dying thing. Post Office doesn't release as many as they used to, people just don't mail anymore.
Darkman Almighty wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
Oh that's great. That's how you have to look at it, more of a hobby. I like the picture or the backstory of why the stamp was issued, commemorative ones in particular. Those days where collections are
worth $$ have passed, it's usually on rare or older issued where the production run was not as high. One example of that is comic books and sports cards.
...It's funny, a lot of coins if
the same size and colour could be passed as legal tender. One time, I received a coin from Jamaica as it was passed off as a quarter. I never passed it on since I collect lol.
Darkman Almighty wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
collecting comic books even isn't a thing. Your coin collection, I'm assuming you have them in plastic sleeves or something?
..It's funny, a lot of coins if the same size and colour
could be passed as legal tender. One time, I received a
coin from Jamaica as it was passed off as a quarter. I
never passed it on since I collect lol. Thanks. -+-
I'm remembering the movie "Charade" with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
It doesn't happen much lately, but up to about 2 years ago, some
people were passing off foreign coins to me at my shop. I still
have them. Dunno what to do with them. I will try to get a
picture of the collection for all to see, later today.
Here is my collection which includes some legit, and some others
that have been passed off as something else:
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Ha, thats funny, I have a few of these too! looks like same
coins are being passed for it size and colour.
The rabbit one is the candian centennial issue, i have the
whole set and a I recognize a couple, namely the euros and
the franc.
The ship 25c 1966 what is on the other side? -+-
The rabbit (1967) is part of a set issued by the Canadian Mint
during Canada's centennial. They are the most beautiful series,
imho. I too have a mint set from way back then, encased in hard plastic.
The ship 25c 1966 what is on the other side? -+-
A younger ER II.
DARKMAN ALMIGHTY wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
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My wife still has her stamps, but it was more of a hobby and just having different stuff, and not for 'value.' But she hasn't touched it in YEARS...
Oh that's great. That's how you have to look at it, more of a hobby. I like the picture or the backstory of why the stamp was issued, commemorative ones in particular. Those days where collections are
worth $$ have passed, it's usually on rare or older issued where the production run was not as high. One example of that is comic books and sports cards.
..Those days where collections are worth $$ have passed,
it's usually on rare or older issued where the production
run was not as high. One example of that is comic books
and sports cards.
I'm remembering the movie "Charade" with Cary Grant and
Audrey Hepburn.
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I'm remembering the movie "Charade" with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
really. I will have to look into that movie. I really like Cary Grant too so that works. -+- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux
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