WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO COLLECT COINS OR COLLECTABLES
Summary: The discussion revolves around the topic of who taught participants how to collect coins or collectibles. moderncoins999 initiated the conversation, but responses from others like elheron-grande, *smedley*, and selsa84 don't contain specific content to detail their experiences or share any conclusions about their collecting journeys. The thread contains various interactions but lacks detailed narratives or stories shared openly in the discussion.
If you share how you learned your hobby YOUR actually teaching others how to do it
Everyone has A different way of how you learned ABOUT HOBBIES
Hears A chanch to share your way
BOOKS OR SHOWS /STORES/Flee market/ etc
Don't be afraid to communicate Thats 1st someone or something had you want something to start
Some people collect from OCD BEHAVIOR others want to do something
This is not A AA MEETING OR NA MEETING
WHATS your story
roccotacodad54
·2 months agoWell I don'tcollect coins but collect and restore blades, mainly knives, daggers, bayonets and antique cutlery.
Who taught me...the internet mainly. I started out collecting bayonets for my old mauser rifles and that led to daggers then knives and cutlery.
The advent of the internet broadened my access to knowledge of all kinds that librarys either didn't have or was too tedious to find.
I've been doing research on old European swords lately. They may be next........................
selsa84
·2 months agoMy mom. We collected stamps for many years and she taught me how to grade them and to look for reperforations, fakes and altered stamps. I can spot a fake cancel like a pro. I still have the collection. She taught me to be patient and quality over quantity. Every Saturday morning she would either put on a Pink Floyd tape or Beethoven and we'd spend a few hours cataloging or hinging stamps.
moderncoins999
OP2 months agoThanks for your reply
I, DONT KNOW much about stamps
except they were A bigger collectable than coins the 40tys & 50tys
It would take many years, to learn about them I, have about 15 binders to go through I, open them look & put them right back Because of COIN COLLECTING all the STAMPS ARE UNCIRCULATED SOME OR MOST FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
elheron-grande
·2 months agoHola Moderncoins...! A reasonable request for informacion. The Alt Heron became a coin collector in April 1946. Mostly foreign coins were of interest to el Heron. There were several foreign coin dealers working via USPS. Sometimes, when Heron purchased a coin via mail order there would be a short typed message of information regarding the purchased coin. There were few 'catalogs' and sometimes informacion was difficult to find. In those very early years of coin collecting Heron would make a drawing of a coin. Complete with 'legends'. Legends were sometimes abbreviations of Latin words. el Heron began to send informacion to a curator at the Smithsonian Institute Coin Section. Also included a self addressed stamped invelope. So, if Heron saw some coins being sold, as were many sold by the 'used merchandise' shops on 8th Ave, NYC. This was during Heron's 2 years of duty on a ship based on Staten Island NY. Not many coin catalogs, especially for foreign coins could be found. Then, in 1960, el Heron visited a coin shop (first one ever seen by Heron). The owner was a Navy Lt in the reserves. He knew a lot about foreign coins. Plus he was up-to-date on what passed for 'coin grading' 1960 style. This good man was a teacher of Heron for 14 years. Rafael R.I.P. In addition to learning from a dealer, there were more catalogs being published. The 1st issue of KM World Coin Catalog (1970) had a lot of world coin informacion. So, because coins (and paper money) are always interesting, Heron purchased about 20 or so catalogs with an abundance of facts.
There were also catalog sections that contained 'how to grade'.
*smedley*
·2 months agoi bought an ephemera lot 20-25 years ago... one of the items included was a 1980 Krause...
probably the only item from that lot i still have... it has the occasional bit of info that was removed from later editions, so for that reason alone i have no reason to part with it...
elheron-grande
·2 months agoHola Mr. Smedley...! YES! Those great catalogs by KM publishing company were super good and contained many 'facts'. (The first catalogs Heron acquired were the W. Raymond. They were purchased from Mr. Rafael at his coin shop. It was about 1962 or 1963. Lots of good facts but not a lot of facts about 'minor' foreign coins.
Heron still has 2 of Raymond's catalogs...!)
moderncoins999
OP2 months agoas NEW OR OLD
Herron do you collect AMERICAN COINS
elheron-grande
·2 months agoHola Moderncoins...! The Alt Heron does not 'collect' USA coins. Heron owns some USA coins because during the years that Heron was collecting 'mint marks' he also added different mint marks on USA coins. (Or no mint mark). Heron almost has a 'type set' for years 1820 to 1948. However, the more 'modern coins' are not interesting to Alt Heron.
An anecdote: Heron was driving South on hwy 101. Before entering the Golden Gate Bridge there are toll booths. Heron paid $2 using Ike Dollars. The toll taker got irate when Heron said, "These are legal tender in the USA". She wanted me to pull out of line and wait for the 'Chief' of toll takers. Heron said NO. About 4 minutes later the 'Chief' arrived and asked what is the problem. Heron stated that the Ike Dollars were legal tender in the USA and your toll taker does not believe that. The Chief took the toll taker aside and they discussed the situation quietly.
Toll taker returned to toll 'booth' and said, Proceed on to the bridge. It was a fun afternoon...!