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GoldCoinLover
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26 Sep 2006, 11:53 pm

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Hi, I have aspergers and I'm new to this forum. I wanted to introduce myself and what I am interested in. Unfortunatley, I've been banned from many coin forums. I hope I'm not banned
here. My aspergers and social ackwardness contributes to this. I'm interested in numismatics -- that is, the study of money. I hope other people here are too, if you are please PM me. My goal is to get more people into the hobby of collecting coins. Recently the statehood quarter program has brought alot of collectors into the hobby. You can order coins directly from the mint at www.usmint.gov.

Recently the US Mint came out with new buffalo gold coins for the first time. What makes these so special is because it is the first time in the mints history ever to make pure gold, 24 karat gold coins. No US gold coins are plated, they are all solid gold.

Here's a link to my newest gold coin:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/ ... CF0022.jpg
Here's a link to all the other coins:

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/ ... /?start=20

Tell me what you think!



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26 Sep 2006, 11:58 pm

That they will be very little use as currency, as they will become worn away PDQ?

I presume they are collector's items only, and not truly legal tender.


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27 Sep 2006, 12:00 am

Quatermass wrote:
That they will be very little use as currency, as they will become worn away PDQ?

I presume they are collector's items only, and not truly legal tender.


The buffalo gold coin and the St.Gaudens are both legal tender. I believe the buffalo has a legal tender value of 50 dollars, and the St.Gaudens 20. However it's intrinsic value is obviously worth more, so the face value is now mute. But the St.Gaudens was worth its intrinsic value back in 1908.



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27 Sep 2006, 4:56 am

Coins are interesting but my main obsession is the PSP at the minute. I love my PSP its so cool.


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27 Sep 2006, 5:47 am

I used to be really into numismatics, before I had kids, retired and got poor. I tend to think of the hobby as a pursuit of rarities, rather than a study of money. I've acquired most of it through Bowers and Ruddy, who I kept an open account with for several years when I was making great money in music. They had carte blanche to acquire 20 Century rarities on my behalf. Any dupes or dull acquisitions they just auctioned off again, usually at a profit.

I have a fairly substantial collection of US type in high grades, all the 20th century issues including many proofs, some are quite rare, now. I have focused on completing AU collections of modern coins, with as many proofs as I can find. I have very few proofs from the 19th century and no complete collections, except Barber Dimes, Indian Head cents, 3 Cent nickel and silver. I only have a few pieces of gold.

To behold a Walking Liberty proof is an amazing experience, but to own one is a rare privilege.
Yeah I dig this stuff!!


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27 Sep 2006, 10:25 am

Quatermass wrote:
That they will be very little use as currency, as they will become worn away PDQ?

I presume they are collector's items only, and not truly legal tender.

Many collector coins are legal tender. You'd never actually use them as legal tender, cause they're worth so much more, but definately legal.
GoldCoinLover, your interest is shared by lots of people. It's practically a more expensive form of stamp-collecting. Welcome, anyway.


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27 Sep 2006, 5:04 pm

I'm very interested.



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27 Sep 2006, 5:49 pm

my dad is a cion collector. he would probably be interested. He has been collecting coins for decades and i thnik he has some of the ones you've shown. i am not really a coin collector, i jsut lkie finding and keeping cions with misatkes or temporary disigns...i never intend to sell them and i usually just keep ones my dad gives me or i get in change... i just think they'er ncie to have.


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28 Sep 2006, 12:42 am

Raph522 wrote:
my dad is a cion collector. he would probably be interested. He has been collecting coins for decades and i thnik he has some of the ones you've shown. i am not really a coin collector, i jsut lkie finding and keeping cions with misatkes or temporary disigns...i never intend to sell them and i usually just keep ones my dad gives me or i get in change... i just think they'er ncie to have.



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30 Sep 2006, 5:34 pm

GoldCoinLover wrote:
Raph522 wrote:
my dad is a cion collector. he would probably be interested. He has been collecting coins for decades and i thnik he has some of the ones you've shown. i am not really a coin collector, i jsut lkie finding and keeping cions with misatkes or temporary disigns...i never intend to sell them and i usually just keep ones my dad gives me or i get in change... i just think they'er ncie to have.



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