Hobbies

[Texans Coins]

A continuation of W.K.F's journal.

 

W.K.F. Gave us a well written piece about the hobby that we all enjoy and I truly enjoyed reading it. However, he left out the most important aspect of our hobby.... Justifying it to our spouses! (Please take what follows as the satire it is intended to be)

 

We've all been there; a new coin comes in the mail, you rip the package open, admire it, add it to your registry and start to tell your spouse how great it is and how much it improves your set. Inevitably however, you can see their eyes start to glaze over.

 

I will be attending the Whitman show on Saturday and amazingly, my wife agreed to come with me. I anticipate her lasting 5 minutes before she kisses me good bye and heads over to shop at the Inner Harbor. Here are some things I have had to explain to her....

 

1. Yes, I was up half the night looking at Morgan, but it's not what you think!

2. $65 for a dollar coin IS a fantastic deal.

3. No, the four different coin magazines don't all say the same thing.

4. Planning our vacation around visits to all the mints will be a lot of fun.

 

There are others, but I would love to hear yours as well. Happy collecting, everyone!

 

Marcus

 

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[vumc409]

Marcus,

 

You so nailed this one! Don't get me wrong, I have an amazing wife of 20 years but I very frequently get that "eye glaze" you mention. We have this routine where when a journal or post like this appears we usually get a good full 5 minute bust the gut laugh out of it recounting our stories and saying "See, I'm not the only one that justifies coins to his wife". Great stuff man.

 

One quick edit to your journal. When you are talking about the joy of getting a new coin before "explaining" to your wife, you forgot to mention where you "hide" your treasure just until the final reveal. Yes, I admit to this shameful practice of hiding my coins until I'm ready to divulge my "well conceived justification" to my wife. She usually sees past it in the first three words then quickly replies "OK, how much was it" (without further details necessary, I might add).

 

Anyway, great post and had us laughing our butts off for a few minutes. Thanks for reminding us of one of the more serious ramifications of our hobby and for one of the humorous aspects of the hobby - at least between us numismatists!

 

Michael

[sparky1x-migration]

I knew it ! I just knew it !

 

Like I have said in the past, I have only been with NGC a year and I knew I was not the only one. I am wondering if I should have my wife read your post and say "see". Oh boy that would go over great.

 

Great post, still laughing!

 

 

 

[Texans Coins]

Mike, even though you're on the wrong side of the Red River, (Hook 'Em Horns!) I will give you some advice. You're wrong. No matter how much logic we give our wives, we're wrong, because we're husbands.

 

Seriously though. On this website, you're never alone. If you ever think you're going crazy, we're crazy with you. If you make a mistake, we've made that mistake also.

 

Thank you for your service to our country.

 

Marcus

[coinsbygary]

The following is a list of my excuses or should I say reasons:

 

1.If I am ever out of a job we could live on my coins for a very long time.

2.My pastor says that after tithing and before paying our bills, we should pay ourselves and I choose to pay myself with coins.

3.I have a 401k for retirement and my coins are more fun to track than the 401k and they diversify my portfolio for retirement.

4.I'll sell a few old coins to buy new ones.

5.Good coins tend to hold their value. (Scarce coins and scarce grades).

 

Well that's about all the excuses... ahh, I mean reasons I use to buy more coins!

 

All the best!

Gary

 

[yonico]

No point in justifying the purchases .

 

If you're wrong and you shut up, you're wise.

 

If you're right and you shut up, you're married.

 

 

I saw a guy with his wife at the casino a couple weeks back, his shirt read: "if I say something and my wife isn't there to hear it, am I still wrong?" I laughed too hard at it and how true that is.

 

[hunter's gold]

My wife told me long ago it is the coins or me. I love my coins and they don't tell me no. Just kidding

[okbustchaser]

Mike, even though you're on the wrong side of the Red River, (Hook 'Em Horns!) I will give you some advice. You're wrong. No matter how much logic we give our wives, we're wrong, because we're husbands.

 

Seriously though. On this website, you're never alone. If you ever think you're going crazy, we're crazy with you. If you make a mistake, we've made that mistake also.

 

Thank you for your service to our country.

 

Marcus

 

No, he is definitely on the proper side of the river. Wife or no wife, his only problem is being a Gomer instead of a bullet catcher.

 

 

Rangers (and Sooners) lead the way!

[Mohawk]

I have to say I'm lucky....both my girlfriend and I are serious collectors.....so I never get the "eye glaze" that Marcus and Michael mentioned....and what a way to put it!! That's a perfect way to describe that phenomenon. For reasoning well, both of our main reasons for collecting are a love for both history and art and, most importantly, it's a big thing that we enjoy together. We both have different main areas of focus within numismatics, but it's so much fun to share our new acquisitions together. We also submit coins together. That's my main reason, I would say. The togetherness and enjoyment coins bring to my relationship.

 

~Tom