Other things that we here collect

[Joe_G.]

Very cool, I see plenty of others with interest in coins. I actually collected coins before baseball cards at a very young age but coins are now a very distant 2nd to Detroit cardboard. With coins I have a narrow focus. I only collect coins from 1887 (in honor of the Detroit Wolverines Championship and the Old Judge set which was then in full swing). I prefer business strikes over proofs and prefer NGC holders although I do not like the new NGC holders. So I'm still searching for a higher grade 3 cent piece and quarter graded in an older NGC holder as well as a business strike half. At least I was able to knock out all the gold before it skyrocketed. 1887 is one of the tougher years with six of the thirteen denominations having 10,000 or less minted (that's fairly rare in the world of coins).

I always thought 1909 would be a fun year to collect as well. 1909 was the last year of Indian Head, first year of Lincoln (including the 1909 S VDB). But I'll leave 1909 to someone who is into T206.

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Very cool, I see plenty of others with interest in coins. I actually collected coins before baseball cards at a very young age but coins are now a very distant 2nd to Detroit cardboard. With coins I have a narrow focus. I only collect coins from 1887 (in honor of the Detroit Wolverines Championship and the Old Judge set which was then in full swing). I prefer business strikes over proofs and prefer NGC holders although I do not like the new NGC holders. So I'm still searching for a higher grade 3 cent piece and quarter graded in an older NGC holder as well as a business strike half. At least I was able to knock out all the gold before it skyrocketed. 1887 is one of the tougher years with six of the thirteen denominations having 10,000 or less minted (that's fairly rare in the world of coins).

I always thought 1909 would be a fun year to collect as well. 1909 was the last year of Indian Head, first year of Lincoln (including the 1909 S VDB). But I'll leave 1909 to someone who is into T206.

Nice collection Joe. I totally agree with you about the new NGC holders, I don't like them either. My collecting interests are U.S. Half Dimes. Funny you mention the 1909 set for T206 collectors, I have been thinking about a 1909-1911 coin set to display with my cards.

[DerekMichael]

When I was in elementary school I was a huge dork (still am) and I put together a set of the Star Wars figures and left them in their boxes. I would do chores on Saturday and when I was done, my parents would take me to Toys R' Us and let me get a figure ($5 worth each visit). They were great parents, and I have really nice memories from this. I also eventually picked up some of the figures from the 70's, and I also had a few old Marvel and DC comics too. I think I always liked older things as opposed to modern.

I also collect albums and have a lot of the Beatles and Rolling Stones (almost all of the Beatles full length albums, but not quite).

Also, Salvador Dail lithographs ... my Dad has Manhattan Skyline, Loves Promise, The Bull Fighter, and La Grande Pavon. Some of his work is absolutely trippy.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by DerekMichael

When I was in elementary school I was a huge dork (still am) and I put together a set of the Star Wars figures and left them in their boxes...

Nice!... similarly, I had a sweet Star Wars collection as a kid, but they all got thrown out during a move when I was about 9. In a quest to reconnect with my distant childhood past (I was 12 or 13), I found a guy that sold unopened figures at the Santa Cruz flea market. I went back 2-3 times and picked up a couple dozen for btwn $4-$10 each. Still have them and a Jabba the Hut playset stuffed in a box in storage... with my even dorkier old school, but working Atari stand up arcade machine.

[EvilKing00]

Although im only 38 years old I have been very successful collecting Gray Hair??? lol

[blackandgold]

Heavy metal/hard rock vinyl & cd's, guitar picks, and fishing lures (mostly Rapala's).

[Bigb13]

I myself early Hess trucks