Post update: I will keep this post for archival purposes, but for the most updated information about this project, please read this newer post. Though there is some information out there about what’s on a coin, it is rarely enough for me to really understand what a coin really looks like, I can only get …
Continue reading “Let the blind see: What’s on a coin, anyway?”
This time let’s talk about something else, and put the coins aside for the sake of this post. I have received many questions about blindness in general, and about using technology as a blind person. It felt almost natural to me to talk about things which weren’t necessarily obvious. Such as talking about seeing something, …
Since we moved, I’m happy to observe that the mailman usually arrives before 9 AM. Often with new coins. And then the fun begins. I get to figure out what’s in the envelop. For other collectors, probably it is relatively easy. They look at it, and chances are they exactly know what it is. To …
Let’s say you have a nice collection of swap coins. You are keeping them hoping you can make some good trades and get some great coins you always wanted to have. Somebody offers you a swap, when you find out he is blind. Will you get the same quality, or you will be sending you …
I have mentioned that I collect by type. Partly, because I cannot tell the date of a coin, so the same type of coin from 2002 and 2003 is the same when you touch it. In this post I would like to tell you why the date of a coin is still important.
When you can’t see a coin, the value has a different meaning. In regular collecting, among many things, the value is determined by the quality of the coin. To me, besides the fact of how much I want a particular coin, the value is in how well I can feel the details.
Once a coin is identified, I don’t want to have to do it again. It is time to put it into a system where it can be identified again.
Before answering this question, I need to clear a couple of things here. I love independence. It really bothers me when I need to depend on other people for no reason. There is a time and place when you ask for help, we all do. But being blind, I feel that sometimes I need to …
Continue reading “How can you recognize coins if you can’t see them?”
Coin collecting is not a science. It is a hobby, mostly determined by external factors. Therefore, we all collect differently, different coins, and according to different criteria.
Partly it was the challenge. Little or big. This is something that never changed in my life. I enjoy taking a concept and develop it. Not to completion, to me nothing is completed. Only finished. And this fits very well into coin collecting. Imagine that you close your eyes and hold a piece of metal …
