A blind coins collector!

[Globetrotter]

Hi,

I'm sure you never thought about that as a viable possibility? I have known Tom for years and now, he's made a blog, where he tells us seeing people, how he goes around collecting coins, a must read for everybody.....

Here is the link to his blog: http://blindcoincollector.com

He'll be happy for all contacts, comments or whatever!

[Figleaf]

Quite a challenge, to collect coins when you can't see, but apparently, his other senses help him find out things seeing people may not even have noticed. We have a member who has physical problems from birth. Telling fact: if I don't tell you who it is, you'll never guess. Coin collecting is what you make of it. It is remarkably flexible.

Peter

[<k>]

Fascinating. Has Tom been blind from birth? It is difficult for the sighted to imagine what the experience is like from the inside, however much they might explain.

[Globetrotter]

As I said, Tom will happily answer all your questions. He uses his PC a lot and has all the necessary software to be able to "read" and write messages and even work on Excel..... So don't feel afraid contacting him, and he has no problem at all discussing his handicap, a brave man in this world!

[<k>]

Thanks, Ole. 

[paisepagal]

What an absolutely delightful blog to read. Just when i started to get a bit bored reading all the usual numismatic related websites

[Coinsforever]

A true example of strong determination & passion  for hobby.

I've bookmarked the link.


Cheers

[Globetrotter]

but did you communicate with him? As far as I can see, not.

You'll have to write him and tell him, how great, brave, fantastic or whatever you think he is. Maybe you can imagine how FEW contacts he has in our coin collecting environment?

Just a suggestion, if you "see" what I mean!

[dheer]

Truely amazing, went through his blog, quite interesting ... hoping he would write more

[Globetrotter]

Tell him to write more on his blog, you'll be amazed, how he has overcome his handicap.....

[dheer]

Tell him to write more on his blog, you'll be amazed, how he has overcome his handicap.....

Yes I have left him several comments on various posts ...

[squarecoinman]

Yes Toms blog is delightful , I am discussing square coins with him ( he has a digital copy of my book ) and as most can understand square coins are "easy" and special when being blind.


scm

[Globetrotter]

Yes, square, or any not round coins are certainly easier to "interprete" although again I'm not so sure, if I could distinguish between a 12 or 14 sided coin without using my eyes.... 3, 4 and 5 is still OK, but please try it yourself?

[tbabinszki]

Hi All,
Just wanted to introduce myself, I am Tom, the blind coin collector. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you.
First of all, thank you Ole for introducing my blog to the forum.
In the meantime, I got to meat Michael and read his amazing book about square coins. No surprise, I'm already trying to get some of them. Though I primarily collecting coins by type, here and there I pick some side interests and focus on a particular topic, and it appears that it is square coins these days. Thank you Michael, I had no idea there was so much to it.
Also, due to this forum discussion, I got into a potential Indian coin exchange.
Regarding my blog, I have to admit I have no idea why I started it. It is definitely not written to blind coin collectors, as I don't know of any, and I have no idea if they exist. Maybe I will find it out. I just wanted to share a different aspect of coin collecting with the world hoping that some people will find it interesting to read about.
This is a topic not too often discussed. I can't tell you how many times I'm in the situation where kids ask parents about me or my cane when I walk by on the street, and the generic answer is hush, we will talk about it. In reality, while people take it differently, there are no questions which should be turned down, and in my experience the most interesting ones are.
So, I thought I will take people out of their comfort zone, and discuss things which they are afraid to ask, and match it with an interest that I'm always happy to discuss. So, this is how this blog came about, but I have no idea where it is going.

As I don't even know what is common knowledge or what is news, if you have any questions, I will be happy to expand answers in a blog post. One of the upcoming topics will be swapping coins with a blind collector. You know what you are sending me, but how can you be sure I'm sending you what I tell you I'm sending?

Tom
http://blindcoincollector.com

[dheer]

Welcome Tom,
Good to see you here .... your blog was interesting read and was hoping to see more of your collection ...

Dheer