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Re: Surprising auction result at Great Collections
I don’t even find it that attractive, but then again, I’m not a “toner” collector.
Re: 2025 Liberty Gold High Relief
@87redcivic said:
I'm probably in the minority here, but I'm glad there are some "out there" designs on the list. Successful art will trigger an emotion for the viewer or make someone look at a subject differently. Not all of our coinage needs to be designed as pseudo-roman-ivory-tower. I appeciate CCAC willing to give an opportunity to designs that take a risk.
Correct. You are in the minority here.
Re: A real “Whodunnit”
Ben Franklin once said... three men can keep a secret if two are dead.
Re: Surprising auction result at Great Collections
@braddick said:
Bill Gates makes enough money that to him $50,000. is about equal to a quarter to you and me (give or take).
If you dropped a quarter you very well may not bend over and pick it up.
Same if Bill Gates were to drop $50,000.00
So, if 50K equals a quarter, $7K is chump change to some.
This.
I try to avoid questioning what someone is willing to pay for a coin. This may have been the perfect coin for someone that has been on the look out for this year, holder, toning and grade with enough money that the spread between $70, $700 and $7000 means nothing. I can make various arguments why I wouldn't pay $7000 for it (one being my wife would kill me when she found out) but apparently there were more than a few folks with the means and motivation to drive the price up on that coin.
Re: Surprising auction result at Great Collections
I’ve learned a few things in my 65 years of circling the sun. One of them is that if you like something and have the money, go ahead and buy it since it may not be there the next time you go to buy it. And secondly, if YOU like it, that is ALL that matters. Everyone’s taste is different…and that is a good thing or a lot of people would be lonely in life…..😉
Re: 1888 Indian Head Damage in and around the 3rd 8. For discussion relative to PMD vs Mint Damage.
I can only hope to have the experience, knowledge, and certainty about the meeting process
That the OP has.
Maybe then I can fully understand what happened to his coin. /s.
Re: 1888 Indian Head Damage in and around the 3rd 8. For discussion relative to PMD vs Mint Damage.
@jmlanzaf said:
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I’ve had to delete most of the stuff I start to post lately. Go ahead, they’ll let you back in.