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I'm gonna try my damnedest today.

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

To find a coin.... SOMETHING.... new and exciting.

I have a monkey on my back and no methadone to quell the shakes. :s

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So searching in your neighborhood parking lot. All KINDS of interesting things come out of parking lots.... ;)

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • FHCFHC Posts: 323 ✭✭✭

    Check your local Coinstar. You never know what you will find.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 23, 2019 12:24PM

    Don't let your money burn a hole in your pocket. Make sure you buy something nice. I've been down that road too many times. I'm looking for a detour. Not discouraging you from buying but rather just giving you some friendly advice on HOW to buy.

    “I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947)

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ebay, GC, coin shops, BST.... all sorts of venues available....You could mainline coins today.... Cheers, RickO

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got my fix yesterday.

    Now waiting on USPS.

    :):):)

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Ebay, GC, coin shops, BST.... all sorts of venues available....You could mainline coins today.... Cheers, RickO

    I might reduce this quest to trying my darnedest. :D

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I got my fix yesterday.

    Now waiting on USPS.

    :):):)

    Pics? :smiley:

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    True... Better to play it safe..

  • maplemanmapleman Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you want a good del on a. 1 oz kangaroo look in pm bst. Coin physicist has one listed.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Careful a coin Jones can lead to mistakes. I got one going myself.

  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    bst

    LCoopie = Les
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,301 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lcoopie said:
    bst

    Agree. There's some good deals there. Also, eBay which may require some looking but the fun is in the hunt.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There's nothing like the rush that I get when I walk into my LCS to sort through the 90% junk silver.

    I have been a coin addict for a very long time!

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lcoopie said:
    bst

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @lcoopie said:
    bst

    Agree. There's some good deals there. Also, eBay which may require some looking but the fun is in the hunt.

    You up for some good snipe hunting tonight? PM :)

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I kinda enjoy doing a local flea market for the occasional fun find. I just paid 50 cents for a little dirty plastic bag containing 10 1949 Australian 3 pence silvers. At least four are AU and five nice errors. That 15 grams of 50% silver. The hunt continues. Peace Roy

    BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich, Bullsitter, jmski52

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 11,841 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Darkside awaits

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Been there; done that. Didn't scratch the itch. :'(

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinHoarder said:
    There's nothing like the rush that I get when I walk into my LCS to sort through the 90% junk silver.

    I have been a coin addict for a very long time!

    Going through 90% is definitely one of my favorite coin activities.

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :'(

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,301 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Been there; done that. Didn't scratch the itch. :'(

    Perhaps you should visit a dermatologist. :D

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 10,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well what did you buy, inquiring minds want to know. B)

    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinbuf said:
    Well what did you buy, inquiring minds want to know. B)

    An undated Bupkis. :'(

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wait! I have a pending question. :D:o>:)

  • KudbegudKudbegud Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Topstuff -
    What are your range of choices? Type/denomination restrictions? Graded or Raw? US only? Special or commemorative issues?


  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 24, 2019 4:34PM

    @topstuf said:
    Wait! I have a pending question. :D:o>:)

    Whew ;) You did not see what I saw and I am very happy about that :o

    It is mine B)

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah it is, it's old, used, spent and now it's in your collection. Peace Roy

    BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich, Bullsitter, jmski52

  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 10,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats your back in the fold. :p

    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    LOL, the coin I bought and was worried you might have seen is 224 years younger than yours :D

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 25, 2019 10:22AM

    I wish Ebay sellers accepted cans of green beans as a form of payment. I have access to a ton of cans of green beans.

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    LOL, the coin I bought and was worried you might have seen is 224 years younger than yours :D

    No sweat. I know less about errors than I do about women. >:)

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    LOL, the coin I bought and was worried you might have seen is 224 years younger than yours :D

    No sweat. I know less about errors than I do about women. >:)

    This was more of a White Elephant.

    I thought your question may have been "When is a white elephant not a white elephant?"

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's easy. When it's an error. :p

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, most minor errors on expensive coins are White Elephants.

    But to answer my own question .....

    When the White Elephant portrays an American Icon on an American Icon

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Well, it took an extra day.
    Not much excitement and probably not destined for the Hansen thread, but it's still..... well.... kinda cool.

    B)

    I know we're only seeing one side....but I have to say, that looks pretty dang sweet for a G-6!!

    Nice.

    (Did you find it in a parking lot? You didn't, did you....) ;)

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coinstar. A Coinstar machine in a 150 year old safe. >:)

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,301 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice coin, topstuff. Let us know how it does at CAC. ;)

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Finally, it shipped.

    I bought an Icon on an Icon

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    Very nice coin, topstuff. Let us know how it does at CAC. ;)

    Not gonna send it in. It's a replacement for the pink one I used to have. >:)

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    DANG! I did it again. This is awful.
    I may start a G06 registry.

    :|

  • SiriusBlackSiriusBlack Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf Amateur...

    :D:D

    Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How did you know it was a ...HALF...cent? I'm suspicious now. :/

  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 10,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Do you feel the eyes upon you :D

    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
  • SiriusBlackSiriusBlack Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've had this one since last year so you're probably safe.

    or are you..........

    Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.

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