It was a Saturday morning in 1972. I showed Joe (the coin dealer) the 1910-S Cent that my aunt had given me years before when I searched through her piggy bank of old coins. He offered me $4.50 for it and being 12, it was more money than I probably ever had at once, So I took it. I have little recollection of what I did with the money, but was later panged with embarrassment when my aunt asked me years later about the coin and I told her I sold it. It was not a great coin, nor was it specifically a pretty coin, but it was my first true discovery out of an old piggy bank. That still kind of haunts me a bit.
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@AMRC said:
It was a Saturday morning in 1972. I showed Joe (the coin dealer) the 1910-S Cent that my aunt had given me years before when I searched through her piggy bank of old coins. He offered me $4.50 for it and being 12, it was more money than I probably ever had at once, So I took it. I have little recollection of what I did with the money, but was later panged with embarrassment when my aunt asked me years later about the coin and I told her I sold it. It was not a great coin, nor was it specifically a pretty coin, but it was my first true discovery out of an old piggy bank. That still kind of haunts me a bit.
That’s rough. Often the coins with the most meaning are not the most expensive coins in the collection. Have you considered buying a replacement?
I owned an 1806 Draped Bust quarter, NGC VF35, that was absolutely perfect for the grade, along with a 1795 Liberty Cap with Pole cent, NGC VG08, that had a perfect planchet, no surface marks and no rim dings, as well as a handful of low-grade and mint-state, PCGS-graded key dates including: 1909-S Indian Cent graded MS64RB, 1895-O Barber dime in G06, a 1916-D Mercury dime G04, and 5 or 6 others which I forget. I sold them all at the price I paid for them, in 2005, to bolster my funds to go long-distance hiking. I had quit my job and figured that it would take several months to find another one when I returned from my hike.
My hike ended after a month due to an injury and I found a much better job a couple of weeks after I returned home. I never did dip into the money from the sale of those coins. Of all of the coins on that list, the 1806 quarter and the 1795 cent still sting when I think of them.
To add insult to injury, it would cost me at least 4X what I paid for them back then to replace them at today's prices and I am reasonably certain that they would all earn a green bean if submitted. Very deep sigh
I suppose it's time for another round. Two this time. One was a long time ago, maybe 8-9 years. Sold to Brian Wagner and bought by @robec who immediately upgraded it from 66BN to 67BN. Dang. He just posted it the other day in the pop (1/0) thread:
The second one came back to mind after seeing the "plate coin" thread. I bought this coin for $300 from an eBayer using "duffydaddy" as a handle. I bought it and sent it in for a true-view only, and PCGS made it their plate coin for all memorial cents. I sold it for the impossible price of $1000, in spite of its $10 price guide. I wish I hadn't.
@renomedphys said:
I suppose it's time for another round. Two this time. One was a long time ago, maybe 8-9 years. Sold to Brian Wagner and bought by @robec who immediately upgraded it from 66BN to 67BN. Dang. He just posted it the other day in the pop (1/0) thread:
Ouch
I remember another time we traded 1910’s
My 66RB
For your 66BN
After holding them for a year we traded back. Not long after you upgraded the 1910 to 67BN.
I've sold a ton of coins that I'd love to get back, but I don't really regret selling any of them. I might regret the price if it was a blunder, but I don't regret letting the coins go. On the other hand, there are many, many coins that I regret not buying when I had the chance.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
In the late 1990s when eBay photos were sometimes non-existent or fuzzy at best there was a raw 1920 SLQ listed by RPHolder Coins. It was only AU but up until then had not appreciated rainbow toned coins. I obsessively checked the price for days and manually sniped the auction while praying AOL did not drop.
It was everything I hoped for and from then on bought other rainbow toned coins. Years later after many other higher grade rainbow coins acquired decided to sell it. Always regretted that decision until one day it was then offered on eBay in a PCGS Au55 slab. Sniped it and essentially bought back for price sold and the $20 grading fee.
After selling almost 600 type coins acquired it remains as 1 of 35 that I still own. Ironically around 2014 there was an almost identical rainbow toned 1920 MS62 on ebay that I almost bid on. In last few minutes I turned off my phone after saying that had enough coins. That same MS62 is in the PCGS galleries and I would pay crazy money if surfaced again out of regret from not trying to win.
selling any of my coins leaves me feeling gut shot. I would rather lose a couple toes or something but nobody will give me money for those. On the other hand I have had a few financial crisis and or medical emergencies strike and I am grateful to have the coins to sell. James
@MrEureka said:
I've sold a ton of coins that I'd love to get back, but I don't really regret selling any of them. I might regret the price if it was a blunder, but I don't regret letting the coins go. On the other hand, there are many, many coins that I regret not buying when I had the chance.
This kinda sounds like another new thread title:
“Coins you painfully regret not buying”
I could definitely list a few, but the photos would be a lot harder to track down 😝
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It was a Saturday morning in 1972. I showed Joe (the coin dealer) the 1910-S Cent that my aunt had given me years before when I searched through her piggy bank of old coins. He offered me $4.50 for it and being 12, it was more money than I probably ever had at once, So I took it. I have little recollection of what I did with the money, but was later panged with embarrassment when my aunt asked me years later about the coin and I told her I sold it. It was not a great coin, nor was it specifically a pretty coin, but it was my first true discovery out of an old piggy bank. That still kind of haunts me a bit.
That’s rough. Often the coins with the most meaning are not the most expensive coins in the collection. Have you considered buying a replacement?
I owned an 1806 Draped Bust quarter, NGC VF35, that was absolutely perfect for the grade, along with a 1795 Liberty Cap with Pole cent, NGC VG08, that had a perfect planchet, no surface marks and no rim dings, as well as a handful of low-grade and mint-state, PCGS-graded key dates including: 1909-S Indian Cent graded MS64RB, 1895-O Barber dime in G06, a 1916-D Mercury dime G04, and 5 or 6 others which I forget. I sold them all at the price I paid for them, in 2005, to bolster my funds to go long-distance hiking. I had quit my job and figured that it would take several months to find another one when I returned from my hike.
My hike ended after a month due to an injury and I found a much better job a couple of weeks after I returned home. I never did dip into the money from the sale of those coins. Of all of the coins on that list, the 1806 quarter and the 1795 cent still sting when I think of them.
To add insult to injury, it would cost me at least 4X what I paid for them back then to replace them at today's prices and I am reasonably certain that they would all earn a green bean if submitted. Very deep sigh
I suppose it's time for another round. Two this time. One was a long time ago, maybe 8-9 years. Sold to Brian Wagner and bought by @robec who immediately upgraded it from 66BN to 67BN. Dang. He just posted it the other day in the pop (1/0) thread:
The second one came back to mind after seeing the "plate coin" thread. I bought this coin for $300 from an eBayer using "duffydaddy" as a handle. I bought it and sent it in for a true-view only, and PCGS made it their plate coin for all memorial cents. I sold it for the impossible price of $1000, in spite of its $10 price guide. I wish I hadn't.
Ouch
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Matt’s Mattes
I remember another time we traded 1910’s
My 66RB
For your 66BN
After holding them for a year we traded back. Not long after you upgraded the 1910 to 67BN.
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
I never make impulse purchases. The only coins I regret selling were mistakes I bought in the first place.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
I've sold a ton of coins that I'd love to get back, but I don't really regret selling any of them. I might regret the price if it was a blunder, but I don't regret letting the coins go. On the other hand, there are many, many coins that I regret not buying when I had the chance.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
In the late 1990s when eBay photos were sometimes non-existent or fuzzy at best there was a raw 1920 SLQ listed by RPHolder Coins. It was only AU but up until then had not appreciated rainbow toned coins. I obsessively checked the price for days and manually sniped the auction while praying AOL did not drop.
It was everything I hoped for and from then on bought other rainbow toned coins. Years later after many other higher grade rainbow coins acquired decided to sell it. Always regretted that decision until one day it was then offered on eBay in a PCGS Au55 slab. Sniped it and essentially bought back for price sold and the $20 grading fee.
After selling almost 600 type coins acquired it remains as 1 of 35 that I still own. Ironically around 2014 there was an almost identical rainbow toned 1920 MS62 on ebay that I almost bid on. In last few minutes I turned off my phone after saying that had enough coins. That same MS62 is in the PCGS galleries and I would pay crazy money if surfaced again out of regret from not trying to win.
selling any of my coins leaves me feeling gut shot. I would rather lose a couple toes or something but nobody will give me money for those. On the other hand I have had a few financial crisis and or medical emergencies strike and I am grateful to have the coins to sell. James
I think my “pain” has come more from the buying side where I know I’m buried in the coin.
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There is a > @Cameonut said:
There is a Stone Mountain cover on eBay Very expensive though
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155912249437?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=aGitxBMhR4q&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=edr7fuhqRya&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
All of my previous acquisitions that I have sold were painful...some more than others.
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I might say that Mr. Woodin may have regretted his sale of that coin.
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This kinda sounds like another new thread title:
“Coins you painfully regret not buying”
I could definitely list a few, but the photos would be a lot harder to track down 😝
Empty Nest Collection
Matt’s Mattes