Are You an Actual Coin Collector??
dragon
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Please ask yourself the following questions:
1) When looking at an NGC coin you like and want to buy, do you secretly ask yourself "what are the chances it will cross to PCGS"?
2) Have you ever sold or traded away a really premium NGC coin for a lesser quality PCGS one of the same date and grade so you could include it your PCGS registry set?
3) Have you ever purchased a PCGS coin that you weren't really happy with at all but you needed it to fill an open slot in your PCGS registry set?
4) Have you ever traded away (or sold outright) a PCGS coin plus cash for the same date coin in the next higher PCGS grade that was really no better than the one you traded away, but it gives you extra points in your registry set?
5) Do you really not even see the whole point of building a complete set of a certain series other than for 'Registry purposes' and competition, and being #1 ?
6) Have you ever purchased certain coins that you would have never even CONSIDERED buying if it wasn't for your registry set?
7) Is a PCGS pop. report an important "decision maker" for you as to the desirability and value of a certain coin?
8) Have you ever checked the PCGS "online status report" more than 5 times in one day cause you just couldn't wait to add that coin to your registry set?
9) Have you ever said to your wife "honey, don't worry, the mortgage can wait, this is a pop. 2 coin,,,,,can't you understand that??"
Now be honest,
If you answered yes to 2 or more of these questions, you're starting to slip away and need an immediate anti-PCGS vaccination shot.
If you answered yes to 5 or more of these questions, it's too late for the vaccination, you have serious "Registry Issues" and you need to see a qualified therapist right away.
If you answered yes to all nine questions, you are waaaay past the therapy stage and beyond all help,,,,,so just go with it, enjoy, and keep telling yourself,,,,,"hey, I'm sure other people feel the same way I do"
Dragon
Note: This post for amusement purposes only
1) When looking at an NGC coin you like and want to buy, do you secretly ask yourself "what are the chances it will cross to PCGS"?
2) Have you ever sold or traded away a really premium NGC coin for a lesser quality PCGS one of the same date and grade so you could include it your PCGS registry set?
3) Have you ever purchased a PCGS coin that you weren't really happy with at all but you needed it to fill an open slot in your PCGS registry set?
4) Have you ever traded away (or sold outright) a PCGS coin plus cash for the same date coin in the next higher PCGS grade that was really no better than the one you traded away, but it gives you extra points in your registry set?
5) Do you really not even see the whole point of building a complete set of a certain series other than for 'Registry purposes' and competition, and being #1 ?
6) Have you ever purchased certain coins that you would have never even CONSIDERED buying if it wasn't for your registry set?
7) Is a PCGS pop. report an important "decision maker" for you as to the desirability and value of a certain coin?
8) Have you ever checked the PCGS "online status report" more than 5 times in one day cause you just couldn't wait to add that coin to your registry set?
9) Have you ever said to your wife "honey, don't worry, the mortgage can wait, this is a pop. 2 coin,,,,,can't you understand that??"
Now be honest,
If you answered yes to 2 or more of these questions, you're starting to slip away and need an immediate anti-PCGS vaccination shot.
If you answered yes to 5 or more of these questions, it's too late for the vaccination, you have serious "Registry Issues" and you need to see a qualified therapist right away.
If you answered yes to all nine questions, you are waaaay past the therapy stage and beyond all help,,,,,so just go with it, enjoy, and keep telling yourself,,,,,"hey, I'm sure other people feel the same way I do"
Dragon
Note: This post for amusement purposes only
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I collect what I love, not what strokes my ego.......does this make me a collector?
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changing the subject briefly to amuse you all:
the most ridiculous remark i ever heard about coins came out of the mouth of a person at a Denver coin show...
he said,"very fine coins are dogs,for dogs"....
insult me,insult my mother but don't insult my dogs...what a turkey...
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
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Excellent answer KK.
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
*This isn't just for PCGS coins. I've bought raw coins that I wasn't 100% into but I was
sick of having that empty hole for so long so I buy an OK filler while I wait for a better
coin to come along.
+You've got to be kidding. Are you saying with raw coins that the total mintage doesn't
have an effect on how rare you think it is and how much you value it? If so you must not
have any key dates in your sets because everyone else values rarer coins more and pays
more for them. No difference with PCGS slabbed coins.
#I've done it but not so much because of excitement of adding to my registry. More for
the excitement of an expert confirming that I found a coin I was looking for.
-KHayse
Absolutely, I have not submitted to PCGS since 1989 and probably never will. If I buy a PCI or IGC coin I don't wonder if it will cross anywhere. My only thought is "is the coin worth the money being asked?" without regard to the listed grade or future prospect of what it might grade. I would never attempt to cross a coin, if I don't like the holder it is in I crack it out and submit it raw tot the service of my choice.
<< <i>Needless to say the coins were liberated from their plastic tombs as soon as they entered my collection and have been very happy ever since. >>
A collector after my heart! I'd love to see some of those Fugios (now liberated from their tombs of course). Copper has always been an interest of mine, although I'm just now starting to work my way back in dates to the beginning of the 20th century...I still have a way to go before reaching even the large cents - much less colonials.
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
1) Never
2) Never
3) Yes, when I first got into the registry. I grew past it.
4) Never
5) I enjoy collecting some circulated sets outside of PCGS, but enjoy doing a few high quality sets in the registry, so I see the point
6) Yep, but I also never regretted it.
7) Never, I rarely look at pop reports
8) Yep
9) Ain't married so I can spend spend spend!!!!!!!