Stupid things collectors do!
Spooly
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Sometimes I have to laugh at myself (after I get over being pissed) about some of the stupid stuff I do.
Have you ever forgot you bought a coin and bought another one just like it? Sometimes I think my collection is just to big.... I can't manage(remember) eveything. I have coins in boxes on my desk... boxes in the home safe.... boxes at the bank. I try to track everything in a spreadsheet, but with coins coming in and out every week sometimes I lose track.
About twice a year I pull out everything and lay them out on the floor and do a review of my collection. Only to find out than you have 3 of the same coin! To make thing worse.... the coin is still on my "need to buy list"!! Have some coins on the shreadsheet inventory that you can't find? Have a couple of coins "appear" that you don't remember buying... can't find any paperwork on.... have no idea where they came from.
Coin accounting sucks!
Have you ever forgot you bought a coin and bought another one just like it? Sometimes I think my collection is just to big.... I can't manage(remember) eveything. I have coins in boxes on my desk... boxes in the home safe.... boxes at the bank. I try to track everything in a spreadsheet, but with coins coming in and out every week sometimes I lose track.
About twice a year I pull out everything and lay them out on the floor and do a review of my collection. Only to find out than you have 3 of the same coin! To make thing worse.... the coin is still on my "need to buy list"!! Have some coins on the shreadsheet inventory that you can't find? Have a couple of coins "appear" that you don't remember buying... can't find any paperwork on.... have no idea where they came from.
Coin accounting sucks!
Si vis pacem, para bellum
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
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<< <i>Have you ever forgot you bought a coin and bought another one just like it? >>
All the time. It seems that as soon as I buy a 1964 Kennedy proof, I forget and buy another.
Russ, NCNE
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
What a pain in the arse!
Maybe the best thing would be to start all over and verify each page of inventory as I go through each storage box. Time consuming, yes.....but peace of mind may have to come into play here.
It just ain't natural for a woman to have more than two 58d's! Then, again... maybe ANY woman with 58d's ain't so natural, either....
Edit:
I just re-read the thread.... Uh... eh... I guess we're supposed to be talking about coins here....
Sorry!
Here is one I am embarrassed to tell! Listed a coin on E-bay because I didn't like it..... 4 days later I am searching E-bay and found my own auction (Hey I need one of those!)..... got to the "confirm bid" screen before I realized I was the seller!!!
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"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
Ooh, ooh, a new market for me to get into after tax season is over.
I love it!
Bought your own coin (almost) Was it a bargain or overpriced?
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
<< <i>Do the honorable thing and Neg yourself, Spooly! >>
What a great start to a Saturday morning!
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
<< <i>got to the "confirm bid" screen before I realized I was the seller!! >>
Now THAT's funny though I bet it's not first. With that maybe you can now get Carol to change your title to Dopey?
I don't think any of us hasn't done that.I know I have more than once.
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"Senorita HepKitty"
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Ken
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
<< <i>Have you ever forgot you bought a coin and bought another one just like it? >>
Yeah, all the time. I've got 3 1878 IHCs (AU-55, AU-58, MS-62) all because I read a Rick Snow article on how hard they were to find. I remember the article almost word for word - but not that I bought the "same coin" three times.
Same with 1897 Snow-1 "one in the neck" Indian cent, 1858/7 Flying eagle cent and some other crazy stuff. Once I had 4 1869 XF/AU IHCs and didn't know it. Scary - I guess senility "creeps" up on you.
Anybody got a 1864-L IHC in AU available? Just read an article about them being hot.
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<< <i>Have you ever forgot you bought a coin and bought another one just like it? >>
Yes. On a couple of occasions I have purchased the same coin twice at one show without realizing it..
Joe.
1. vigorously shake non-see-through coin tubes to determine that there truly are MS coins inside
2. open 2x2's and have the jagged staple points stop the coin's progress out of the 2x2 (usually on the high points on the obverse
3. drop coins in the top end of a paper coin roll, only to find that there is another side, open and re-discover gravity, at which point, coins are placed in non-see-through coin tube (see #1)
4. try to buy coins for profit, retirement and/or other financial gains
Glad I can learn from OTHERS ...
I love Ike dollars and all other dollar series !!!
I also love Major Circulation Strike Type Sets, clad Washingtons ('65 to '98) and key date coins !!!!!
If ignorance is bliss, shouldn't we have more happy people ??
PS needless to say it is now a cleaned coin.
"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
<< <i>MrKelso, ROTFLMAO! I feel better now.... it's not just me that does stupid stuff! >>
"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
1. Buying "BU" dollars from big mail-order houses...and not being educated enough to send them back...
2. Multiple open auction bids on the same coin, or bidding on a coin I already have in better shape...and sweating out someone outbidding me...praying for a sniper...
3. Several cases of "buyers remorse"...why did I buy THAT ???
Let us know if that puppy tones up unusual at all, you might have discovered the "ultimate" coin-doctoring technique!
Joe
<< <i>Mr.Kelso,
Let us know if that puppy tones up unusual at all, you might have discovered the "ultimate" coin-doctoring technique!
Joe >>
You guys are killing me!
Skid mark toning!
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to build new sets around them.
Obscurum per obscurius