The bad thing about buying coins....

my3cents · July 31, 2003 3:57AM

...is that I eventually run out of my "play money" and end up having to sell some coins so that I can buy some more....but then I have to sell a few more...etc,etc.

It seems the cycle is unending.

The only good part is that I always find a few "keepers" that I just CAN'T sell...unless someone makes me an unbelieveable offer.

Am I alone or is this common - the buy/sell cycle?

PBRat · July 31, 2003 4:06AM

Make more "play money".

LAWMAN · July 31, 2003 4:07AM

my3cents: It's ALL play money! As Jim Morrison said: "Nobody gets out of here alive." None of it is going with you.

Bustman · July 31, 2003 4:12AM

my3cents,
I feel your pain. I was just thinking that very same thing while walking the floor in Baltimore yesterday!

Russ · July 31, 2003 4:17AM

Yep, I'm thinking about selling all my Accented Hair Kennedys so I can afford to buy some Accented Hair Kennedys.

Russ, NCNE

LAWMAN · July 31, 2003 4:23AM

Selling coins to buy coins leads to dealing. And you all know what can come of that.

RBB617 · July 31, 2003 4:39AM

I just resurrected my collection 9 - 10 months ago after a 20 year sabbatical, but I too find myself running out of play money very quickly. I haven't sold any coins, but I have a feeling that I will as my collection grows and I try to upgrade some pieces.
Brian

Bear · July 31, 2003 5:02AM

Russ will never admit it, but he now owns 68% of all accented hair Kennedies

ever minted. He had to buy a second house just to store them.

quarterjack · July 31, 2003 5:41AM

Russ why don't you just sell the remainder of the proof sets minus the Ac' Ken.s and you probably would have lots of money to buy more Accented Hair Kennedy's, after all don't you own 80% of them anyway.

Dave

09sVDB · August 1, 2003 9:50AM

All the time. I recently go rid of all my moderns and bought more "stuff."

kranky · August 1, 2003 10:01AM

I have heard of this "selling" thing. Someone once started explaining to me how it worked, and he started out with "you give your coin to someone" and after that I stopped listening.

mepot · August 1, 2003 10:28AM

what good is money if you don't spend it?

ElectricEye · August 1, 2003 10:30AM

decide what direction you would like to see your collection take, dump previous impulse purchases, do not buy on impulse, save money for the most expensive coin you can see yourself buying, hold out till the "one" comes along and start the whole process over again

The bad thing about buying coins....

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