What's the most expensive coin you've purchased without your wife's permission that she still doesn'

ANACONDA

What's the most expensive coin you've purchased without your wife's permission that she still doesn't know about?

quattrocoins

I'll get back later, as she's here wonderin' the same thing!

agentjim007

So thats what the fight was about.

She knows about the expensive ones. The ones she doesn't know about aren't worth mentioning.

WWW

A bag toned MS65 1878-CC Morgan.

chiefbob

How do you guys do that? My wife's all-knowing, therefore I must seek permission in advance before a coin purchase. Sometimes, though, I'll order something and tell her after the fact. She asks how much is it going to cost us, and I usually double the amount. By the time I get to the real cost, she is relieved.

Bob

coinlieutenant

I dont have to have my wifes permission.

We have an agreement that after all the bills, food, gas and investments are payed for the month, the leftover money (aka fun money) is split down the middle between her and I.

Whatever I do with it is fine and whatever she does with it is just the same!! It is a great system that allows us some monetary autonomy and allows for each of us to buy something nice for the other without the checkbook revealing our secrets!!!

Highly recommend it for couples. It has solved nearly all of our money problems!!

John

nepbrs44

No Wife.......No Worries mate....................I spend as I like!

wayneme

All of them i buy what ever i want when ever i want period

barberlover

This thread could be bad for a guys health.

My wife collects coins to so she knows about all of them.

I will adnit that when she found out what I paid for a few of them she gave me "the look".

Les

LucyBop

I just buy them, I could care less what she thinks!

jeffnpcb

All of them! She goes to Europe, other trips with friends through the year and I collect coins and take care of the infants. She knows of my coins and gold accumulations, as well as stock holdings and we work things out by letting her travel with her lifelong girl friends.
All that alloy metal in my back, neck and shoulders pay for most of it. I'm just okay knowing that my injuries haven't resulted in a worse situation.

GottaGetCoins

Dont ask dont tell policy. I need not her approval. Thasts not an act of disrespect, my wife respects my judgement.

Besides, my wife has a huge shoe collection!

Numismanic

PCGS 66FB 1936D Mercury dime up till yesterday.
She just saw the credit card statement last night
and said "what's this!" Busted!

Peaceman

I'm in the position where I don't have to ask.... really....

adamgold

<< <i>I just buy them, I could care less what she thinks! >>




Hi, I'm new here, but this is not the first time(today) I have LOL'ed at Lucy

kranky

She knows about the coins I purchase. Basically, her position is that I manage the money, so I can do what I want. In fact, during the many years I didn't buy any coins, she kept asking why I was only reading about coins and not buying any.

Nysoto

Separate checkbooks is the answer! I work full time, pay all the bills, buy coins with the surplus. She works part time making good money as an RN, spends her money on jewelry, clothes, Starbucks, and other crap. We both don't know what each other spends on toys, and that works fine.

LucyBop

<< <i>Besides, my wife has a huge shoe collection! >>



the HepKitty also has a huge shoe collection, Authentic Saddle shoes from the 50s..

These are my date buckle saddles from '56, if they are buckled, then a HepKitty is going steady, if unbuckled, shes available..
Thats how the Cats knew........

theboz11

A 1907 MS-63 High Relief Saint,,,,,, She said it's either the coin or me,,,,,, she's not here anymore

ksteelheader

I don't need my wifes permission....

Lakesammman

Permission - what's that??

nepbrs44

<< <i>

<< <i>Besides, my wife has a huge shoe collection! >>



the HepKitty also has a huge shoe collection, Authentic Saddle shoes from the 50s..

These are my date buckle saddles from '56, if they are buckled, then a HepKitty is going steady, if unbuckled, shes available..
Thats how the Cats knew........

>>



Love those Saddles Lucy!

RYK

My wife wanted to decorate the house. I opened a money market account for roughly 2 years worth of coin purchases for her to spend down. Furniture and furnishings come and go without my approval. Unless she asks my opinion, I do not offer it. I have a commitment to do a major remodeling job on the house in five years at her request. Plus all of the other unnecessary junk she routinely buys for herself and the kids. No piece of overpriced worthless crap seems to avoid ending up in our house.

If we both gave up our hobbies (me, coins; her, house) more money would be saved from her sacrifice than from mine.

In a word, she has no idea how much I pay for coins...

airplanenut

Well, my mom watches over my money... she didn't know about this one until it was too late

kieferscoins

I am not married, but I don't think it would be good to hide purchases from her. if you don't have the $ you shoulkdn't spend what you have on coins.

Cameron Kiefer

ccrdragon

My wife and I have an agreement - I make the money (she stays home and keeps the kids) so as long as the bills are paid, there is a roof over our heads, food in the fridge and a running car in the driveway, she doesn't care what I spend on coins. In fact, she flat out told me that she didn't know and didn't want to know how much I spent on coins. She does get jealous sometimes when I have 3-4 packages arrive in a week, but we handle that by getting her something special (and she has frugal tastes) to make up for the 'presents' that I get in the mail.

But the actual answer to the question is an 1862 IHC in PCGS MS65.

tjkillian

An 1878 PCGS MS-64RB Indian Cent, all my expensive coins are bought for me by my WIFE from ANACONDA!

Tom

GOLDSAINT

Anaconda, I think my plan backfired. If you recall I told everyone in another thread that in order to keep my wife busy thinking about something besides what I was spending on coins I got her started on her own type set.
This did nor work well ! I had my eye on the coin at the bottom but she has spent so much money filling holes in this type set I have none to spend on my own collection. She is in here lurking around each morning getting tips from all of you. Some one here must have told her that she was supposed to fill all these holes up! She told me the other day she has learned alot about gradeing here, and someday when I was asleep she was going to trade a few coins out of my set for hers, WHOA !

1806 Draped Bust Half NGC MS 64 Item number: 2228032302 Buy-it-now, Price: US $35,000.00

Merc

I'm still in college so I'm not married. I never thought how difficult it would be to share finances with another person. Then buying coins is not spending money on things like cars and clothing. Cars and clothing wear out and become worthless. If you are knowledgeable, you will make money over time with the coins. My parents thought I was wasting money on coins when I showed them a half I paid $500. Three years later I sold it for $725. No bank savings account will earn like that. Do you ever prove to your wife that you can make money on the coins?

BAJJERFAN

She don't know
Me no tell
I spend da money
Oh well
As long as the bills get paid and there is food in the fridge and the cats have litter LOL and there is gas in the car.

1893-S Morgan PCGS vf35 $5500

MrSpud

I never bought any really expensive coins, I'm happy with less expensive ones. However, my wife is starting to get some expensive ones for me. She just bought me this PCGS certified III cent piece that, at least to me, is expensive.

jdimmick

I dont ask permission, I just buy the coins I want. I dont purposely lie about what I have bought, I just dont openly discuss or disclose it. She knows about a few?, not all! Since I have never used a dime from the household income to purchase coins, my wife never says too much about it. She really has no intrest in coins either.

My coin purchases come from money made on work expense's and tradin coins.



My most expensive was an 1893-s $ PCGS-50 (close to 17k) It took a little shuffling to cover that one though!

Dog97

I work in the construction biz babysitting 20 full grown babies for their parole officers during the day, @ home I cook our meals, clean the house, take out the trash, mow the grass and pay the bills and take care of my own 6 year old girl and a 15 year old teenage girl that lives with me.
As such I don't need anybody's permission to buy anything with my own $$ but my ex-wife & my girlfriend know I spend a lot on my collection.
I was only married for 5 years anyway, I'm used to being my own boss.

mgoodm3

She know about all of my coins. She like to see them when I get them. She's getting much better about me buying expensive ones.

ANACONDA

"A 1907 MS-63 High Relief Saint,,,,,, She said it's either the coin or me,,,,,, she's not here anymore"

Wow! Do you still have the coin.....or just half of the coin?

LALASD4

If your wife ask about coins then your answer should be, Coins? What coins? I had never had any relation with that coin.

jbsteven

My wife does not care what I spend on coins. Sometimes I will treat her to stuff she likes. I am thankful that she does not have expensive tastes like I do.

pontiacinf

I dont have to ask permisson.

I grew up a long time ago.

poptopsRus

Wife doesn't have a clue what I have hidden away (including my registry set & my hoard of 1927S quarters) and I intend to keep it that way.

jakebrake77

What's a wife?

ConstellatioCollector

Actually, Anaconda, I did purchase a coin from you and at the time my wife was on a plane and I had no way of asking for her input. She arrived home and it was a done deal. When she found out she shrugged her shoulders and said "No problem". So, with a wife like that I have nothing to hide!!! Or at least until the next expensive purchase......

boz

$15,500. And it was a deal. My ole lady could care less.

oreville

Back up plan;

If wife catches you all in the act then you can always argue that it was her birthday present. Worked for me one year when I realized I forgot to buy her a birthday present.

It does help if the coin is her birthyear coin.

Her birthyear is 1955.

puff

I don't have to ask my wife.

stujoe

All of them.

Robgetty

1872-CC dollar in PCGS VF30 ($3,000)

She knows that I got the coin, she just doesn't know how much I paid. However, she is pretty
good about my buying coins; I once asked her if I could spend $8,000 out of our savings (A VERY
significant percentage!) to buy a DCAM proof 1872 quarter from R&I, and SHE SAID YES!!!
After I picked my jaw off the floor, I explained to her that she was the one who needed to keep
me in check, not approve of that stuff!

Her philosophy is that we have enough money for her to buy the things that she wants; so she
doesn't worry if I'm buying coins. I already sold my set off once when we got married (without
her knowing at first) to ensure we had enough money when starting out, so I guess she feels
that I'll keep my priorities straight.