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I worked hard to squeak JackTheKnife out of spot 32...

LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
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...and this dude shows up and puts me back down to 33.

Wow, nice set.

David
Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns

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  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    That's indeed a nice set.....

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  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    I feel your pain LincolnCentMan!!! My Niece's fell to 81.
  • jacktheknifejacktheknife Posts: 1,547 ✭


    Yes, and he's not done yet. Rumor has it that this set is going straight to top 5, maybe top 3. In the next day or so it should all be up.
    Like I said before, it's very difficult to just tread water these days.

    Jack
  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    Jack
    You and David don't tread water.imageimage
    Don
    Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
  • TAP444TAP444 Posts: 824
    Hey , I think the Walsh set looks pretty good
    Timimage
    LOOKING FOR 1931-s merc that is nice for the grade and fb
  • jacktheknifejacktheknife Posts: 1,547 ✭



    Don,

    You're so cruel. I'm in denial that I'm sinking (and fast). I better wake up and realize that this is a big boys game. Thanks for the wake up call. image

    Jack
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    You and David don't tread water

    ...I know. I'm sinking... lol.


    Jack, look at the bright side. When ever you finaly sell out, set complete or not, the profit will lessen the coins departure.

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • haletjhaletj Posts: 2,192 ✭
    Even though I've dropped from 44 to 51 since January, the quality of my set has improved tremendously. It used to be my 09-s-vdb and 14-d were the only pre-1917 coins I had (out of a bunch) that I liked, now I have about 13 coins in that span that I like. image I'm sure David's set has similarly improved... maybe your's too Jack, but finding coins for your set is a whole different ball game than it is for ours!


  • jacktheknifejacktheknife Posts: 1,547 ✭


    haletj,

    It's not so much finding the coins for my set as it is paying for them. There is so much pressure on the tough dates in high grade that the prices are prohibitive. I think the coins are out there to be had, but people with much deeper pockets are buying them. Just watch the upcoming ANR sale. There is a group of Lincolns in that sale that is going to smash what little reality remains in Lincoln cent prices.
  • haletjhaletj Posts: 2,192 ✭
    Yeah, okay. I know how you feel. I really want to get 23-s and 24-d and 25-s in full red, but they've started to go for more than I can afford. I lost out on opportunities to get them a yr or so ago because of not enough money or just plain didn't bid enough.
  • melikecoinsmelikecoins Posts: 1,154 ✭✭
    You always have to watch out for Sandbaggers they'll get you every time.

    If you don't have the top coin you can be sure someone dose, and their just waiting to nail you.

    Glen
    I don't buy slabs I make them
  • jacktheknifejacktheknife Posts: 1,547 ✭


    Melikecoins,

    Are you making a case for closing a set? I have thought about this lately. If someone knows you are after coins x, y, and z and they have coin y, they may hold out on the price or shill you at auction. However, proponents of leaving a set open will say that you should only pay what you are willing to pay, end of story. I am not sure what the right answer is, but I agree with your "sandbagger" comment.
  • flog31flog31 Posts: 56
    I'll say that is a great set...!!!

    I keep upgrading and not gaining, it will take several upgrades for me to move up one slot. About a year or so ago I was in the top ten. I have upgraded several coins since then, but am now in 13th (for the moment/ when I checked a few seconds ago...!). It is great to see all the interest even though it is tough
    to make any headway (mostly due to HIGH PRICES)... Keep on, keepin' on...


    Gene
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    Well, he finally finished putting the coins in. Now he's in the number three spot. Geez!!! At this rate, in two years, it's going to take a 100% complete dominatly 64RD or better set to make the top twenty page.

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • flog31flog31 Posts: 56
  • flog31flog31 Posts: 56
    Truely a GREAT new set added to the registry....!

    Took me back down to 14th. At this rate it won't take 2 years before you will have to be 100% complete and 64 Red and better to be on the first page (top 20).

    The top "8" have a 68+ GPA....!!! If only I could win the lottery...

    Gene (going back to watch THE Open)
  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    I too would have to win the lottery just to compete.That is why I'm working on a raw set.I refuse to pay the kind of money it would take to play with the big dogs.Unless I win the lottery,that is.image Then I'd have to change my thinking.
    Don
    Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    I paid my idiot tax yesterday. I bought ten lotto tickets. The jackpot was 145M.... some dude in El Paso hit it. Let's see. Lets say the guy has 100M left after taxes, and gets a 3% intrest. That would put him at making 3M a year off intrest... What's up with that?

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    I didn't win either.
    But with the cash option the winner only gets about half, if they put it in a trust account, and only pa income tases on what they take out, the tax bite would be a lot nicer.
    You need a trust account so that the government doesn't claim their 75% inheritance tax on the winnings should you die from all that fun spending it.image
    image
  • sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭
    Its not the "not winning" that bothers me. Its the not winning any money at all on my twenty tickets that made me mad.

    But even if I did win a big money jackpot, I doubt there would be enough money to build the kind of set I have always dreamt of building.
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