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Your Wife(s) Or Your Coins?

ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    -coins don't whine

    -coins don't ask for money

    -coins don't smoke crack and cheat on you with the neighbor





    What do you think?


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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    I don't even want to see the responses to this thread........ image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    coins don't smoke crack and cheat on you with the neighbor

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    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • longtimecollectorlongtimecollector Posts: 2,368 ✭
    My wife once said "You love those coins MORE than you love me............"

    I spent a week on the couch after responding........... "But Dear,,,,,,,,, the coins have a RESALE value !!!!!!!!"
    Cam-Slam 2-6-04
    3 "DAMMIT BOYS"
    4 "YOU SUCKS"
    Numerous POTD (But NONE officially recognized)
    Seated Halves are my specialty !
    Seated Half set by date/mm COMPLETE !
    Seated Half set by WB# - 289 down / 31 to go !!!!!
    (1) "Smoebody smack him" from CornCobWipe !
    IN MEMORY OF THE CUOF image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I take a fifth err I mean I take the 5th!
    theknowitalltroll;
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>the coins have a RESALE value !!!!!!!!" >>


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    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    No wife... no girlfriend... no worries image
    -George
    42/92
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not even a contest...

    siliconvalleycoins.com

  • haletjhaletj Posts: 2,192 ✭
    I'd trade all my coins for a wife.
  • GooberGoober Posts: 980 ✭✭✭
    Mine! She can't remember where hers are.
    Prost!

    Why step over the dollar to get to the cent? Because it's a 55DDO.
  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    My Wifes standing behind me reading this thread.

    Shaking her head and going tsk tsk tsk !

    I guess it's time for me to get off the computer.

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  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    <<I'd trade all my coins for a wife. >>

    I can hook you up with my sister...for a small fee...
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  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No more wife, so it is a no brainer.

    I remember a girl friend stating that I loved baseball more than her. I still have baseball!
    Collector and Researcher of Liberty Head Nickels. ANA LM-6053
  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    I dont have a wife... Atleast I dont think I do.
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  • RobgettyRobgetty Posts: 1,112
    My wife is the best investment that I have ever made.
    Robert Getty - Lifetime project to complete the finest collection of 1872 dated coins.
  • BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭
    Coins don't wash the dishes, clean the clothes, cook the meals and aren't worth a hoot in bed!

    Besides the wife has always been fine with whatever I've chosen to do for 27 years now! MS 69...sure is fine

    and she's Mine, mine, mine. She has what I call an Onion Butt.....a Butt so fine it'll make you cry!image
    Boom's Retired Registry Set & Boom's Retired Variety Set
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  • TUMUSSTUMUSS Posts: 2,207 ✭
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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Wife of course.
  • cdwegnercdwegner Posts: 449 ✭
    coins...
    The Wegner ARRC Bingle Set

    Looking for 1967 PCGS/NGC slabbed coins.
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    I ditched my wife awhile ago...

    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • NeptuneNeptune Posts: 2,221
    coins don't ask for money

    ya better think about that one

  • SandhawkSandhawk Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭
    You can´t impregnate your coins!!

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  • ccexccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    I'm going to a coin show tomorrow, so I would dare say I'd rather bring my coins than my wife. My wife is much to large to be slabbed, or fit in a dealer's display case. Besides, 1957 (her birth year) is not a key date. If I brought her, all the dealers there would say that I have overgraded her.

    Since my wife is a Liberian-American and never goes sunbathing, no dealer could accuse her of being artificially toned. However, I expect a few racist dealers would rationalize their low offer with their preference for lustrous, untoned "white" coins.

    I may trade computer parts for coins, or coins for computers, but my wife is a "keeper" to good to be hidden in safe deposit box or to be discussed as trade bait. (She may have said that I love my computer more than her but, thankfully respects my love of coins enough to never have said that I love my coins more than her.) Even if the Emancipation Proclamation were repealed, I would not trade her for the Eliasberg Collection.

    I hope no one else calculates their wife's value based on the spot value of gold or platinum. (Mine exceeds $1.6 million if she is worth only her weight in gold).

    An interesting twist to this bizzarre thread, for those single collectors is: what kind of wife might you get for the value of your coin collection? If I look back at the value of my coins 12 years ago when I met my wife, I'm thoroughly convinced that I "ripped" the heavenly dealer who provided her to me.
    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    I don't know if Sally has found this board or not, sometimes she likes to snoop in on me. So I'm going to keep my big mouth shut on this one. image
  • BigAlBigAl Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭

    ccex: great post!
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Thanks to the crack and neighbor I got rid of one of them back in 1991. Guess which oneimage
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife is irreplacable, the coins, while I like them alot, and would be bummed out without them, are not

    worth anywhere near what my wife is.

    Keep the wife every time.

    I know, it sounds sappy, but that's the way it is.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife is worth a lot more than my coins. She's a keeper.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    After what I dealt with in my first marriage I've found a keeper in my second one. She has no problem with me keeping and collecting coins and she's been a great mother to my kids and never raises her voice. I'd be dumb to ever let her go and even more stupid if I ever let coins ruin my marriage. Getting along with her has been easier than anyone else I've ever been around in my life.

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  • anoldgoatanoldgoat Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭
    My wife is irreplaceable, my coins are not.
    Alright! Who removed the cork from my lunch?

    W.C. Fields
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    But coins go up in value over time.

    Am I right?


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    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697 ✭
    My wife gets jealous sometimes because I get coins in the mail and she doesn't. When that happens, I send her a dozen roses out of the blue and she seems to forget all about the coins...

    Besides, she never asks how much I spend on the coins (she really doesn't care) and she has given me the most precious gift that two people can give each other - love.

    Why would I want to get rid of the most wonderful thing that has happened in my life?!?!?!?
    Cecil
    Total Copper Nutcase - African, British Ships, Channel Islands!!!
    'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭
    There are a lot of psychological overtones in this thread......therapy works wonders my friendsimage
    Omnicoin
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    A wife even though I don't have one yet.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • jharjhar Posts: 1,126 ✭
    My wife supports and encourages me to collect coins. She has actually encouraged me to buy a coin when I was hesitant to spend the money at the time. She is truly a gem Proof among women!!
    J'har
  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coins are cheaper.

    Dave
    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    today is our 12th anniversary. Wait let me think.........................
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd choose the wife, most of the time. But coins would have to be a close second. image

    Now, if you had asked me this question during my FIRST marriage, on the other hand... well... image




    As a matter of fact, I just noticed that BBN's post perfectly states my position, as well (except in our case, it's "kid", and not "kids"):


    << <i>After what I dealt with in my first marriage I've found a keeper in my second one. She has no problem with me keeping and collecting coins and she's been a great mother to my kids and never raises her voice. I'd be dumb to ever let her go and even more stupid if I ever let coins ruin my marriage. Getting along with her has been easier than anyone else I've ever been around in my life. >>


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  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭


    << <i>My wife is the best investment that I have ever made. >>



    I wish I could find one that makes more than I do!
    You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭


    << <i>I'd trade all my coins for a wife. >>



    Its a deal!
    You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
  • aem4162aem4162 Posts: 421 ✭
    is this a male-only forum now?
    anita...ana #r-217183...coin collecting noob
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Me & the kid haven't seen or heard from my wife in almost a year. She's worthless. The only way she would have any value is if she od'ed before my divorce is final so that I could draw her social security.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    My wife is a keeper. Celebrated our 22nd anniversary last weekend.
  • ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    Wife. If someone offered me all the wealth and power in the world for my wife, I wouldn't even think about.
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a no brainer--my wife. Having the hobby of coins is fun, but life itself would not be fun without my wife.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • idocoinsidocoins Posts: 633


    << <i>I'd trade all my coins for a wife. >>


    I have two to chose from...the 1st is rather large now so I am told around 225-250......I haven't seen her in 20 years, thank god............my 2nd however is quite nice, smart, good shape around 125 pounds runs, so is in good medical condition.....although I haven't seen her in 2 years now my tax guy said she looks good.......so take your pick.......image
    Building 33-47 Mint Sets always looking for MS67s PM with any coins you might have for sale.

    Mike
    idocoins
  • aem4162aem4162 Posts: 421 ✭
    the 125# wife could be in poor medical condition; if you haven't seen her in 2 yrs you'd never really know anyway image
    anita...ana #r-217183...coin collecting noob
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  • AJ2525AJ2525 Posts: 477
    My wife died on June 9th. I'd trade anything I have except our two children to get her back healthy. Even though I know she's in heaven and not suffering from cancer anymore.

    I'm on this board trying to do something I like but I think I'll sign off and remember her some more

    Some call it an accumulation not a collection
  • fountainheadgoldfountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭
    Okay i too choose my wife of 32 years over my coins and your coins for that matter
    Michael
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My wife died on June 9th. I'd trade anything I have except our two children to get her back healthy. Even though I know she's in heaven and not suffering from cancer anymore.

    I'm on this board trying to do something I like but I think I'll sign off and remember her some more >>



    Wow, seeing a post like this makes one realize all the treasures on Earth could never replace loved ones. I love my wife and wouldn't trade her for anything, but this makes my feelings even stronger and makes me realize that I should never take for granted that the people around me will always be around. We'll be praying for you brother.

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