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Ever bought a coin and regretted it later?

ddinkddink Posts: 2,748
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I was reading MrEureka's post about people thinking that they better buy a coin because another better one was unlikely to turn up anywhere. I was wondering about the flip side of that...how many of you have ever bought a coin, then regretted it? As an example of what I mean, perhaps a better one came on the market and you had funds tied up in a previous purchase and couldn't afford it? Or you bought a great coin only to have it come back bodybagged, etc.?
I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Many times. Here are two that come to mind:

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    On the upside, I was able to expand my ever growing bodybag collection.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    Hi,
    honestly, not yet. Thankfully image

    Best,
    Billy
  • coinguy89coinguy89 Posts: 2,151
    Cheap, common Morgan dollars, wasted alot of money on that.image
    Scott Hopkins
    -YN Currently Collecting & Researching Colonial World Coins, Especially Spanish Coins, With a Great Interest in WWII Militaria.

    My Ebay!
  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    Bought a couple o' "dirty" $20 Libs - STUPID! image
    Wondo

  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, I have, several times, and I have learned. They were either impulse purchases or online auctions sight-unseen. I have (fortunately) not been badly hurt by any of these, but ultimately, the coins have been sold off. "Mistake" coins are not worth keeping around, IMO.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • atarianatarian Posts: 3,116 ✭
    um the deal im in the middle of completing. lol . the pf 69 moderns for $300 ring a bell.
    Founder of the NDCCA. *WAM Count : 025. *NDCCA Database Count : 2,610. *You suck 6/24/10. <3 In memory of Tiggar 5/21/1994 - 5/28/2010 <3
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ever bought a coin and regretted it later?

    not in the last week!!image

    al h.image
  • khaysekhayse Posts: 1,336 ✭
    Most of my regrets are for coins I didn't buy.

    I've had a couple that I regretted buying though.

    -KHayse
  • fountainheadgoldfountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭
    I regreted buying a few dogs. It seems so hard to get rid of them, and not loose too much. Also I have regreted buying coins because the price was to high. Love the coins, very PQ but may take years for price to be bearableimage
    Michael
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Yes, every time I talk myself INTO buying a coin I later find myself regreting having bought it.
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    too many times to even mention.

    K S
  • bigtonydallasbigtonydallas Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭
    Yes a few times but then when you find one of those cherries you forget the bad ones for awhile!!!
    Big Tony from Texas! Cherrypicking fool!!!!!!
  • RotatedRainbowsRotatedRainbows Posts: 2,085 ✭✭


    << <i>Many times. Here are two that come to mind:


    On the upside, I was able to expand my ever growing bodybag collection.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    So does this mean pretty soon you are going to change your handle to the Undertaker?? image
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Yes, every time that I have to talk myself INTO buying a piece. I always find myself regretting the purchase later.
  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    Yup, been there and done that, many times.
    When you buy a nice coin, another better one always shows up later, but your broke then.
    Then when you don't buy that "last" one, it's years before you see another one to get.
    Then when you jump on it, more pop up out of the woodwork, better and cheaper than the one you
    just bought.
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  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    Done that! It seems that it is not so much the money that got flushed but more the shock to the ego. It brings into question grading ability, understanding of the market for your specialty, inability to resist urges when intuitively knowing better...hummmm. Whoever does not study the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them...how true.
  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    p.s. the only cure is getting a score on a nice coin at a nice price...cures all.
  • jomjom Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You mean the "self-delutional buyer's remorse" club? I joined years ago. The membership dues are pretty expensive. image

    jom
  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭
    A 52D Washington on ebay that I could have sworn was a PCGS 66 when I hit the buy it now button. Turned out it was a PCGS 65 and not very attractive.

    Dennis
    US Navy CWO3 retired. 12/81-09/04

    Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    After two years of looking for a 1796 draped bust cent, finally bought one from Doug Bird at a Baltimore show. No more than 3 days later, a better one showed up on ebay with a Buy It Now for $225 less than I paid at the show. I bought the one on ebay too.
  • NumismanicNumismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ever bought a coin and regretted it later? >>


    Yes, especially the ones with the fingerprint or bagmark I didn't notice untill I got home. image
    Don

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Mostly the raw cleaned stuff I bought early. Nice slabbed stuff, no.
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is a trick question, isn't it?

    Whoever answers "no" gets reported to the government and gets branded a liar and audited and stuff.

    Right?

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Biggest regrets are for coins NOT purchased or ones I sold.image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    More (Coast to Coast) than I care (Skyline) to admit (Coin Depot).
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    My regrets are usually towards coins I *didn't* buy. I don't dwell too much on mistaken purchases -- just put them up on eBay and say goodbye.
  • techefftecheff Posts: 2,285
    It's been an expensive learning process... image
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  • WoodwindWoodwind Posts: 486 ✭
    My only real regret was an 1887 proof Indian Head cent in an ACG Proof-65 holder. This was before I joined these boards and realized how sub-standard ACG is. After coming across several more nicer Proof Indian Cents afterwards, I wish I had held out for something nicer. While the one I purchased is definitely not a PR-65, it has nice toning and I paid far less than a PR-65 price for the coin. It may even be AT or altered surfaces. Still, if I decide to crack out and resubmit and try to sell, at least I won't take a big hit.
    Lurking proudly on internet forums since 2001
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ooooooh, I fergot dem NON purchases.

    As a newbie, I was offered some of the most outrageous coins but I had "ALREADY FILLED MY HOLE."

    Ah shudda filled mah hole alright.

    Bust dimes and half dimes prooflike for $300. Bust gold for less than a grand.

    Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo......snif.

    At least I .....did.....buy as many $48-$60 twenties as I could afford.

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