What collection do you regret selling?

291fifth

In my case it is a collection of Roman Imperial coins that I put together between 1981 and 1988. Of all the things I have collected that is the one I wish I still owned. Most of my other collections have been US coins or paper money.

Veep

I don't necessarily regret selling it, but sometimes I miss my complete set of 1936-1942 Proofs in PF66-68.

kryptonitecomics

I regret selling my first coin collection a few years ago. I had some great coins including a lot of nice Dimes and Half dimes

Wondo

My "Federal Silver Coinage of 1794" three-piece set. I just could not afford to keep it.

Goober

I tend not to sell unless it means picking up something even better. I regret having a felon for a brother who stole my coins when I was in the military and pawned most off. Those I miss the most.

eddieal

It wasn't a collection, but regret selling my 1901 S Barber Quarter for $1.00 in 1959. Oh well.

Barry

Nothing, yet.

mrearlygold

My collection of early eagles. I had 15 coins, minimum grade was AU-55, and the best was MS-63. I had to sell them when I returned to the US after a few years in Asia to finance rebooting my life.

That was 2 years ago.

Some of the people have been selling me back those same coins recently to trade.

Ahhhh, whatcha gonna do.

Rgrds
Tom

nwcs

I have sold a lot of my coins over the last year and a part. And only one coin have I regretted selling, it was a nicely toned 1921-D morgan with very interesting die cracks. Would like to run into that coin again some day.

cladking

I once actively collected world silver type coins. I never really got rid of it but when additions started
getting expensive and few and far between some of the pieces were sold off. Some of them would be
very difficult to replace because of their tiny mintages.

Jackrabbit

My 1956 T-Bird...

ccex

I've never regretted selling an entire set of coins. When I have done this, it has been intentional, and I felt it was time to move on to something more expensive.

The only coins I regret selling were my GSA CC Morgans in 1988, my 1795 Flowing Hair Half dollar in 2000. But for real regrets, I wish I still had my 1960 Cadillac convertible or 1962 Studebaker Hawk.

my3cents

my nearly complete 1/4 eagle gold collection

MrEureka

I've only sold two collections, neither of which I regret selling. (One was 1877 pattern half dollars, the other a nice type set of silver dollars.) On the other hand, there are probably a couple dozen inexpensive and extremely rare coins I regret selling. Some examples:

1909 Lincoln cent pattern obverse die trial in lead.

1836 Gobrecht dollar obverse die trial in lead.

1876-CC Dime in copper, choice proof.

1860 "Intaglio Cent" (J-264), ex: Loye Lauder.

1870 Bimetallic two cent piece (J793), gem proof. All other bimetallic two cent patterns I've seen are hideous by comparison.

BTW, these coins were all sold in the $1500-4000 range in the early to mid-eighties.

There is only one expensive coin that I regret selling: the unique Ormsby $5. I regret selling the coin because it is now forever impounded in the Smithsonian's collection. I would have liked to buy that back one day.

coinguy89

I haven't sold a collection yet and im not sure I will, but I think I would regret selling my Morgans now though.

topstuf

"Date only" set of Morgans with the 95-o in super slider but EVERY other one hand-picked when common BU's were $3 and DMPL or GEM was $5

Worked on it for a couple years and finally had to sell to a waaaaay small dealer at a Jack Tar show because no one else was even interested. Way before slabs. Finally years later I asked him if he sold it and HE had to break it up to move it at $1300 total

Complete Hong Kong type set.

My LONG TIME Franklins. Sold too soon. Guess no "regrets" cuz the coin is so....well....um....uninspired, but I see today's prices and moan.

My old time proof set that I got from the King of Siam......wait.....that didn't happen.

jom

I had to sell a few coins off about the time I bought my new house...circe 1998. I had some coins that I had cracked out of their slabs a few years before and I sent most of them into PCGS. I got some real good upgrades out of that. And a few of the coins I was sad to sell at the time but looking back it wasn't so bad. BUT there is one coin I wish I hadn't sold and that was my 1919-D Buffalo nickel. Since then I have stepped up my buying on this series and I really wish I had that one back.

I also had a very nice 1925-S Buff in the mid 90s but I just couldn't hold on to it at the time. I'm certain I could have kept the 19-D but this 25-S was just too high of a price to keep at the tiime....

jom