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Now I REALLY hate going to the dentist

ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
Last night, I asked the folks at David Lawrence to post a picture of a coin for me, an 1865 Seated quarter graded NGC AU-58. I get home two hours ago, looked at it, loved it -- but had to run to a dentist appointment. Race back home, and it's been sold. Hope I can find a comparable piece elsewhere; I loved the look of this one. This is where the mantra of being patient is a trying thing.

The one saving grace is that this coin is probably $200 more than a standard "type coin" would be in this grade. But I'm not sure I've ever seen a seated quarter in this grade that I liked this much, so it's a hollow consolation...

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Grrr....gnash...gnash!!! You wanna talk DENTAL APPOINTMENTS????
    Well, HERE's one.

    Back in 1981, a guy KEPT calling me about his type set. He wanted to sell it. All scaredy cat. Wanted to know if I could AFFORD it. Did I have CASH at the shop? Did he have to give his NAME? Did he need an APPOINTMENT?

    Day after day after day after day............aaaarrrrgggghhh

    UNTIL the day I had a dental appointment and he bopped in with a COMPLETE type set. Wife tried to put him at ease until I got back in a whole HOUR! Too nervous.....hadda go.....hurry hurry hurry.

    So he bopped to my competitor and GAVE it away. And guess who called me to tell me? Grrrrrrrr......

    I figure I had a $75,000 dental appointment that day.

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    Yes, the small eagle bust half was there.
    Grrrrrrrrrrrr........
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Yeesh. That settles it. No more looking at coins on days where I have dental appointments, unless I can spare the 10 minutes to check out and buy the coin before leaving. image
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Topstuf-

    OW!! image

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  • What was the fella nervous about? Why didn't your wife try to make him a deal, if he wasn't asking for much?
    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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