How picky are you?

Veep

Sometimes I'm too picky for my own enjoyment. I can not tell you how many shows, shops and auctions I've been to where I left without buying a thing. If a coin doesn't jump out at me or literally is not "all there" for the grade, I won't pull the trigger and buy it. That doesn't mean that I won't buy circulated coins. But Morgans with rim bumps, or coppers with a spot or two just aren't for me. When I put together a set of 1936-42 proofs in PF65 and up, it took three years of working on it at least a couple of hours hours each day. The set was complete except for the Ty II cent which took two years to find. The good news is that when I sell, my buyers like the coins.

How about you? Are you average-picky, super picky, or not picky enough?

kieferscoins

Average picky for my collection but not as picky for buying/re-selling sometimes as I would like.

Cameron Kiefer

Shamika

I'm so picky, I purchased FOUR 1937-D PCGS MS66 Buffalo's on separate occasions before I finally found one I was happy with (for the time being anyway). And for the record, I hand picked each of these.

ziggy29

I'm fairly picky for some pieces and a little less picky for others. For my type set, there are some coins that I rarely see in a certified 58 and they are cheap -- so I may go after average pieces in those types with an intention to upgrade when the opportunity arises. But if I'm spending hundreds of dollars or more on a coin for the set, it has to be the right piece from the get-go.

For example, I picked up the first adequate, common-date Franklin and Kennedy I found, for quite cheap (each less than $8). But while they are certainly adequate for the grade, I'd like to do better and if these were commonly seen as certified 58s I'd wait until the right piece came available. But since these aren't often seen and they're cheap, I have no problems buying *adequate* for the grade and looking at upgrade opportunities.

mgoodm3

I'm getting pickier as I learn more, but that's mainly for a certain type of look/toning. Beyond that I'm pretty easy.

1956Quarter

I'm extremely pickey. As I've mentioned in some recent posts where I was showing my completed Franklin Half and completed Washington Quarter sets, I really ticked a few dealers off by looking through countless coins in their stock, and walking away not buying anything, or buying something on line and returning what would seem to be a super nice example of the coin. To me thats the challenge. Finding the nicest coin possible in my opinion that meets my grade by my standards. Its your perogative, go for it.

wam98

Not picky enough. Seems like I always find something wrong with a coin after the fact of purchasing it. Bad vision doesn't help any either.

Darkhorse

Picky people have a blast on the darkside. There's just so much to pick from

AuldFartte

Super picky now, but not so much in the past. My more recent acquisitions are much nicer than my earlier ones. I used to be anxious to "fill the holes", so I have some crummy hole fillers instead of the nicer coins I really want.

Live and learn ...

nwcs

I'm not very picky.

SanctionII

In the more distant past, when it came to buying, many times I was not picky enough (when viewed from hindsight) and have ended up owning something that soon lost its interest to me.

More recently, I have become more picky since my collection has grown and I have multiple examples of certain coins to review and evaluate. This process has resulted in me becoming more knowledgable and less likely to buy a particular coin. This has probably irritated some of the shops I frequent since I have been buying less and still spending the same amount of time looking through their inventory.

I assume that when it comes time to sell some of my duplicates, I will find out (from any dealers I offer coins to) that I have not been picky enough since my coins are below average to average at best and thus not worth what I want for them.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Average picky for my collection but not as picky for buying/re-selling sometimes as I would like.

Cameron Kiefer >>



What he said.

(Edit to add: this discussion does not pertain to my "holey" collection of technically-damaged coins, though you might be surprised to find I'm average-picky about them, too, in terms of eye appeal and how they were holed.)

jonesy

I am very picky. Too bad I don't do shows.