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saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
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got pissed off every time Louis got a coin or a package after a certain point??? image I mean, I know that 90% of US get that "look" or the snide comments...why would they be any different?? An interesting thought!! image
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    I want to find a woman who won't care if I buy coins as long as the family is taken care of and we are financially soundimage

    Cameron Kiefer
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    LouisLouis Posts: 3,687
    Why would she care if I got a package ? image
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Mrs. Eliasberg was probably a lot like Mrs. RYK. She did not know that coins were coming in the mail.

    I want to find a woman who won't care if I buy coins as long as the family is taken care of and we are financially sound

    Dream on, Cammie.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    jpkinlajpkinla Posts: 822 ✭✭✭
    Cameron,

    I think either of the Olsen twins would be right for you! You wouldn't have to worry about the family being taken care of and you could sit and wait for the Fed-ex truck every day! Wouldn't that be the life?

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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    image That sounds great!image

    Cameron Kiefer
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Given his wealth, what were her alternatives? I'm sure she wasn't hurting for anything even as he kept receiving all these $2,000 ultra-rarities which go for well into six figures now...
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    wam98wam98 Posts: 2,685 ✭
    Ah, wives and coins. I'll say no more. image
    Wayne
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    kiddkidd Posts: 230
    my wife used to do that to me, now we race to the mailbox to see what arrived. I`ve got to get into shape, she`s starting to beat me to the good stuff.......
    If you can read this, your too close.

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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    More likely, Mr. Eliasberg was fretting about the crap coming in the mail for Mrs. Elaisberg. Jewelry, artwork, women's clothes, accessories, etc. can dwarf poor Louis' coin acquisitions.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
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    I have heard that mary-Kate collects coins?

    Cameron Kiefer
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Remember that Eliasberg got 90% of his collection in one fell swoop when he originally bought the clapp collection. All he had to do then was fill in the missing pieces. I think it took less than ten years.
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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    10% was probably thousands of coins, and it's still a guy/girl thing..."ANOTHER coin Louis???" I'm SURE he heard it...because we all know that no matter how much $$ you have you learn very quickly how to step it up to your level of illiquidity!!image
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no...

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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    eddyemackeddyemack Posts: 198


    And I heard that one of the Olsen's doesn't eat alot either.


    eddye


    GO STEELERS
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Life became a lot simpler when I stopped getting them at home....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.
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    GO STEELERS

    Here we go, Steelers, here we go!!!
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    Robert...I'm going into my old box from the 70's and looking for my TERRIBLE TOWEL!! image
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    NewmismatistNewmismatist Posts: 1,802 ✭✭


    << <i>Life became a lot simpler when I stopped getting them at home....image >>



    Yeah, Me too image - I bet Louis had them shipped to the office too! image
    Collecting eye-appealing Proof and MS Indian Head Cents, 1858 Flying Eagle and IHC patterns and beautiful toned coins.

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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    I'm sure that "old Lou" was as O/C as any of us...or maybe ALL of us!! So it wouldn't surprise me if he spent the bulk of his net worth on his massive collection. And what does Mrs. E see???...an obsessive compulsive husband pursuing a "hobby" that is not popular and irrational...buying money at many, many times it's value. Do you really think she appreciated and understood?? Yeah RIGHT!!!image

    "LOUIS!!~!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!" image "leave me ALONE, old woman!!" image
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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It always surprises me, how many eBay buyers have stuff shipped to their offices as opposed to their homes !!

    Paul
    My Ebay Coin Store
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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    Oh Beaver!! image

    think it has ANYTHING TO do with wives???image
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    jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    You guys should have a wife like mine. I just got the itch to cover the walls in my garage with antique license plates. I have gotten a couple hundred delivered over the last month.

    Want to know what my wife says?

    Cool, you got some more plates in today, bet they are gonna look good on the wall.


    life is good.
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jb, after meeting her I gotta agree. You're lucky!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.
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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    jb...license plate are fine, especially when it comes to wives...but when the 30th $10,000+ coin arrives, you better hide!!image
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    RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I want to find a woman who won't care if I buy coins as long as the family is taken care of and we are financially sound >>


    Spoken like a true bachelor.image
    Rick Kay
    Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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    JadeRareCoinJadeRareCoin Posts: 2,768 ✭

    At the Chattanooga show, I had sold an MS-64 RD large cent to a guy. I was filling out the receipt and he was getting ready to write the check when his wife walked up. It got real ugly from that point on. She said, "let me see that coin....I don't like it....it's ugly." and "over my dead body are you spending $950 on a penny". She was yelling at the poor guy and ME. I told her that I didn't want to get in the middle of the arguement and then put the coin back in the case. Bet that's the last time he takes his wife to a coin show!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife and I have a sort of agreement. She has her hobbies, and I have mine. I do not flaunt my purchases; neither does she. Unfortunately for her and fortunately for me, it is a bit more obvious when a new mirror, rug, or coffee table has arrived than it is when a new coin has arrived.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭


    << <i>I just got the itch to cover the walls in my garage with antique license plates >>



    jb...tell her you want to do the family room/den in the same motif, and gauge the response then....image
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    As long as the drapes match the carpet I'll be happy.

    Cameron Kiefer
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    jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭


    << <i>jb...tell her you want to do the family room/den in the same motif, and gauge the response then.... >>



    she already poo pooed that idea


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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    Cam...careful now.....!!!image
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    Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭
    Saintguru, at least you have nice shiny gold to show your wife.

    My wife sees "tarnished" silver in plastic slabs, and thinks our money is going down the crapper. image
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    RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭


    << <i>As long as the drapes match the carpet I'll be happy. >>


    Cameron: Are you proposing to JB?
    Rick Kay
    Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
    She said, "let me see that coin....I don't like it....it's ugly." and "over my dead body are you spending $950 on a penny".

    ...So he grabs her by the back of the head and SMASHES her face right through my glass display top, and there's blood all over the place...

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm sure her bread was buttered well.

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    ? What?

    Cameron Kiefer
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What I'm saying is she was certainly well taken care of, so she had nothing to complain about.

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It always surprises me, how many eBay buyers have stuff shipped to their offices as opposed to their homes !! >>



    Aside from the aforementioned spousal factor, it could be that there's usually no one home to sign for insured packages, but there's sure to be someone in the office mail room to sign for it.

    I have most of mine sent to a P.O. box. That way the item is delivered and waiting for me when it's convenient for me to get over there.
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    That was what I was going to say. In my case I always have things shipped to where I work because I am never home and there is no one there to accept packages and sign for them. I would never receive my purchases if they were sent to my mailbox. (I don't get mail where I actually live and my mailbox is smply a box posted on an empty lot and I pick it up once a week. When a seller doesn't follow instructions the mailman either leves them in the box or if they don't fit just leaves them sitting on the ground by the box. That includes insured and signature required material except registered. For registered they leave a slip that I find a week later. But I can't get to the post office. I'm usually at work before 7AM and often don't go home until 9 to 10 PM. So I have had packages returned to sender simply because I can't get there.) So I have all my ebay stuff sent to the office.
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i> More likely, Mr. Eliasberg was fretting about the crap coming in the mail for Mrs. Elaisberg. Jewelry, artwork, women's clothes, accessories, etc. can dwarf poor Louis' coin acquisitions. >>


    That's exactly what I was thinking.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pinnacle send its coins in Fed Ex boxes. I always refer to these packages as my new "auction catalogs".
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭


    << <i>Pinnacle send its coins in Fed Ex boxes. I always refer to these packages as my new "auction catalogs". >>



    You must also have a Swiss bank account your spouse does not know about! image
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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    My wife is actually thrilled that I'm collecting coins. They take up less room than anything else I've collected. image
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife is actually thrilled that I'm collecting coins. They take up less room than anything else I've collected.

    And they do not smell as bad as the corpses. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i> My wife is actually thrilled that I'm collecting coins. They take up less room than anything else I've collected.

    And they do not smell as bad as the corpses. image >>



    imageimage
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RYK-

    That's a good line, I'll have to try that on my wife image
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    BASEagleBASEagle Posts: 383


    << <i>As long as the drapes match the carpet I'll be happy. >>



    Hey Cameron,

    Do you think the Olsen twins are REAL blondes?


    Mike
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>As long as the drapes match the carpet I'll be happy. >>



    Hey Cameron,

    Do you think the Olsen twins are REAL blondes?


    Mike >>



    Yes!

    Cameron Kiefer

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