How far have you gone to buy a coin?

MrEureka

I'm considering a trip halfway around the world to bid on one coin. If I go, it would cost me three grueling days and $1500 in expenses. Not to mention the cost of the coin!

Can you top that?

I'm not just talking about distances.

For example, have you ever sold your car to buy a coin? Have you ever taken a second job to pay for a coin? Have you ever mortgaged your house to pay for a coin?

You get the idea, I think.

So, how far have you gone to buy a coin?

airplanenut

I've whined that it was my birthday and the coin really should be for sale, and I got the coin

Russ

A couple blocks, and once I skipped lunch.

Russ, NCNE

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Can you top that? >>



No.


I've gone to some pretty dang remote places to dig up old coins, though.

CarlWohlforth

I drove 6 hours to Long Beach once... Well, maybe twice...

I've purchased coins from much farther, but the USPS made it seem much closer.

It sounds like you have an exciting life MrEureka. Go for it. Write a blog while you travel. I'll read it, maybe others will too.

tsacch

I sold about 50 different morgans vams to buy a 1967 Mustang fastback.....still got the car too.....oh wait thats the reverse of what you wanted. I did have to drive 3 hours to get the car.

MrEureka

It sounds like you have an exciting life MrEureka.

Carl - You've never taken a 10-hour red-eye flight and gone straight from the airport to lot viewing, have you? It's not so much exciting as it is sick.

lathmach

I went out on a limb once, buying a coin.

Ray

lloydmincy

Nothing sick about it Andy!!! Who is telling you that, or do you feel guilty about it? You have an expertise and passion for something, and I would do the same thing for a coin. Can you PM me on what it is, just for my own curiousity??

I sold most my Travelers stock back in mid 90's for a 1933 $10 Eagle. Stock plummeted, and the coin, well......One of the best investments I ever made. Have sold much to buy coins. Should of sold more...

CarlWohlforth

>Carl - You've never taken a 10-hour red-eye flight and gone straight from the airport to lot viewing, have >you? It's not so much exciting as it is sick.

No, I haven't done that.

I have taken a 14 hour red-eye flight for vacation travel. Then we went straight to the Duty Free shop. Then we went to my parents in law's house. We left at 9 PM and arrived at 1 AM after crossing the International Date Line. While I was a wreck it sure was easier to get 1/3 the way across the planet than it would have been when Seated Liberty coins were being minted.

Tootawl

I went to the FUN show from Maryland to pick up a 1914 Saint for my birthday.

Coinosaurus

<< <i>I'm considering a trip halfway around the world to bid on one coin. If I go, it would cost me three grueling days and $1500 in expenses. Not to mention the cost of the coin! >>



Found some more of King Farouk's relatives have you

ScarsdaleCoin

guess going to China to pick up some trade dollars doesnt count!

LincolnCentMan

I’m an astronaut. I placed a bid on ebay from the space station about two years ago. I won the coin. It costs about $.022 per mircrogram to put someone in space. My mass is about 8165000 centigrams. Do I win?

David

LincolnCentMan

Ok, I realize I'm a day early on April fools day, but darn it. I couldnt resist.

David

RYK

Occasionally, I have to walk to the next room to get the phone to make the call to buy the coin.

NoGvmnt

"I've gone to some pretty dang remote places to dig up old coins, though. "

Yup, I've slogged through swamps, suffered through numerous nasty cases of poison ivy, climbed down into some dangerous, collapsing old underground dirt storage cellars, faced down swarms of mosquitos, dug under 5 inch roots, and have had my vehicle ransacked a number of times while hunting for that elusive barber (or better) bling-bling.

"I’m an astronaut. I placed a bid on ebay from the space station about two years ago. I won the coin. It costs about $10,000 per pound to put someone in space. I way 180 lbs. Do I win?"

Wow, an astronaut and you cant even spell "weigh"! Oh well, it ain't rocket science, I guess.

Jim

Cladiator

90 miles is about as far as I've gone

OKbustchaser

My wife and I interupted our honeymoon and went to a show and auction the afternoon after we got married. I bought two bust half dollars (got shut out on the auction). I figured I might as well let her know what our life would be like.

Jim

Tonelover

I've been to Hell and back for coins I want, frequently. A lot of dealers make it feel that way at least.

Barry

<< <i>Carl - You've never taken a 10-hour red-eye flight and gone straight from the airport to lot viewing, have you? It's not so much exciting as it is sick. >>


Nope, never considered it. Maybe if you ask nicely, Legend will represent you on the coin

Aren't you going to tell us where it is? My guess is a UBS auction in Switzerland. Am I close?

solid

I've gone off the deep end before to buy a coin...

Wait, that doesn't count - it's just what my wife thinks.

Ken

mrearlygold

Hmmm, when I had my " I'm buying Coin Collections" ad running in the Vietnam News as well as the local buy/sell "in Vietnamese" papers, I received a call to come look at a collection in the Chinatown ( Cholon) section of town ( I was living full time in Saigon, 2001). I went with my secretaries and a body guard on motorcycle to go and look and what a really cool experience.

Lots of neat stuff especially in antiques which I know little, tons of common coins and paper money but none of the better coins in my opinion were real.

Quite an experience though.

It's uncomfortable sitting and typing, so I'll leave it at that. Hope to be able to add some input soon. Where ya headed Andy?

Tom

Shamika

<< <i>I've purchased coins from much farther, but the USPS made it seem much closer. >>


Funny

I went to a pawn shop in a REALLY bad neighborhood to buy a coin. Does that count for anything?

LincolnCentMan

Wow, an astronaut and you cant even spell "weigh"! Oh well, it ain't rocket science, I guess.

Sorry, I edited the statement to put it in terms you could better understand. Weight is a vague term anyway. There are so many variables that factor into it.

David

money4money

1,300-something miles from Boston area to the FUN show in Orlando last year...

kyleknap

I've traveled thousands of miles for shows, but I don't think that's the same as doing something for one specific piece. My most memorable experience in this realm was several years ago (I believe I was 12 or 13 at the time)...I spent an entire summer (and then a few weeks into the school year) doing yardwork and any other little jobs that neighbors would give me to accumulate enough cash to buy a PR63 Seated Half at a local shop. I still have the coin, and I still remember how much I hated digging holes!

Kyle

dimples

I had to go to the movies to get my latest addition to my state quarter collection.

Dennis88

You come to the Netherlands???

Dennis

AgMe

<< <i>guess going to China to pick up some trade dollars doesnt count! >>



...yeah there's nothing like getting a brand new one fresh off the presses!



-g

jacktheknife

For my 15-D in 66RD, I got up at 3:00 A.M. and drove from Minneapolis to Chicago (about 6 hr. drive). I met QDB there and had him wish me well with the bidding by writing a note and signing right over the lot description in the catalog. Then I got in a bidding war with Bender and Andy (well, actually Andy's wife), but there was no way I was going through all that and then drive home empty handed! So, I drove 12 hours, paid way too much, but I got my one penny.

I got home late that night and my wife just shook her head. She knows I have a disease and that from time to time it just gets out of control.

Jack

MadMonk

I have neve gone far to view or buy a specific coin. So I guess my answer would be the 1/2 mile to the post office.

Longacre

I almost went over a dead body to get a coin, as in my wife saying, "you'll buy that over my dead body". Does that count?

weresteve

<< <i>So, how far have you gone to buy a coin? >>



I'm not one to go out of my way looking for that one special coin ... figured I would just let them come to me. Both eBay and USPS make this a lot easier ...

As far as travel goes ... cross state is about the furthest I will go. St Louis for Central States in May will probably be the next road trip. After that ... Wichita KS in June probably.

Steve

Pistareen

I remember waking up very early one Saturday morning in college, when emerging from slumber before noon was a feat worthy of recognition. Coffee, shower, finding keys in the dark, then driving over the Blue Ridge Mountains after dawn to get to a tiny country auction early enough to do lot viewing. There was a barn auction with several early gold coins in it, a "secret auction" that I heard about because I worked in the local antique trade in Virginia at the time. Despite the inordinate effort of getting out of bed with a hangover and before noon, I knew the hard work would pay off ...

... until I pulled into the lot, and saw none other than MrEureka standing at the door of the barn with a cup of coffee and a smile. He'd come all the way from New York.

Doh!

At least I got a nice Cracker Barrell breakfast for my effort.

mrearlygold

... until I pulled into the lot, and saw none other than MrEureka standing at the door of the barn with a cup of coffee and a smile. He'd come all the way from New York.