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Ever been offered/buy a really neat coin you weren't even looking for??

LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I bought one this week.

I was looking for a specific coin and an example was mailed to me. The dealer included a second coin and said I shouldn't pass up on the opportunity to acquire it.

After checking it out and talking with him, I bought the second coin and returned the one I was looking for. image

What a crazy hobby. 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, Big Moose, Cardinal.

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I welcome things like this as long as they are from a dealer who knows me and with whom I've done business before. Sometimes opportunities come up to acquire a special coin and it helps to have a dealer thinking of you.
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    Yes - just today as a matter of fact.
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    Happened to me about three weeks ago.

    I completely fell in love with it and I would have been sad if I passed.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Any details?? 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, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Any details?? image >>



    How about you disclose your details first! image
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    Mine is gold and pre-1792. If the deal goes thru - i will have it next week to show
  • Newcomp103Newcomp103 Posts: 2,223 ✭
    At coin shows, yes....many times I will strike up a conversation with a dealer and he will go on to show me a really cool something...most of the time it is in a series that I have no idea about.
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    Ok, but I'm warning you that it's not anything U.S. or remotely modern as far as numismatics go. My X-Mas present.

    I picked up an Ancient very similar to this: LOOK

    I just love it!!!
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Mine is gold and pre-1792. If the deal goes thru - i will have it next week to show >>


    Now you have my attention. image

    Care to be more specific?
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭


    << <i>Mine is gold and pre-1792. If the deal goes thru - i will have it next week to show >>


    Hey, similar to me image
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stone:

    Interesting coin.

    What were you looking for??

    "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, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Care to be more specific? >>



    Sorry not until it is in the palm of my hand
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I was looking for a gold Ancient Pre-300AD, but never expected anything Pre-AD or from Brutus' reign.

    I know this is slightly more common of gold ancients, but I still love design and how circular the planchets are + it's gold!!! Reminds me of the American Eagle on U.S. coins too.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Goldeneye:

    I don't have a pic.

    I am working on a 6 piece "regional" territorial type set and needed a Mormon piece to complete it (Carolina, Georgia, Co. Ca., Ore. Utah).

    The Clark Gruber he included was even better. So, even though I already had a mountain $10, I bought the $5 Clark/Gruber instead.
    "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, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,514 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Mine is gold and pre-1792. If the deal goes thru - i will have it next week to show >>



    A Brasher doubloon???? image

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes - and ended up with a nice (and my only) Dahlonega $5 gold for my type set.

    Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1

  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,579 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Two years into my search for an MS 65 Barber Half, I was offered a 15 D (a type coin) in PC 6. It was right around Thanksgiving, I had a property tax payment due imminently and no add'l funds, so I passed on the coin. I finally found my Barber Half 16 months later.
    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • MercfanMercfan Posts: 700 ✭✭
    In February of 2006 I bought 258,000 coins that I wasn't even looking for.

    Sometimes you just can't resist a attractive looking opportunity. image

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    "Coin collecting problem"? What "coin collecting problem"?
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Attractive looking opportunities..." Hmmmmm oooohhhhhkay..... I think I understand..image Cheers, RickO
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    258,000! image

    What did you do - buy a Coin Star bin?? 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, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    I bought this 1936 Satin proof cent back in 2003. I was at the Central Florida coin club's show in Orlando. I wasn't looking for anything in particular since I had just finished buying a 1942 proof set one coin at a time. This coin was in the dealer's case by itself with no price sticker. I had never seen a satin proof so I asked to see it. The dealer just bought it and told me he had never had one in inventory before. I thought it was neat so I bought it. It is in an ANACS holder as a RB but it is 95% red with no carbon spots.
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  • BarbercoinBarbercoin Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭
    In a way...... sort of.....

    I went to a local coin show this weekend and the first dealer hands me a box to go through. It was extremely hard to stay focused onj my series with all these other random coins in there: Lincoln 22 plain date, a 65 Stone Mountain commem, 32s Wash (63), ..... and many more.

    Well, I ended up buying a very lonesome 08-s Barber quarter for bid!!

    WTB: Barber Quarters XF

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