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If you had to have every coin purchase approved by your significant other...

RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
how much different would your coin collection be?

There is more to this question than meets the eye. I will post my response to this thread later tonight (assuming the thread has not been nuked, fallen off the front couple pages, etc.).

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd only have Cute Pandas imageimage

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  • I just can't get my mind wrapped around this question.

    Maybe I need to stay in a Holiday Inn Express and then come back to this thread.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,673 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a valid question, I suppose. If we were talking about my ex, I would be fortunate to have a circulated Lincoln Memorial set, probably.

    Ladymarcovan would probably let me have some decent stuff. Up into the higher two-figure pricetags, anyway. Three-figure-pricetag stuff might require some negotiation. image

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  • What's a "significant other"?
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  • << <i>how much different would your coin collection be?

    There is more to this question than meets the eye. I will post my response to this thread later tonight (assuming the thread has not been nuked, fallen off the front couple pages, etc.). >>



    My collection would consist only of Proof Turban Head Gold Eagles instead of circulated type coins. Seriously, I showed my wife the "Red Book" and she recommended that I save money to get the Proof Turban Head Gold Eagles.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The same as it is now... no interest in it.... I make the money, I spend the money. Cheers, RickO
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coins are collected? Who knew?

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Besides the obvious answer...i'd have less coins because less approvals would come through...



    Some coins appear and disappear on the marketplace so fast that any approval process means that you miss out on the purchasing opportunity.
    I can think of a few coins in my collection that may not be there if I had waited a little bit. Some of these are the better ones that really grabbed me.


  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,749 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It would look like this because he says that the best kind of coins are the ones
    that you receive in change.






    Stefanie





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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,673 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't had to deal with the spousal approval issue during this marriage, because I get coin money by selling other coins.

    Coins beget coins. Little or no money to support my habit has come out of the household coffers. There's household money, and coin money.

    The two have been distinct from one another for years. Now that this is my "job", though, a certain amount of coin money (any meager profits I make, probably) is going to have to be siphoned off to contribute to the household expenses.

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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bless my wife's lil' heart... she's actually very supportive of my collecting pursuits... a real gem!

    'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,549 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The same as it is now... no interest in it.... I make the money, I spend the money. Cheers, RickO >>



    You go girl!
    I'm with you on this one....RYK is a pansy and just trying to find other men who let their wives run their lives. image



    (mine would probably consist of just gold coins as she is a gold addict if anything)

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    That's one of the reasons I got rid of her.
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The same as it is now... no interest in it.... I make the money, I spend the money. Cheers, RickO >>



    You go girl!
    I'm with you on this one....RYK is a pansy and just trying to find other men who let their wives run their lives. image



    (mine would probably consist of just gold coins as she is a gold addict if anything) >>



    My complete answer is coming up later and will surprise you. image
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    this could be one of the most humorous threads in some time...

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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Probably about the same minus the 3 keys. A couple might be a grade or two lower but nothing major.

    Currently she does not ask as long as the Credit Cards are paid off and there is enough to pay for her and the kids activities. Getting a little tougher as I seem to be also paying for my mother in law's activities so I will be trying to make extra funds in the near future hopefully coin related.
  • I would get rid of the significant other! ( to those that know me I would get rid of the wife that I am trying to divorce and keep the "significant other" that you all have come to love as I doimage and she would approve all purchasesimage
    steve

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  • eCoinquesteCoinquest Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭
    Shes fine with it as long as I only use the profit from other coins I sold to buy more. It gives me an incentive to by the coins for profitability and not just because I like them. Then buy the ones I really want.image
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    Here's some of the coins that my "significant other" read: wife, bought me.

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    So I would say that my collection would not be nearly as nice as it is today if it were not for my wife approving, and then buying me these coins. There are more, but I don't want to bother you with the other double eagles.
    Tom

  • QuarternutQuarternut Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭
    Significant other? Who has time or money for a significant other?

    She would just cost me more money that I could have spent on coins! image

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  • That is a fascinating question!

    Frankly, I think that I would own fewer "dog" coins and more really nice ones.
    This probably means more big-buck coins and fewer throwaways. My collection
    is littered with hundreds of junk-box impulse buys that would probably never
    gain approval. But with the money saved by not impulse buying, I'd be able
    to finish the few really nice sets I've been working on.

    The most expensive coin I have cost about 700, and only half a dozen of them
    cost more than 300. So I don't really buy high-end stuff. But my wife has seen
    those half dozen coins and really liked them.

    It's not necessary that I gain her approval to buy anything I want to within
    reason, but if I thought more like she does, I might have a nicer collection to
    show for it today!

    Thanks,
    Mark

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  • SLQSLQ Posts: 311 ✭✭
    My currency collection would grow big time.
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd have more colorful Morgans than I do now.

    She loves the rainbows and textile toners, but I go for target/rim toned ones.

    So I guess I'd be collecting what she likes to look at...
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

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  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975
    I'd own more Shield Nickels.


  • << <i>I'd only have Cute Pandas imageimage >>




    Its a very valid question from the OP. I probably would not have any of the silver panda issues as my wife just rolls her eyes when she sees me drop $500 on a single ounce of silver.image
  • It would make absolutely no difference around here.
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    Hmmm. You mean the hypothetical case where the "significant other" is actually renderd "significant"? A gedankenexperiment of sorts.


    edited to add>>>
    The basic definition, for those who don't know, added here as the humor behind its parallel is just too good. (From Wikipedia)

    "A thought experiment (from the German Gedankenexperiment) is a proposal for an experiment that would test a hypothesis or theory but cannot actually be performed due to practical limitations; instead its purpose is to explore the potential consequences of the principle in question."
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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,082 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> If you had to have every coin purchase approved by your significant other... >>



    Prolly my grandaughters would have a lot more American Girl Dolls. image

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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,413 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why do people have only "significant others"?

    Have you ever heard of anyone having an "insignificant other"? A college buddy and former roommate of mine had so many women clamoring for his attention and affection at the same time (he dated multiple women at the same time, while always looking for new ones).

    I suppose you could say that any and all of these women were, in reality, "insignificant" because if any one of them dropped out of the picture there was always another one ready to drop into the picture. As long as at least one of them was in the picture, my buddy was happy and content.
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    I like that term, SanctionII. Cool. I also like the term "Outlaws" to describe "Inlaws" after a divorce.
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife likes that I collect coins and goes with me on purchases of collections and such. Our savings is used
    for coins. She, for some reason, does not mind if I spend thousands on a collection but balks at $5,000 on
    an individual coin. Lots of widgets makes all the difference. Up to say, $300, I can buy willy-nilly but over
    that we talk about it. I put a bid in at $4,500 on a coin today and she approved because she knows the
    value of that one coin (93-s morgan). Anything else we discuss and I educate and she generally goes right
    along with it once she hears my reasoning! (I've got to have it hun, how's the upholstery in the car doing?).
    Give some to get some sometimes!
    bob
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  • I wouldn't even have pocket change,
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Define "If".

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Really, my collection would be no different. She hopes I am paying a fair price for good material, as do I, and never even asks what something cost.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    My wife mentioned that she wants to start buying me "nice" coins for my birthday. Wowwowwowwowwowwow!
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,174 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the question ... as it made me think of something.

    BTW, I am not married, but was long ago, and I collected then too, although frankly we never had too
    much extra money back then.

    If I had to honestly justify every purchase with my partner, my collection would probably have a few less
    coins (no impluse buys and less seconds) and would probably be of slightly greater quality (no good enoughs
    ... only solid to premium) pieces




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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think that if I had to justify every purchase to an uninterested third party, I would make a lot fewer impulse purchases and have a much more tightly focused collection. MrsRYK also seems to have a good eye for what's nice and what's not so nice.

    "Why are you buying that again?"

  • my sig line once said it all

    collecting Morgans is (was a passion) inevitable- and so is divorce.

    I no longer collect Morgans, just other widgets.

    and I'm prolly gonna sell them off so I can get back in her good graces.

    anyone want proof silver and mint silver still in the cello?


  • percybpercyb Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭✭
    My coins are my significant other!!
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So she would have to approve both the funding and the item purchased? Screw that. I collect what I like not what someone else likes. If it was strictly for investing or flipping for a profit when appropriate, thats one thing cept she doesn't know much if anything about it. If that was the case I'd likely not even be collecting and if I was I wouldn't care if I had a highly focused collection.
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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    My collection would be a lot more limited. If I had to get approval, I would be forced to disclose the location of the secret, black budget, off-balance sheet account that is used to fund the coin purchases. I am actually thinking of telling RYK the location of this account, out of fear that if I keel over, Mrs. L will never even know about it, and the mountains of cash would escheat to the state after a while.
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    Didn't wanna get me no trade
    Never want to be like papa
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • pennyanniepennyannie Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭
    Approvals would be easy here with my wife. I would probably have more coins. If i buy a coin over 750 bucks i usually tell her in advance for 2 reasons. 1. to know what account to take the money from 2. Just to let her know what is going on. If we have the money we can go shopping.

    My wife is what i call thrifty and frugal. She very rarely buys her self stuff. That at times keeps my coin collection in check. I always look for things to buy for her. I wanted to buy her a fur coat a few years back and after looking for a hour she decided she really did not want another one. ( saved 4k there) She has told me 2 times in the last year to buy a 1909 VDB mpl for my collection. She has even moved money around to pay for it and i can not pull the trigger. She is a keeper, her mother trained her well.
    Mark
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  • 66RB66RB Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭
    Never a problem, as long as I don't get too crazy. Since getting married, I've actually spent more money on nicer coins than in the pastimage

  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am actually thinking of telling RYK the location of this account, out of fear that if I keel over, Mrs. L will never even know about it, and the mountains of cash would escheat to the state after a while.


    I keep getting emails from bankers in Nigeria with essentially the same problem.image
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