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Fess up. You look at a coin.

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
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You say to yourself, "Hey...neat."
Then you look again and see the itsy bitsy surface marks and say, "Maannnnnnn, I just don't know...dannngg."
Then you look the next day and say, "All I'd ever see is that atom sized carbon spot."
Then you wait a few days and look again and ...IT.... says, "Sold."
Then you say, "Aw NOOOO, ....MY.... coin is GONE!!!"


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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Used to.

    Not any more.

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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    I have lost a lot of my coins like that.
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    All the time!
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    It would have to be an otherwise *very* special coin that was original and very rarely seen original and otherwise problem-free in that grade. Otherwise, to me it's an easy pass. If my eyes are drawn to it right away, they probably always will be.
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I had to look twice I am saying thanks I missed stepping in it again.
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I've been much better about second guessing myself. If I hesitate, I know the coin isn't for me.


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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    Used to be like that but have gotten better at not doing this.
    Successful Buying and Selling transactions with:

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On the bright side, it's hard to get buried in a coin that doesn't meet your standards if this happens a lot.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,395 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He who hesitates is lost, oftimes for the better.image
    theknowitalltroll;
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I usually consider myself lucky.
    Lance.
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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not me. I am not in a hurry to buy anything in the current market. A lot depends on what you collect. For me, I don't see much material that interests me in the first place. I find that is is much easier to buy a bad coin than be patient and wait for one that sings to you.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>On the bright side, it's hard to get buried in a coin that doesn't meet your standards if this happens a lot. >>


    For that matter, it's hard to get buried in a coin if you do not but it. Period.

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,395 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>On the bright side, it's hard to get buried in a coin that doesn't meet your standards if this happens a lot. >>


    For that matter, it's hard to get buried in a coin if you do not but it. Period.

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    I sorta inferred that that is what he was trying to say.
    theknowitalltroll;
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Obviously you are not buying from forum approved Super Dealers who would NevER clutter up their inventory with a coin with a spot.
  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    Don't worry you will find a nicer example for $20 less in the near future.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>On the bright side, it's hard to get buried in a coin that doesn't meet your standards if this happens a lot. >>


    For that matter, it's hard to get buried in a coin if you do not but it. Period.

    image >>



    I sorta inferred that that is what he was trying to say. >>


    Indeed.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    if you can't prove it i didn't do it
    no fessin out of me
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,298 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i used to but not as much anymore. i guess lesson learned
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Used to be like that but have gotten better at not doing this. >>



    Me too. Having no money to buy with helps too........ image
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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes! second guessing is the norm. for each coin collector. Unfornunatly, regret also is thrown in the realm too!

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OP was about coins that are satisfactory but you just debate whether worth getting.

    Coors my age is a factor too. Whadda I need MORE stuff for?

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