<< <i>I don't buy any coins, I only trade currency for coins. The number of bills that are traded for a single coin isn't important, it was only a trade. >>
Gonna have to remember this.
My wife acts interested sometimes if I'm pumped about a coin, but most of the time it's "really, ok, great" in a meh kinda way. All she wants me to do is the "THE" coin. Her definition of "THE" coin is a coin that I pay little money for which would in turn sell for enough $$$ so we could retire (or at least enough so she wouldn't have to work). She asked often if I've found it yet.
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Like many of the other posts here, coin collecting is pretty much regarded with indifference by my wife. She couldn't care less, but I guess she pays attention at some level. Every now and then she comes out of left field by giving me a wheatie she found in change or something like that. The best was Christmas 1999, when she wrapped up a Connecticut State Quarter as a gift for me. She saw the 1788 at the top of the reverse and got so excited that she got something rare in change that she didn't notice the 1999 at the bottom.
I once had a wife. She was totally disinterested to the point that she didn't really notice them. When we went to settle the divorce, I believe she forgot the coins existed. They were never mentioned. It could be her attourney just correctly deduced that they were my sole property from before the marriage. I am pretty sure I buried them somewhere as a line item in one of my disclosures. I was careful to do everything by the book. --Jerry
While in Colonial Williamsburg she bought me a 16th Century coin which was minted at the Tower Mint and that's what got me back into it. >>
Sounds like you have a great wife and my wife is the same way---she's also an enabler.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
She doesnt care, she has learned PCGS and NGC are the way to go, and understands why. she knows cleaned coins suck....she likes to go to shows, as long as I pony up for a nice lunch.
I recently started collecting these for giggles,......shes starting to think im crazy..........
<< <i>She doesnt care, she has learned PCGS and NGC are the way to go, and understands why. she knows cleaned coins suck....she likes to go to shows, as long as I pony up for a nice lunch.
I recently started collecting these for giggles,......shes starting to think im crazy..........
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I worry about the falling off the crooked shelves.
<< <i>I worry about the falling off the crooked shelves. >>
Agree. Looks unstable and top heavy. Someone brushing against it could cause that shelf to come crashing down. Suggest that you put the heavier ones on the borrom shelf and the smaller ones up higher.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Years ago (ok, decades ago) I took my fiancé to the Long Beach show, this was back when it was a huge show. We walked and looked, and walked and looked some more. One table had some stunning 19th century proof cameo gold. She thought they were “very pretty” and asked how many of those I had, to which I replied, none. Then she asked about "regular" gold coins. I recall that generic Unc. $10 gold Eagles were about $30-35 each back then. You’d have to be a fool to buy gold at those prices. Slim chance of ever getting a decent return on gold…..
Finally at one table I found a die variety of an Indian Cent (I can’t recall which one) that was particularly rare. I believe the dealer wanted $75 for it, but got it for about $60. At that point my fiancé looked at me like I was the biggest sucker/idiot in the world. Paying $60 for a “penny”? “Are you out of your mind” she asked? “Follow me” I said, and we were off to the other side of the gigantic hall where I showed it to another dealer. After a bit of haggling, I sold it for $100. From that time forward she has never questioned what I buy.
I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector. Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
<< <i>My mother thought I was foolish for paying more than face value for a coin. >>
my ex said the same thing.... she also took rolls of 90% quarters and spent them on drugs. she could have gotten 10X more if she had paid attention. LOL in the divorce, i convinced her lawyer that she took & spent her half already. she reluctantly agrreed, since she couldn't remember what there was. i was able to keep the rest of the collection.
my current GF thinks its intresting, but has no intrest herself.
my last GF worked at a CU, and now she wont get me any more half dollars to search through. she does it herself! her mother left her a nice stack of morgans and peace dollars. she kept everything worth more than melt.
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<< <i>I don't buy any coins, I only trade currency for coins. The number of bills that are traded for a single coin isn't important, it was only a trade. >>
Gonna have to remember this.
My wife acts interested sometimes if I'm pumped about a coin, but most of the time it's "really, ok, great" in a meh kinda way. All she wants me to do is the "THE" coin. Her definition of "THE" coin is a coin that I pay little money for which would in turn sell for enough $$$ so we could retire (or at least enough so she wouldn't have to work). She asked often if I've found it yet.
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
I collected as a kid and lost interest.
While in Colonial Williamsburg she bought me a 16th Century coin which was minted at the Tower Mint and that's what got me back into it.
I think I have her convinced the hobby is quite worthwhile.
<< <i>My wife like the coins.
I collected as a kid and lost interest.
While in Colonial Williamsburg she bought me a 16th Century coin which was minted at the Tower Mint and that's what got me back into it. >>
Sounds like you have a great wife and my wife is the same way---she's also an enabler.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
she knows cleaned coins suck....she likes to go to shows, as long as I pony up for a nice lunch.
I recently started collecting these for giggles,......shes starting to think im crazy..........
<< <i>She doesnt care, she has learned PCGS and NGC are the way to go, and understands why.
she knows cleaned coins suck....she likes to go to shows, as long as I pony up for a nice lunch.
I recently started collecting these for giggles,......shes starting to think im crazy..........
I worry about the falling off the crooked shelves.
<< <i>I worry about the falling off the crooked shelves. >>
Agree. Looks unstable and top heavy. Someone brushing against it could cause that shelf to come crashing down. Suggest that you put the heavier ones on the borrom shelf and the smaller ones up higher.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>She wanted breast augmentation for 5 grand. I said, "I'd prefer a natural AU 58 Seated Liberty" That's when the fight started. >>
AH HA HA! This kills me!
Finally at one table I found a die variety of an Indian Cent (I can’t recall which one) that was particularly rare. I believe the dealer wanted $75 for it, but got it for about $60. At that point my fiancé looked at me like I was the biggest sucker/idiot in the world. Paying $60 for a “penny”? “Are you out of your mind” she asked? “Follow me” I said, and we were off to the other side of the gigantic hall where I showed it to another dealer. After a bit of haggling, I sold it for $100.
From that time forward she has never questioned what I buy.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
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thats crazy the way it looks, but your comments made me look at it........
i just put a level on it. they are dead on, maybe it was the the drink......
<< <i>My mother thought I was foolish for paying more than face value for a coin.
my ex said the same thing.... she also took rolls of 90% quarters and spent them on drugs.
she could have gotten 10X more if she had paid attention. LOL
in the divorce, i convinced her lawyer that she took & spent her half already. she reluctantly agrreed, since she couldn't remember what there was.
i was able to keep the rest of the collection.
my current GF thinks its intresting, but has no intrest herself.
my last GF worked at a CU, and now she wont get me any more half dollars to search through.
she does it herself!
her mother left her a nice stack of morgans and peace dollars. she kept everything worth more than melt.