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How often do you buy a coin you don't need but just to buy a coin?

TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
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I have, way too many times.

Sometimes you can be looking for certain coins but come across something you wouldn't normally buy, but you're in a coin buying mood so you get it.

Later I'll think why did I buy that? but for the most part it is a cool coin otherwise I wouldn't have bought it.

Edit - since the question is poised to fellow addicts, I'll change it to "How often" instead of "Have you ever"


Great answer from LV Teddy on the parking meters

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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All the time.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Many Many Many Times! image
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,980 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Absolutely! I've been without a collecting direction for about 2 years now. Most all my nice album sets are complete, my type set is finished aside from occasional upgrades...

    Click on this link to see my ebay listings.

  • gummibeargummibear Posts: 786 ✭✭✭
    I think that every one I have falls in that category. Don't really NEED any of them. image

    Richard

    my car art & My Ebay stuff
  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Guilty
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,576 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't need them...I want them!
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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    the only coins i ever needed were for parking meters and pay phones
    all the rest...well
    it's an addiction which surely there is a cure for...but i'm not currently seeking such
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • pennyanniepennyannie Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭
    guilty many times over, I go to any show or event and common sense flies out the window as long as the 100's hold out.
    Mark
    NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!!
    working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!

    RIP "BEAR"
  • TigersFan2TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
    Yes. That's the purpose of Ebay... Buy coins on impulse.
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭


    << <i>How often do you buy a coin you don't need but just to buy a coin? >>



    Too often......... image

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  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    Almost in every auction that I attended image
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have never purchased a coin that I truly needed. Collecting is a luxury pastime, and utterly incomprehensible to many of the world's impoverished citizens.

    However, in response to your actual question, I sometimes make a courtesy purchase for taking up some of a B&M owner's time. I got over buying something for the sake of buying something long ago.
  • CoinstudyCoinstudy Posts: 287 ✭
    I just bought 5 1965 sms pennies in mint cello more for the tokens attached to them.These tokens are unique to 1965 sms sets and the most of them went in the trash .2.3 million of them. image
    Mark Anderson
  • dogwooddogwood Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭✭
    Our business savy hosts put me on an automatic membership renewal before I realized it and now I HAVE to buy 8 coins in the next 11 months.
    So I guess I DONT fall into the OP category. image
    We're all born MS70. I'm about a Fine 15 right now.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I only search for coins that I need for my collection. By doing this, I'm not tempted to spend money on items outside of my focus.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • JasonRiffeRareCoinsJasonRiffeRareCoins Posts: 76 ✭✭
    Almost daily unfortunately (or fortunately?).

    Member EAC, ANA, NGC, PCGS, CAC
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> How often do you buy a coin you don't need but just to buy a coin? >>



    Never. But I admit I used to.
    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    a bunch... LOL...

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,729 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I only search for coins that I need for my collection. By doing this, I'm not tempted to spend money on items outside of my focus. >>



    image

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I only search for coins that I need for my collection. By doing this, I'm not tempted to spend money on items outside of my focus. >>



    Me too but then end up buying duplicates I like image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭
    Not since I was a kid back in the 50's as I do not fall in love with the coins I buy.
    I buy only what I can make a profit on before i die which could be at any time at my age.
    It is more fun that way for me but I do understand others ideas on this as even I had fun doing it as a kid.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's becoming less but I just did it again....
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,574 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't need any coins. But how can I resist when people put money in my hand ? Why wouldn't you pay a dollar for a dime ?

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • SoCalBigMarkSoCalBigMark Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We have a decent local bid board, how can you not pluck those gems off the wall?
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,574 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How does one answer the question: HOW OFTEN ?

    1) Too often
    2) Very often
    3) More often
    4) As often
    5) So often

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,776 ✭✭✭✭✭
    only if it has resale potential

    I do not for my personal collection
  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Used to, occasionally; not so much nowadays.
    I never thought that growing old would happen so fast.
    - Jim
  • JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not often, but it has happened on occasion.

    Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    never

    I buy coins when I think it's needed, those aren't spur of the moment buys I have to consider other issues before hand

    coins for sale at link below
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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NEVER

    I only buy major error coins with great eye appeal at a great price, which is my business model.
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    << How often do you buy a coin you don't need but just to buy a coin? >>

    What do you mean, "don't need"? I absolutely need this coin for my key chain! image

    image

    My Adolph A. Weinman signature :)

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 81 Type 2 SBA. So boring I think I only looked at it once. Boy, prices one those took a dump, too. They used to run $250-$300 and now you can get them for around $125 in PCGS PR69.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Every time. I can't think of a time when I really needed to buy a coin. That is part of the fun of course.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,574 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
    I buy for collectors. The rest of the world doesn't have to like it. It's usually the dealers who want it.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The last time I succumbed to this, I bought these two coins.

    imageimage

    I have long admired the Flying Eagle cent, and this one was so nice I could not resist. It was graded MS-65 and priced at Gray Sheet bid.

    This 1909 Plain Lincoln is a really nice example of the Matte Proof. It was graded PR-66, R&B and looked mostly red to me. It bought as a reference piece to help me spot Matte Proofs in the furture. This too was priced at Gray Sheet type numbers. People say the market is weak, and these coins kind of prove it.

    imageimage
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • winkywinky Posts: 1,671 ✭


    << <i><< How often do you buy a coin you don't need but just to buy a coin? >>

    What do you mean, "don't need"? I absolutely need this coin for my key chain! image

    image >>



    Oh I fotgot I don't hava a key chain so what now?image
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NICE Lincolns, Bill!! image

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    If you're a dealer you need to make courtesy purchases all the time.
    Follow me on Twitter @wtcgroup
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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Me too !!! :-)
    Timbuk3
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Never. Everything I buy for me is expensive. So I don't buy much and try to make every purchase count. I have made a mistake from time to time re my purchases, but if I don't need a coin, it will never be in my collection.
    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I casually scan a few searches on eBay. If something stands out and the timing is right I'll buy. Got a really sweet Henning Nickel that way.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,574 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If a dealer turns down what he doesn't need, he won't have much to sell collectors in need. ( I just need the OP to see it from this perspective)

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,574 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If you're a dealer you need to make courtesy purchases all the time. >>


    that's precisely the point … I just can't do it with so few words, usually.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think this change happens when you refer to your coins as "Inventory".
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,574 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Okay, as a collector :

    I never buy a coin I don't need just to buy a coin. I don't need no stinking coins. image

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i><< How often do you buy a coin you don't need but just to buy a coin? >>

    What do you mean, "don't need"? I absolutely need this coin for my key chain! image

    image >>


    Oh I fotgot I don't hava a key chain so what now?image >>


    Every collector should own an 1879-CC Morgan dollar with a hole in it.

    And you can always buy a key chain to go along with the coin. image

    My Adolph A. Weinman signature :)

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm a sick puppy. I cant say NO!!!! I'm sick. Why are you selling something? image


    Hoard the keys.

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