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lostincoinslostincoins Posts: 4,278 ✭
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So I was going through my photobucket and ran across a remaining image of probably my favorite Morgan that I have ever owned and decided to share it with you all again. This was the last image I took of the coin before sending it to the new owner. I actually deleted all the other images and did not remember this one was still in the bucket. I actually deleted all the images because I was so upset at myself for selling it. Has this ever happened to you? If it has post the pictures of those coins and this is more about the coin and not it's value. We can all share and enjoy our memories with the CU family. This is in a Paramount holder and is a Redfield hoard Morgan, the crack is in the holder and not on the coin and the crack happened while in my possession and had no effect on the toning.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since I do not sell my coins, I do not have those regrets.....Cheers, RickO
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This may be the one I miss the most...thin planchet with terrific original colors.

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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Tough as a dealer to regret a sale.

    Kind of miss the 1894 toned Morgan in PCGS MS65 though.
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    NapNap Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Never have sold a coin.

    I miss a few that I spent though.
    My medieval coin collection
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    joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1794 h10 ngc au55 with wonderful color

    1794 1/2c pcgs xf40 cac ogh
    may the fonz be with you...always...
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    agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
    Years ago I bought a PCGS MS62 1889-CC MORGAN for 20 oz AGE and sold it to Gene Henry for 21oz AGE, that's all they were worth back then.
    Gold was approx. $300oz.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 36,020 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usually I only sell items that I have upgraded, but I have sold pieces for which I lost interest. Usually I don't regret those sales.

    Among the upgrades was an 1849 Open Wreath, No L gold dollar that had a shattered reverse die. Today for historical reasons I wish I still had that coin. It was only an EF-AU and not worth that much, but it did show the problems that Longacre had with developing the Type I gold dollar design.
    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 ... ?
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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really really really regret selling my 1871-74 CC dimes and my 1916-D dime PCGS62!image
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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nope. But so far I haven't been in the situation where I HAD to sell one. Hopefully that day never arrives. There are a few special ones that would be difficult to part with.

    Interestingly though, former favorites have faded in my view when my understanding broadened or when better examples suddenly appeared. It's then easy to let 'em go.
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    ranshdowranshdow Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭✭
    I still regret selling my 1851 and 1852 $5's, they were both in non-prong NGC AU58 holders and CAC'd, and well matched. I sold them because I thought, and still do, that they were overgraded 55's, but man did they have pop. Sold for a song on GC a couple years ago. Dumb!

    Other gold coins I've sold, at the time I thought for sure I'd regret it, but there's only one other that I kindof regret, an 1899-O $10 in PCGS 61.
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    wow that sure is one sweet 1891 morgan there

    i've no pictures of coins gone...it can be heartbreaking
    even deleted all old inventory from registry so i couldn't peek in

    my 1964 sms dime and 1965 sms ms66 dcam nickel led one list
    my 1958 pr61 franklin and 1937 proof lincoln sure were something very special to me......image
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


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    georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    Don't get me started.

    The two I most regret were selling MS68 1991-D & 1993-D Kennedy for $300 each. I thought I would make more of them.image
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    TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bought this off E-bay for $235 and it turned out to be a pop 5 coin and tied for finest. Pcgs graded it MS-62 Chopmark

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    Trade $'s
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've had seller's remorse quite a few times. This is the one I probably miss the most:

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    This year I partially made up for it by getting this one:

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    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A 1910-S Lincoln in VG. I sold it to a dealer for $4 when I became afflicted with "stupidteenageritise." It was the most expensive coin in my Lincoln set and I had found it looking though a batch of coins my Aunt let me go through.

    MLAeBayNumismatics: "The greatest hobby in the world!"
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    StoogeStooge Posts: 4,703 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sold my complete Roosevelt dime set PCGS graded 1965-2007 (At the time complete) and it contained what I believe to be one of the finest Roosevelt Dimes known to exist in the clad series. A stunning 1967 PCGS MS68FB pop (2/0), which incidentally was a MS68 on TT and purchased it for just over $200+, and sent it in for a FB designation when you could do that. I would love to have that coin back. I have now a 7FB, but it just doesn't mean the same to me.

    Later, Paul.
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    pennyanniepennyannie Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭
    No regrets as they got sold for a reason.
    Mark
    NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!!
    working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!

    RIP "BEAR"
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    lostincoinslostincoins Posts: 4,278 ✭
    To me regretting selling a coin and missing a coin I previously owned are 2 different things as Mark stated I sold them for a reason but I still miss some of them.
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>To me regretting selling a coin and missing a coin I previously owned are 2 different things as Mark stated I sold them for a reason but I still miss some of them. >>


    I agree.

    Missing a coin simply means I'd like to have it back, regardless of the reason for which I sold it.

    Here are some:

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    luckybucksluckybucks Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
    Oh man, I had several, mostly slabbed: 1909S VDB in AU50, 1865 2cent MS65 RB, 1933S Walker AU53, 1910 $10 indian MS62, 1912S $10 indian AU55, 1933D wheat MS65 RD, 1938 Merc MS65 FB, 1914 Buffalo MS63 toned, and a comlete set of MS64 to MS67 red Linclons from 1934 to 1958 including the steelies.

    Hindsight is 20/20.imageimage
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    ARCOARCO Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Since I do not sell my coins, I do not have those regrets.....Cheers, RickO >>



    Well, you "no-sell" collectors either never buy a bad coin, you have a safe full of coins, or both. I sold off a complete Barber half set. 95% of the coins were just perfect for me. I miss every one. More than miss them, I regret it greatly. My advice is to NEVER sell off a complete set, well, until your eyesight goes at least.

    Tyler
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one. The photo doesn't show the incredible color. If I could by it back I would.

    1794 H10C VF30 PCGS

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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This one. The photo doesn't show the incredible color. If I could by it back I would.

    1794 H10C VF30 PCGS

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    Nice coin!.....would hate to see her go.
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    ranshdowranshdow Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭✭
    Well, you "no-sell" collectors either never buy a bad coin, you have a safe full of coins, or both. I sold off a complete Barber half set. 95% of the coins were just perfect for me. I miss every one. More than miss them, I regret it greatly. My advice is to NEVER sell off a complete set, well, until your eyesight goes at least.

    Tyler, I don't know why you sold, but I suspect a common reason for selling something like this is when the coins or set in question is a non-trivial %age of someone's net worth. Some might look at their collection and only see locked up money. This is part of the reason it makes sense to keep a collection below some meaningful personal value threshold. What that threshold is properly, I don't know.
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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most of the coins I sold went for a reason. But of all of them, I regret selling an original 1900 proof set (grades of 65-66) that came with original paperwork, wrappers, and shipping envelope from the US Mint. It's pretty much impossible to duplicate that today. It stayed with the same family from 1900-approx 2004. What made the set sort of unique were the 2 extra cents and nickels that were originally ordered with it. The 3 Indian cents were killer toner 66 RB's with about 80% red. The set was not worth a ton ($15K at that time) but it's something I'll never get another chance at.
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My 1916/16 Buffalo and my doubled die Washington quarters.
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Wish I had back a few nice 85-CC Morgans in DMPL.
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,203 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This one. The photo doesn't show the incredible color. If I could by it back I would.

    1794 H10C VF30 PCGS

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    How do you live with yourself?! That's the kind of coin you keep and sell the car instead! image
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>This one. The photo doesn't show the incredible color. If I could by it back I would.

    1794 H10C VF30 PCGS

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    How do you live with yourself?! That's the kind of coin you keep and sell the car instead! image >>



    No kidding.
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    liefgoldliefgold Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cannot believe I returned it!!!!

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,706 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Several including a condition census 1856 FE cent, S3 MS OGH, a 1857 P65Cam FE cent and 1858LL FE cent that went 66 Cam after I sold it.

    Miss 3 or 4 patterns too.

    But, the money went into things I'm enjoying now, so that's the way it goes. image
    Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>This one. The photo doesn't show the incredible color. If I could by it back I would.

    1794 H10C VF30 PCGS

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    How do you live with yourself?! That's the kind of coin you keep and sell the car instead! image >>



    Actually I did the opposite. I sold it and everything else then bought a Shelby GT500. image

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