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I'm SICK of two things.... What Are You Sick Of?

1) sellers raving over their 1970S proof lincolns with the commonplace ringed target rainbow color. This date/mm is commonly target rainbow toned because of some unique packaging factor that year.

2) Ho Hum double mint sets, especially ones with obvious switched out coins, being raved over by sellers

What would you say bothers you most in the market, that you recognize only bothers you because you have totally geeked out over, and are extremely familiar with, a series?
I'd like my copper well done please!
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Monster rainbows

    "Taking offers" BST threads.

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Whiners

    Bushes and Clintons



    mark
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  • PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
    People who don't understand the concept of "best price".




    Unprofessional wannabe dealers who think buying $100 worth of stock deserves a wholesale price, wasting my time trying to chisel me down, take forever to mull it over and then never get back to me.
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    brick and mortar dealers that sell on ebay and have RARE in 98% of their ebay auctions. These are the guys that can't sell in house and thus throw it up on ebay and just have to "hype" to the max...almost always common dreck.



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  • zippcityzippcity Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭✭
    silver dimes in the ends of "un-searched" penny roles. Shoe strings on my new sneakers are always way too long.
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    In regards to the OP's #1: I had a really nice ANACS PF68 example. No hazy stuff, just nice rim toned colors all the way around the obverse. There's all these people with 66, 67 examples and they are listing them at $300+ etc. I did a 7 day auction with mine with very good photos etc....sold for $23!

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    Lucky for me, I had $40 in it so I only lost $20 or so, one of the few times I have lost money on a coin. No biggie in that example. I did think it would sell for at least $30 though. image



    In regards to the OP's #2: I never have understood a bunch of crusty and downright ugly coins sitting in ugly worthless cardboard/paper selling for a premium over what the value of each coin added up would be. To each their own I guess.
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  • USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ya the "taking offers" get me. Also if your selling through eBay, PUT IT IN THE TITLE!! Yes I'm yelling.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,779 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1) sellers raving over their 1970S proof lincolns with the commonplace ringed target rainbow color. This date/mm is commonly target rainbow toned because of some unique packaging factor that year.


    That problem showed up on a lot of 1970-S Proof sets back in the mid 1970s. It was considered to be a negative, not a plus. I see nothing attractive about those coins. They were victims of poor mint packaging or poor mint practices concerning the rinsing of planchets before the coins were struck.


    The Bushes and the Clintons


    I totally agree. I am sick of both families having so much of a hold on our national politics.

    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 ... ?
  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coin 'snobbery' for lack of a better word, and politics/politicians in general.







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    Pokey nose hairs



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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 25,103 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Claims made that microwaving an iPhone for 30 seconds will charge it up to 100%.

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    The Electoral college.



    Robo phone calls even though my phone is on the, "Do Not Call", list.
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1. When I ask a dealer at a show if they have any circulated commemoratives and they tell me I won't find any because they weren't made to circulate.





    2. People that say "absolutely" to answer everything that you say.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Business and pleasure being the same thing made me sicker than most.
  • MilesWaitsMilesWaits Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cranky old people that smell like dusty coins and black licorice.



    Hence, online chat rooms and USPS.
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  • mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,315 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Politicians not manning up and taking responsibility for the problems they have wrought. You can't fix a mistake until you recognize it...
  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Threads that start out about coins and move into other "prohibited" subjects not coin related.
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    Brady vs. Manning



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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: MilesWaits

    Cranky old people that smell like dusty coins and black licorice.



    Hence, online chat rooms and USPS.




    image
    Walker Proof Digital Album
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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's my $8 set



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  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sick of the government solving our problems.



    Every time they fix something I'd do anything to get back to our old problems.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,373 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Academy Awards



    The Oscars were created merely to promote the motion picture industry- It outlived its usefulness within the first 10 years.

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not having enough money to buy all the coins I want.



    Getting to the barnacle growing age of life.
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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Justacommeman

    Whiners

    Bushes and Clintons



    mark






    10-4 Mark.



    I'd add a 3rd too........."low end for the grade/unstickered/undesirable." We've lost our way.



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  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sellers that sell on ebay and have the same coin for the same price for months and even years.......



    Cruz and Trump



    Climate change deniers who do not look at over 9000 peer reviewed studies on the subject proving this condition and just say, "its a lie" with nothing to back it up.
  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A couple local dealers overly concerned they're being "cherrypicked".


    Working for the man.
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing new here. People who waste my time, and as a corollary, people who lie to me.
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  • MonsterCoinzMonsterCoinz Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've bought (and will list) a few 70-S with nice target toning. Nothing wrong with making $, right?





    I don't like asking my LCS if they have "XYZ" and their response is an emphatic "No"... then goes on to list many XYZ coins on their eBay store.
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  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    democrats, republicans, the pathological liars known as the Clintons, sports junkies who know its rigged yet still spend hours watching and whining, trump bashers (lets face it hes the only chance we have to truly fix this F-up government) and all the whiners on this board.
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • uofa1285uofa1285 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
    I'm sick the "New Topic" link doesn't work right now on this board!
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm SICK of two things.... What Are You Sick Of?



    I'm having trouble thinking of two things I'm not sick of

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mainly due to their overuse the following phrases. 1)Back in the day, 2)At the end of the day,3)Having said that,4)That being said, and finally 5)Move forward, which seems to be used quite a bit to try and distance ones self from a major screwup.
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  • Back to coins.



    Descriptions that are so far off base you look a couple of times at their stuff and begin to laugh as you continue to read about blazing luster, and sharply struck ,and sure to please and ...........should of graded higher. (But it DID NOT!!!!).



    Remember, a good coin sells itself!



  • georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    1) Dribbling.... and we ain't talking basketball here folks. Our demographic (aging coin collectors)

    demands attention to this (yellow) matter.



    2) Florida drivers that don't use directional signals. ( I REALLY think this should be a CAPITAL offense)
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1- The keys I need are rarely popping up anywhere in my price range.



    2- Keyboard cowards.



  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Yin AND Yang
  • COCollectorCOCollector Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ebay scammers. The Occupy Movement. Distracted drivers. Affluenza. Discourteous behavior.







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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was reading an old PM and now I've realized that I really like Indian Cents, in nice VG, preferably in mass quantities.image



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    Nothing and everything
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    (1) Nothing to buy



    (2) Finding something that sold a while ago that I didn't know about at the time. See #1.



    But I tell myself it's about the thrill of the hunt image
  • ksuscottksuscott Posts: 308 ✭✭✭
    Cold weather! image
  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    XF, AU, or cleaned coins listed as "CH/GEM BU"

    Sellers of shameless AT coins

    Overpriced 90%

    Chinese Counterfeits

    Collector, occasional seller

  • COCollectorCOCollector Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To The OP: Here's my ultra-super-gorgeous 1970-S Proof Cent.



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    It's gotta be worth $1,000's, right? image













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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The chatter on the dipped coins always disturbed me (sick is putting it mildly). I call 'em "sparkles". Bright white may excite, but not so much as the darkness of toning which hid those small imperfections and also subdued the mint fresh "bright" that it first was. There are two sides to this tale and there's one I seldom tell. Dipped coins make me sick, generally. And so many have been that I'd rather not discuss it. The thought also makes me sick.
  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1) Collectors and/or dealers who put down the collecting interests of others.

    2) Rude obnoxious people at coin shows who try to nose in on a transaction or conversation in which they are not involved.

    3) Overuse of the "rare" adjective. Most US coins that trade hands are not rare.

    4) Folks who don't think about those who came before us, who at times had a really rough existence and paved the way for us so that we could have a truly great life. I heard some guy on a radio call-in show several days ago complaining bitterly that he had lost his cell phone AND his car wouldn't start, and that it was the worst day of his life.

    Sir, I would say that you have been very fortunate if that was the worst experience you've had.
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Hydrant

    Im sick that everytime I turn around another one of my friends has died. But, as grandma said in The Grapes of Wrath, " the little fellers just keep a comin'." There's hope in that.




    Being on the forums recently has been very sobering. It's been a motivator for me to share my collection more but I need to get some better photo gear so that's a new priority.
  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,430 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1) Major dealers whose MO is to buy and rip and won't sell your coins on consignment, then are mortally offended when you say NO



    2) Swooning over buffalo nickels that everyone knows have had rings of color cooked into them by that famous coin doctor in Chicago



    3) News commentators who didn't learn their sixth grade rules of grammar
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  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 1, 2019 4:18AM
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  • 1. Getting old.



    2. I forget the other one.

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