Why coin COLLECTORS....drink
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Why is it that I can P&M about the price of a nice coin and completely ignore the losses I take on being dumb enough to buy junk like the mint offerings.
Thank God, it's only been that damn gold "quarter."
But....coin.... losses seem so.....well..... personal. 
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Totally understand that point... A realization I came to years ago and quit buying the annual sets...or most other offerings. Still get an ASE for family births though. Cheers, RickO
I drink and I'm a collector. But the two activities aren't related.
I really don't like the mint offerings lately. That Liberty coin with the ridiculously huge stars going across the forehead is just plain awful art IMO. We need a Gobrecht, Now!
You had a Gobrecht in the First Spouse Van Buren Liberty 2008. The Mint managed to confuscicate that one up too.
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George
I am drinking even without having a coin drama
The Mint has been a big TURN OFF lately though....
The Freedom Lady at the Capitol is a well balanced headdress.
The coin is an oversized tiara.
I stopped buying the copper-nickel Proof sets for exactly that reason. I still buy the silver sets, which is almost as stupid, but at least they 90% silver coins in them. I do like having something for each year, and have thought about running my Proof set run back to 1936. I have the 1950s sets and then '36 and '42 sets, but not much in the middle.
I used to keep up with the modern commemorative coins, but stopped a couple of years ago. This year I gave up on the gold commemoratives because I didn't want the Breast Cancer piece that is made out of 85% instead of 90% gold.
I bought a lot of modern commemoratives in the secondary market which has produced some paper profits for me because of the rising melt values for silver and especially gold. Maybe that will happen again.
I with @Paradisefound on this one. Those medals are beautiful!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I collect coins but I don't drink. Not saying there's anything wrong with drinking if that your drug of choice. But! If I were to drink I would have had me a double shot of some old bush mills Irish whisky after this last purchase.
I purchased a RAW 1925-S Buff for 1K off the Bay. I receive the coin with a notice that if I open the stapled flip, I own it. OH! Well! It has been proven time and again that NOBODY can judge a coin correctly through cellophane or plastic or anything else really. The reason is it tends to hide the hairlines and many other imperfections. After several back and forth messages he broke down and tells me, okay, you can take it out but if you send it back I'm gonna go over it with a fine toothed comb and if I see ANYTHING different on this coin I will refuse to refund your thousand dollars. NO WAY!!!!
I told the seller I don't want to play his game and immediately popped that sucker in the mail right back to the unreasonable jerk. I paid him a thousand bucks for a raw coin and he won't let me see it right? Not a chance. I don't usually pay much for a raw coins cause there's usually a reason it's raw, like problems. I have a lot of confidence in my grading abilities but NOT through cellophane.
Happy hunting, and drinking too
I am a "collector" and I enjoy a good drink ever so often (or more). BUT...I don't drink because I am a collector. I can see where dealers,, flippers, etc. whose lively hood depends on beating the odds, so to say, might indulge more than others. I love coins, I buy the mint annual silver proof set and two of the mint sets each year. I have spent lots of money (from my perspective) on coins and I enjoy every one of them. I probably should start to sell more and if I do, it won't cause me to drink any more or any less! Relax and enjoy the hobby. I love this website!
Well, for those that really over indulge they can see their prized possessions in double vision. Imagine a 55 DD cent. It would be a "Quadrupled Die". On the other hand if one is "blind drunk" it is one way to hide a coins imperfections.
As long as the coin is older than the scotch, you should be ok.
I dont think all coin collectors drink. I dont know what is the relation between coin collection and drinking.
When EBay sellers post reverse pics of slabbed coins upside down.
Well... good to see this thread again... I'll drink to that....
Cheers, RickO
A well-balanced headdress? It looks like she has a turkey on her head! The stars are OK though.
Ben Franklin advocated for the turkey on our coins.
Ben Franklin advocated for the turkey as our national bird.
Mint stuff is JUNK! Stay away from it! But continue to drink when you feel like it.
It would have been ironic.
LOL. Actually, the reputation of the fair turkey would probably have been far grander had it spent the last 2 centuries as the national bird.
Frankly, EVERYONE has eagles as symbols. The turkey is very American and far less neo-classical.
You go up to a dealer's table, spot something really cool that you would like to buy, and are told "Sorry, that's in my personal collection." #$%&!!
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It's not a Turkey?
If you want to see the national bird, just cut someone off in heavy traffic.
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
Why is it that I can P&M about the price of a nice coin and completely ignore the losses I take on being dumb enough to buy junk like the mint offerings.
Why? Hmmmmm. Let's explore that question.
Is it because nice coins are overpriced?
Is it because quantity makes up for monetary losses?
Psychologically, it appears that you are more comfortable in making a long series of smaller mistakes than in making one ginormous mistake.
I've found that it's somewhat pleasing to fill a Dansco with a complete set of Sac Dollars or State Quarters. They remind me of my dad's books filled with Barbers. So uniform. So organized. So pretty.
Other than that, I have no explanation.
I knew it would happen.