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  • OKbustchaser
    OKbustchaser Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If I didn't plan to keep a coin forever then I wouldn't have bought it in the first place.

    That said, plans can change. ;)

    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • DollarAfterDollar
    DollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When they're not too valuable, they're easier to keep.

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • ShipwreckCoinHunter
    ShipwreckCoinHunter Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is my favorite coin in my coin collection, I will keep it for a long time

  • PerryHall
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    @OKbustchaser said:
    If I didn't plan to keep a coin forever then I wouldn't have bought it in the first place.

    Have you ever bought a coin to flip for a quick easy profit?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    steviegetz----Can we see the other side of the coin? Very neat coin. B)

    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

  • zas107
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    Love the blue on that 1822! Is it in a fatty by chance?

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  • cmerlo1
    cmerlo1 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 3, 2018 2:06PM
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    This 1947-S dime. Not only does it have awesome toning, it is PL on both sides, struck with dies that were heavily polished (there are polish lines all over both sides), and looks like a typical proof Roosevelt of the 50's and 60's. It is currently in an ANACS MS66 holder. I purchased it raw for $5 several years ago. The line to the right of the date is a scratch on the slab. It has proven difficult to photograph, and the images below are my latest attempt- I'm still not happy with them:


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  • ShipwreckCoinHunter
    ShipwreckCoinHunter Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    My Nerva coin

  • jedm
    jedm Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 3, 2018 4:28PM
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    @metalmeister said:
    Neat Coins!
    This one was during a real neat time in my life.

    So .... you're saying '93 was a great year for you? JK... LOL

  • dirtybird414
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    It doesn't look like much, but I will never get rid of this coin until I pass it to my daughter. It was passed from my great-grandfather to my grandpa to my dad who then passed it to me. My dad and I thought it might have come from my great-great-grandfather (born in 1856) or even further back. My great-great-great-grandparents were married in 1853, so my dad and I had thought maybe the year 1851 was significant to them in some way (possibly the year they met??) so they kept it and passed it down. No way of knowing for sure. All I know is that, for certain, I'm the 4th generation of my family to own this coin, and I plan on giving it to the next generation when I'm gone.

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  • cmanbb
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    This....... till I get an offer I can't refuse.

  • lkenefic
    lkenefic Posts: 9,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here are two. Way more sentimental value than numismatic value... that's a separate issue for me.

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  • asheland
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    @Paradisefound said:
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    I'm really happy to see you end up with that! We have some incredibly awesome members in this forum!

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  • privatecoin
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    My lucky pocket piece. <3

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • MercuryBen1
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  • JeffersonFrog
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    I bought this in the early 70's. Our neighborhood gaggle used to ride our bikes to The Curio Shop in Huntsville, AL to spend our allowance. I recall I paid $0.50. It turned out to be my first cherry pick (though then I had no concept) - when I got home I discovered it was a micro S. It was also my first coin that according the Red Book was "worth" over $10. Over the years I've grown quite fond of it, even though it's common and not particularly attractive. I've probably looked at this coin more than any other I own. It has survived high school & college, the Hunt brothers, my 20's and raising a family. Just seems like it belongs with me.

    If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.

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  • brianc1959
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    @KollectorKing said:

    @brianc1959 said:
    Maybe we think alike?

    yes, great minds think alike.

    I like yours better than mine, wanna trade ;)

    I have a hunch that they both look very similar in-hand. If anything, I think yours has less wear.

    But, if we were to trade coins that we would keep forever wouldn't it cause a rupture in the universe? As the Lost in Space robot would say, "That Does Not Compute!", perhaps with some smoke billowing out of his circuits!

  • OKbustchaser
    OKbustchaser Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:

    @OKbustchaser said:
    If I didn't plan to keep a coin forever then I wouldn't have bought it in the first place.

    Have you ever bought a coin to flip for a quick easy profit?

    No. Too much work involved. I collect to relax--not to worry about making a profit. I have, however, sold coins from my collection when someone else decided he wanted it even more than I did.

    Money talks; stupid money shouts! ;)

    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • SeattleSlammer
    SeattleSlammer Posts: 10,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @metalmeister said:
    Neat Coins!
    This one was during a real neat time in my life.

    Looks like a super high end 63.

  • Kccoin
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    @jedm said:

    @metalmeister said:
    Neat Coins!
    This one was during a real neat time in my life.

    So .... you're saying '93 was a great year for you? JK... LOL

    "ah, the early 1890's. those were some good times, I'll tell ya"

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