When I complete the set(s) that I am currently pursuing I plan to...
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Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
My sets are likely to never be completed.
Start collecting a new series!
I hope to wrap-up my PR Lincoln set by this summer (& the business strikes soon)... I've been thinking about heading on over to the dark side & collecting 8 Reals.
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I'd give you the world, just because...
Speak to me of loved ones, favorite places and things, loves lost and gained, tears shed for joy and sorrow, of when I see the sparkle in your eye ...
and the blackness when the dream dies, of lovers, fools, adventurers and kings while I sip my wine and contemplate the Chi.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
A witty saying proves nothing- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor
does the truth become error because nobody will see it. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
I'm down to one set ...
AND yea, upgrades
<< <i> ... sell at auction through Heritage in a down market with huge buy back fees, lose my shirt on the collection, and then take up collecting and trading tulip bulbs. >>
That's what I was thinking too.....
<< <i>Rest In Peace.
My sets are likely to never be completed. >>
Ditto. But if I ever do complete it I'll probably start a 1792 - 1799 type set, which on my budget will never get completed either.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Whatever set I'm working on, I set a five year goal. Based on what I can spend over five years (roughly), I decide which grades, price levels, and which order to tackle the set (usually keys first). In five years time, the set is complete, and I sell it, taking the proceeds and buying one piece which would otherwise be out of my reach. I've done it twice now, my Indian's are six years gone, and my set of Buffalo's just went about a year ago. I don't remember the tallys from the Indians, but that set is now an AU50 1916D Merc, and my Buffalo set's funds are waiting for an AUish HR Saint that I like. My current Dansco 7070 type set will be a Chain cent in about four years if all goes well....
So far, I've not lost money on either trade, but I really didn't made much either. The point is to obtain pieces which would otherwise be out of my reach ($5000-$15K) without saving for five years at a stretch. I spend $300-500 a month building a set, and cash out my "savings account" when the set is complete.
Criticize away, but I'm happy...
Betts medals, colonial coins, US Mint medals, foreign coins found in early America, and other numismatic Americana