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Ok so I have been buying up the kitchen sink lately which can be a fun but frustrating experience if you don't have patience....exhibit A ----> ME
So As I scanned Ebay looking for Toned coins, especially Morgans with good eye appeal I realized quickly that there were three kinds of coins present:
#1 AT Garbage
#2 Stunning Rainbow that while nice were clearly out of my price range
#3 Nice coins that were priced as if they were MS67* monsters
So after days of seaching and picking off a few winners I turned to heritage, Northeast, and a slew of other sites looking for the right eye appeal/price combination that always seem elusive when I have cash to burn
I had all but given up hope and had resigned myself to having to wait a few days and then pick up the hunt on Ebay all over again when......my curosity got the best of me and I decided to see when the next coin show was in the central Florida area. I pulled up the website and...........
Sept 5 through Sept
Oh my GOD....what time is it now I thought...4:30pm....what time does it close.....6:00pm which means dealers would probably be out of there by no later than 5:30pm ....out of time...out of time...to much to do....run to the ATM...check...oh crap it will only let me pull out $200
What the heck can I buy with $200 dollars.....what about my daughter...have to puck her up from the Ex mother in law.....no time no time...
Ok calm down...call the Ex mother in law.....can I pick up the baby late....I have a few erands to run....? YES ok bingo I am back in the game.....now onto my local bank branch......grab another wad of cash and we are on our way. Everyone's driving like 20 miles and hour.....don't these people know there's a coin show in town (shrug).....get out of the way losers....I need to go spend obscene amounts of money on little shinning disc's.....is nothing sacred these days
Ok ok...I made it....just before 5pm...security guy looks like a hitman from Sapranos.....tells me to grab my name tag.....I actually did for fear of him coming after me if I didn't :flamed:....ok got my ticket for some door prize drawing even though I will never hear the announcement...I am in a hurry people......ok I get a free coin....grab an envelope......ok got it.....on to the dealer tables.
First stop....two nicely toned coins....One's a common date MS63* Reverse Bag toned beauty.....How much I say..? $245 the elderly gentleman responds....ok not to far out of what I think it's worth...would certainly pull that on Ebay. Next I point too a very pretty 1880-S in MS67* with a nice crescent of color on the Obverse....please be in my price range...please be in my price range........
I know it was a pipe dream as a white non stared version would probably sell for more than I had with me.....he quotes...$1600 I stare at the coin like I am actually contemplating the purchase even though I was way way short of that amount of cash......thanks I say as I head off to the next table. As I head down the rows quickly....no toners...no toners......ahhhhh what's this....a pretty little common dates NGC toner in MS66......this is about a $600 dollar coin on Ebay I guestimate......how much I ask......he doesn't know 
....his partner doesn't know
....so being the witty fellow I am I said I guess it's free today.....
No dice.....finally as the minutes tick away he said....I could do $320 on the coin.....HHHHHMMMMMM a very fair price I thought to myself.....but I am still in the first row....I don't want to spend a chunk of my cash whitout seeing what else is available!!! Ok on to the next row....nadda......and the next.....nadda
Second to the last roll.....what's this....I spy a beautiful pair of End Roll Morgans......
but there's no dealer I wait for a few minutes....still no dealer so I have to go it's now 5pm and dealers are packing up...rats
Ok on to the last row......a few Morgans with so so color and strong prices.....nope not going to have any luck...going to get shut out....wait a minute...the dealer returned to the other table....just a few more steps.....I can make it....excuse me sir...how much for the pair of end rollers? $450.......I quickly start doing the math...is it a good deal...are they worth it....I am on the fence but heavily leaning towards getting them as it's not very often you see a nice matched pair like this.....what's your best price......$450 hmmmmmm Ok haggling is out since he is into the coins for $425...I can respect that....everybody has to make a living....ok Sold!
So as we chat as he is counting the money I tell him I have a soft spot for end rollers....he says oh ya well look at these.......
He pulls out two totally amazing matched pair end rollers in very old PCGS OGH slabs.....probably the version just after the rattlers. The are breath taking so I say....let me guess...not for sale....he just smiled and told me he had own them for like 15+ years :luhv: We say our good buys and I quickly head back over to the last row but as I round the corner...my Ebay goggles are in full effect. I have a rare talent for spotting nice coins with bad images or dark images and it usually pays off big time online but never helped me at a coinshow before today. in the bottom corner of a dealer case I sqaw something that caught my eye....there was no light on the case and the coin was actually hidden under the metal lip of the case to all you could see was a flash of color if you looked just right.
Can I see that coin.....which one....that one in the corner.....ok I'll open the case and you grab it, deal! How much?......dealer: are you sure you want this one.....ummm yes please.....stay calm...stay calm.....ok well....I can do $175
Strategic pause.....................................................yes I think I will take it. You want it for that price he says? You know it's only a 63......yep I still want it...you take cash right? .....then the dealer says damn I stuck that thing in the corner so it wouldn't sell and then quoted you a price I knew you wouldn't pay I just looked at him and said to never under estimate what a toned coin lover would pay for an amazing coin. The luster and color combination blows away a battle creek I had and I paid $1000 for it!
ok......now I can relax...time to go...but wait I still have $90 bucks on me......cheap toner...cheap toner....got to find me a cheap toner..........hey I know that guy! How's it going fine...how have you been fine....we exchange about 5 minutes of banter......do you have anything with color......how about this......ok looks cheap enough....how much.....for you.....$40...sold
Ok now my pants are sagging cause I have the coins in my pockets...I am sweating...............who knew buying coins was such hard work.....and I am off to get the baby.
For those of you still with me....let me present the fruits of my labor.....
So As I scanned Ebay looking for Toned coins, especially Morgans with good eye appeal I realized quickly that there were three kinds of coins present:
#1 AT Garbage
#2 Stunning Rainbow that while nice were clearly out of my price range
#3 Nice coins that were priced as if they were MS67* monsters
So after days of seaching and picking off a few winners I turned to heritage, Northeast, and a slew of other sites looking for the right eye appeal/price combination that always seem elusive when I have cash to burn
I had all but given up hope and had resigned myself to having to wait a few days and then pick up the hunt on Ebay all over again when......my curosity got the best of me and I decided to see when the next coin show was in the central Florida area. I pulled up the website and...........
Sept 5 through Sept
Oh my GOD....what time is it now I thought...4:30pm....what time does it close.....6:00pm which means dealers would probably be out of there by no later than 5:30pm ....out of time...out of time...to much to do....run to the ATM...check...oh crap it will only let me pull out $200
What the heck can I buy with $200 dollars.....what about my daughter...have to puck her up from the Ex mother in law.....no time no time...
Ok calm down...call the Ex mother in law.....can I pick up the baby late....I have a few erands to run....? YES ok bingo I am back in the game.....now onto my local bank branch......grab another wad of cash and we are on our way. Everyone's driving like 20 miles and hour.....don't these people know there's a coin show in town (shrug).....get out of the way losers....I need to go spend obscene amounts of money on little shinning disc's.....is nothing sacred these days
Ok ok...I made it....just before 5pm...security guy looks like a hitman from Sapranos.....tells me to grab my name tag.....I actually did for fear of him coming after me if I didn't :flamed:....ok got my ticket for some door prize drawing even though I will never hear the announcement...I am in a hurry people......ok I get a free coin....grab an envelope......ok got it.....on to the dealer tables.
First stop....two nicely toned coins....One's a common date MS63* Reverse Bag toned beauty.....How much I say..? $245 the elderly gentleman responds....ok not to far out of what I think it's worth...would certainly pull that on Ebay. Next I point too a very pretty 1880-S in MS67* with a nice crescent of color on the Obverse....please be in my price range...please be in my price range........
I know it was a pipe dream as a white non stared version would probably sell for more than I had with me.....he quotes...$1600
I stare at the coin like I am actually contemplating the purchase even though I was way way short of that amount of cash......thanks I say as I head off to the next table. As I head down the rows quickly....no toners...no toners......ahhhhh what's this....a pretty little common dates NGC toner in MS66......this is about a $600 dollar coin on Ebay I guestimate......how much I ask......he doesn't know ....his partner doesn't know
....so being the witty fellow I am I said I guess it's free today.....
No dice.....finally as the minutes tick away he said....I could do $320 on the coin.....HHHHHMMMMMM a very fair price I thought to myself.....but I am still in the first row....I don't want to spend a chunk of my cash whitout seeing what else is available!!! Ok on to the next row....nadda......and the next.....nadda
Second to the last roll.....what's this....I spy a beautiful pair of End Roll Morgans......
but there's no dealer I wait for a few minutes....still no dealer so I have to go it's now 5pm and dealers are packing up...rats Ok on to the last row......a few Morgans with so so color and strong prices.....nope not going to have any luck...going to get shut out....wait a minute...the dealer returned to the other table....just a few more steps.....I can make it....excuse me sir...how much for the pair of end rollers? $450.......I quickly start doing the math...is it a good deal...are they worth it....I am on the fence but heavily leaning towards getting them as it's not very often you see a nice matched pair like this.....what's your best price......$450 hmmmmmm Ok haggling is out since he is into the coins for $425...I can respect that....everybody has to make a living....ok Sold!
So as we chat as he is counting the money I tell him I have a soft spot for end rollers....he says oh ya well look at these.......
He pulls out two totally amazing matched pair end rollers in very old PCGS OGH slabs.....probably the version just after the rattlers. The are breath taking so I say....let me guess...not for sale....he just smiled and told me he had own them for like 15+ years :luhv: We say our good buys and I quickly head back over to the last row but as I round the corner...my Ebay goggles are in full effect. I have a rare talent for spotting nice coins with bad images or dark images and it usually pays off big time online but never helped me at a coinshow before today. in the bottom corner of a dealer case I sqaw something that caught my eye....there was no light on the case and the coin was actually hidden under the metal lip of the case to all you could see was a flash of color if you looked just right.
Can I see that coin.....which one....that one in the corner.....ok I'll open the case and you grab it, deal! How much?......dealer: are you sure you want this one.....ummm yes please.....stay calm...stay calm.....ok well....I can do $175
Strategic pause.....................................................yes I think I will take it. You want it for that price he says? You know it's only a 63......yep I still want it...you take cash right? .....then the dealer says damn I stuck that thing in the corner so it wouldn't sell and then quoted you a price I knew you wouldn't pay I just looked at him and said to never under estimate what a toned coin lover would pay for an amazing coin. The luster and color combination blows away a battle creek I had and I paid $1000 for it!ok......now I can relax...time to go...but wait I still have $90 bucks on me......cheap toner...cheap toner....got to find me a cheap toner..........hey I know that guy! How's it going fine...how have you been fine....we exchange about 5 minutes of banter......do you have anything with color......how about this......ok looks cheap enough....how much.....for you.....$40...sold
Ok now my pants are sagging cause I have the coins in my pockets...I am sweating...............who knew buying coins was such hard work.....and I am off to get the baby.
For those of you still with me....let me present the fruits of my labor.....
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Those last two make for a wonderful and striking presentation.
bob
WOW, not sure which of those 63s you paid $40 for (I'm guessing the 04-O), but either way,
that was a MAJOR score. Nice job.......
<< <i>WOW, not sure which of those 63s you paid $40 for (I'm guessing the 04-O), but either way,
that was a MAJOR score. Nice job....... >>
The first one....if I could get that 1904-O for $40.....I'd get run out of town
<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow right this very second. >>
ummmmm my kids don't want for anything and I love to spoil them rotten. I have full custody which means I get 0 free time to myself and I am ok with that so if I want to take 45 minutes to run into a show....I have more than earned it. I am pretty sure she was able to make it through that 45 minutes without me
Besides I spent $700 and not $200....maybe I can have my 5 year old teach you math in her spare time
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<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow right this very second. >>
ummmmm my kids don't want for anything and I love to spoil them rotten. I have full custody which means I get 0 free time to myself and I am ok with that so if I want to take 45 minutes to run into a show....I have more than earned it. I am pretty sure she was able to make it through that 45 minutes without me
Besides I spent $700 and not $200....maybe I can have my 5 year old teach you math in her spare time
Don't get all pissy...he had a point (untill you mentioned full custody...you deserve a show or two
EDIT to add, nice coins!
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<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow right this very second. >>
ummmmm my kids don't want for anything and I love to spoil them rotten. I have full custody which means I get 0 free time to myself and I am ok with that so if I want to take 45 minutes to run into a show....I have more than earned it. I am pretty sure she was able to make it through that 45 minutes without me
Besides I spent $700 and not $200....maybe I can have my 5 year old teach you math in her spare time
Right after she teaches you punctuation and spelling.
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<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow right this very second. >>
ummmmm my kids don't want for anything and I love to spoil them rotten. I have full custody which means I get 0 free time to myself and I am ok with that so if I want to take 45 minutes to run into a show....I have more than earned it. I am pretty sure she was able to make it through that 45 minutes without me
Besides I spent $700 and not $200....maybe I can have my 5 year old teach you math in her spare time
Right after she teaches you punctuation and spelling. >>
I'll put my spelling and punctuation up against you any day of the week. The fact that I took certain liberties to speed up my typing is not an indication that I don't have the ability to write and spell well. Again...if you came into this thread to critize someone's parental skills...I suggest you back the hell off because that's the one thing I will not put up with out of anyone!
<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow right this very second. >>
I'll take "Idiotic" for $1,000 Alex.
So congratulations on peeing on his party, Robb... you get beaten much as a kid?
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Sounds like a fun Mr. Toad's Wild Coin Show ride krypto... and you even got to bring out some souvenirs.
<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow >>
A good rule of thumb...as that saying goes...If you have nothing good to say...Exactly!
You don't know how this man spoils his child. How would you feel if he said something like that on your thread? Besides he can afford to buy those coins that he got...paid cash and not credit card.
Very nice story and super 04-O coin. Don't let some of these johnny-come-latelies get under your skin. They have not walked in your shoes nor do they know you or your story as many of us here do. ENJOY your coins my man!!
Sweet lookin' endrollers!!!
U.S. Type Set
<< <i>Priorities are all screwed up. Pick your child up on time and treat her to something with the $200 that you just had to blow right this very second. >>
Robb,
You edit your tripe out of this great post and I'll do the same.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
-Randy Newman
<< <i>Gee thanks. I'm headed for that coin show tomorrow afternoon and will be looking for similar items. Looks like none will be left. >>
There were plenty left....but I didn't have the money to grab them all.....good luck and I promise to stay away and spend time with my kids......I think I can find some coins for them to polish or some albums that need to be dusted
$175 for the 04-O is a great price....a score once in a while like that certainly makes all the hunting worthwhile....
Thanks for a GREAT kick off on a Friday.
Bob
no one else is coming and they may be more inclined to go lower??
At the local Santa Clara show I can spend an hour and a half during lunch running through the isles and not find a thing.
<< <i>I just found this thread............what a cool read!
$175 for the 04-O is a great price....a score once in a while like that certainly makes all the hunting worthwhile....
$175.00 a great price for an MS63 common date? Great toning, and very attractive, but I had no idea the premium would be that high. Hmmm, maybe I should start selling some of of my toners!
<< <i>Somebody is badly addicted, aren't they?
exactly what i was thinking. quality over quantity should be given
some extra thought. patience is key.
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<< <i>I just found this thread............what a cool read!
$175 for the 04-O is a great price....a score once in a while like that certainly makes all the hunting worthwhile....
$175.00 a great price for an MS63 common date? Great toning, and very attractive, but I had no idea the premium would be that high. Hmmm, maybe I should start selling some of of my toners!
When can we see your toners on the BST?
Al
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<< <i>I just found this thread............what a cool read!
$175 for the 04-O is a great price....a score once in a while like that certainly makes all the hunting worthwhile....
$175.00 a great price for an MS63 common date? Great toning, and very attractive, but I had no idea the premium would be that high. Hmmm, maybe I should start selling some of of my toners!
When can we see your toners on the BST?
I just listed all of those.....go have fun searching for the thread.....
FC......these were quality coins (toning wise).....not sure how your comments about quantity vs quality applies but your entitled to your opinion
You're happy...they're nice coins...that's all that matters.