Post a coin that you regret selling.
coin22lover
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I'd like to try to have a thread where everyone posts coins they regret selling (perhaps even there's an outside chance a buyer will see it and offer it back to the mourner). Here's one I regret selling, my first 1807 Capped Bust half dollar...an obviously undergraded specimen (lost the reverse pic, sorry).
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<< <i>Oh gawd, too many to post...
<< <i>Oh gawd, too many to post...
Uber ditto...
Lane
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I'd hate to have to sell that one.
By my count, close to 800 coins in all, including over 200 beautifully toned morgans, over 100 Barber quarters, close to 200 shield nickels (MS, white proofs, rainbow proofs, varieties, patterns and errors), and sets of two cents, Lib nickels, Indian $2.50, proof sets by year, 1794 cents by variety, early type, and lots of mscellaneous coins over the years.
Biggest regret - that I didn't image all of my earlier sets & collections. At least I have images of all the Morgans and Barbers.
Sunnywood
Sunnywood's Rainbow-Toned Morgans (Retired)
Sunnywood's Barber Quarters (Retired)
Click on this link to see my ebay listings.
But regret is fluid and relative. I would love to add any of those coins back to my collection...but not in exchange for any of the coins currently in my collection.
There are several coins that I regret letting get away but this one is at the top of the list.
Mike
I sort of regret selling several, but I almost always sold the coins to buy other coins I wanted more since I can't have them all.
I regret not listing this one in the right eBay category when I sold it
And maybe this one, mostly because it was the first certified coin I ever bought and my favorite design (also went to a forum member):
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
get to keep them.
Errrr, maybe I do regret selling roadrunner 14+ ounces of gold at $775 per oz. But, then
at the time I was doubling my money and that's my general rule. If you can double your
money it's the right time to sell.
bob
PS: Brian, do you still have it and would you consider selling back at $900?
The truth is that I love all the coins I have and have had... but that said this is a hobby and I only use my disposable monies to participate in it. While I wish that I would have been able to hang on to the quarter, there are times in life we have to make tough choices and that was one.
Maybe some day I'll find an even better one and be in a position to get and keep it.
Someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse
Still have the 3-legger my wife gave me for Christmas 1977, and the 1942/41 she gave me for Christmas 1978.
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
1800 VF35
1804 VG10
1811 AU50
1822 Fine
1829 curl base 2 VG08
1839-O huge O XF40
1840-O XF45
1865 XF40
1866 XF40
1867 VF30
1873 DDO XF45
1871-CC Good
1872-CC VF35
1873-CC VG08
1874-CC Good
1878-CC XF45
1895-O AU50
1901-O?horz O AU55
1905-O Micro o AU58
1913-S AU55
1916-D MS62
1920-S MS66
1921 MS64FB
1921-D MS64
1941/2 AU55
1941/2-D AU55
These are a few that come to mind!!!!
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
<< <i>I've had seller's remorse a few times but not as many times as I've had buyer's remorse.
Yeah... especially after I've sold!!!
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<< <i>coinman420, hard to tell from the photos, but it looks like there was a mintmark on that 1909 $5... was it an O???
I sort of regret selling several, but I almost always sold the coins to buy other coins I wanted more since I can't have them all.
I regret not listing this one in the right eBay category when I sold it
And maybe this one, mostly because it was the first certified coin I ever bought and my favorite design (also went to a forum member):
I wish you regreted selling it to me!!
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