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How do you cope with not being able to afford all the coins you want?

AllCoinsRuleAllCoinsRule Posts: 2,445 ✭✭✭✭
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My only answer is that I don't cope too well.
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,952 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you cant own 'em, photograph them.

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  • MarkInDavisMarkInDavis Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭✭
    Simple. I don't buy them.
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I always spend way less than I have so if I really need to stretch, I can. That said, I realize there are nice coins that I can't consider and moderately nice coins that I could stretch for but don't dare. I have too many other things (like a family and a junior golf career) to fund. --Jerry
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't cope very well but I try.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Same way I cope with not being able to afford the houses or the cars I want.

    I drink and growl a lot.
  • agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
    Alcohol
  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,761 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Same way I cope with not being able to afford the houses or the cars I want.

    I drink and growl a lot. >>






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  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sell coins that no longer fit into my collection to purchase the ones that I need.

  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    By buying all of the coins that I DON'T want, but can afford, of course! image
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  • Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    by having indiscriminate sex with strange women...
  • BaseballAbsBaseballAbs Posts: 2,621 ✭
    I look around the house for things to sell.image
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>by having indiscriminate sex with strange women... >>



    Yeah, but since you are paying them, how does that help with the OP's problem? image


    For me, I just realize there are more than coins in life and that I can always find a coin that I enjoy AND can afford.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>by having indiscriminate sex with strange women... >>



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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    Pretty well.

    In actuality, I can afford more than I buy.... but that is not how I choose to spend (or save) my money.
    Give Blood (Red Bags) & Platelets (Yellow Bags)!
  • Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958


    << <i>

    << <i>by having indiscriminate sex with strange women... >>



    Yeah, but since you are paying them, how does that help with the OP's problem? image >>



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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I look around the house for things to sell.image >>


    Same here. I just dug up a vintage Grateful Dead concert t-shirt from 1980 worth $350. Bye-bye, t-shirt. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭
    Like this image

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    Want to buy an auction catalog for the William Hesslein Sale (December 2, 1926). Thanks to all those who have helped us obtain the others!!!

  • RollermanRollerman Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There will always be something you can't have either because of price or availability. I can easily talk myself out of wanting something by just reminding myself, "I've gone ( X = your age) without that (coin, car, house etc.) I can go on some more yet".
    Works for me!
    Pete
    "Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
    Louis Armstrong
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want so very few.
  • melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019 ✭
    The same way I cope with all the other things I can't have. I just remind myself that I was born goodlooking instead of rich.

    Ron
    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    If you can't have the "coins" that you want, then love the ones that you're with! If you can't have the "coins" that you want, then love the ones that you're with!
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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    I look for a grade or few grades lower, or I do a layaway. I know many board members done beleive in layaway, but I have gotten a lot of nice coins that way.
    All coins kept in bank vaults.
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cherrypick them.
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The same way I cope with not having a mansion in the Hamptons, not having a Bentley, not belonging to a prestigious golf club, and not having a smoking jacket--I mooch off Longacre. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭


    << <i>The same way I cope with not having a mansion in the Hamptons, not having a Bentley, not belonging to a prestigious golf club, and not having a smoking jacket--I mooch off Longacre. image >>



    Surely you mean Rolls Royce...


    Longacre wouldn't be caught dead in a lowly Bentley!
    Want to buy an auction catalog for the William Hesslein Sale (December 2, 1926). Thanks to all those who have helped us obtain the others!!!

  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    The same way I cope with not being able to have other material goods, I suppose. I simply do without and don't spend a lot of time fretting about it.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
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    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The same way I cope with not having a mansion in the Hamptons, not having a Bentley, not belonging to a prestigious golf club, and not having a smoking jacket--I mooch off Longacre. image >>



    Surely you mean Rolls Royce...


    Longacre wouldn't be caught dead in a lowly Bentley! >>



    Bentleys are ghetto.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
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    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The same way I cope with not having a mansion in the Hamptons, not having a Bentley, not belonging to a prestigious golf club, and not having a smoking jacket--I mooch off Longacre. image >>



    Surely you mean Rolls Royce...


    Longacre wouldn't be caught dead in a lowly Bentley! >>



    I am so ashamed! image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    For me, it's a hobby, not life or death; I buy and enjoy the coins I can afford, and I simply don't worry about the others. Works well for me. -Preussen
    "Illegitimis non carborundum" -General Joseph Stilwell. See my auctions
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I think old money still prefers the Bentley...
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,172 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is the statement I used for my registry sets:



    << <i>This is a set that will probably not be completed in my lifetime. I will always enjoy the wonder of coins I do not yet or may never own while being appreciative of the coins I have been lucky enough to acquire over the past 44 years. Even many of the coins I now have are coins I could only dream about when I was a 7 year old coin collector in 1960, a 17 year old coin collector in 1970, a 27 year old coin collector in 1980, a 37 year old collector in 1990, and a 47 year old coin collector in 2000. So fellow collectors, never let your sense of wonder and dreams die!! >>



    I see that I need to add ....."and a 57 year old coin collector in 2010"
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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    "How do you cope with not being able to afford all the coins you want?"

    By trying to learn more about them.
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Like everything else in life that I'd like but don't have, I prioritize my needs, wants, and money and see what I can do. One day maybe I'll get it, but worst case scenario is that I don't. If I'm healthy enough to wish I had some more coins, then good enough for me.
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  • DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I whine.

    There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who do not.

  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Preussen said it for me
    LCoopie = Les
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have never been concerned with such an issue. There are always desirable items or goals that are beyond reach. I admire objects for their beauty without a need to possess. I am impressed by great achievements and the skills/talent it took to make it happen. I feel no need for the spotlight of fame. I am actually a very happy individual. Cheers, RickO
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats not an issue....I just can't find the right coins
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just live vicariously through some of the rich collectors here like TDN and Longacre.image

    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

  • JBNJBN Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do so by accepting reality.

    The reality is that there are many, many more coins out there that I desire, but could never afford.

    Over at Legend, I could easily blow $200K on SLQs.

    At Pinnacle, I could spend the same amount blasting through their recent WLH acquisitions. [though most are on hold now, anyway - quality sells]

    Then there are the series that are totally out of my reach: I think the 10 dollar Indian is a stunningly beautiful coin. Owned one when I was younger. Doubt I will ever own another. Sad, but reality.

    Bottom line: I 'cope' by focusing on what little I can afford, and ogle at others' collections and pix here on this forum. I do the best I can with each series that I focus on.

    Don't spend time thinking of what you cannot achieve - it bitters the sweetness of your actual achievements.
  • fiveNdimefiveNdime Posts: 1,088 ✭✭
    donate blood every 56 days, plasma/platets more frequently.
    BST transactions: guitarwes; glmmcowan; coiny; nibanny; messydesk
  • yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭
    Like I did about everything else I might have "wanted' but couldn't afford, learned to live happily within my means.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Crying myself to sleep at night works for me.


    bobimage
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    By selling some I got this.

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    My Current project....https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/160794
  • BaseballAbsBaseballAbs Posts: 2,621 ✭
    image Never seen this one before, just thought i would throw that in. exercise!image
    Winner of the "You Suck!" award March 17, 2010 by LanLord, doh, 123cents and Bear.
  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Eventually, death

    Empty Nest Collection

  • AnalystAnalyst Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭
    I examine and write about them.

    Great Rarities that I have seen

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    "In order to understand the scarce coins that you own or see, you must learn about coins that you cannot afford." -Me
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    After a while, your possessions own you.

    Less is better.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    How would you be able to cope with life, knowing that there are plenty of things besides coins that unaffordable (unless you're super rich). All that we middle-class folks can do is ooh and ahh.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,649 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cope ? image

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