It's pretty sad when a "big" day in numismatics means ...

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• TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,590 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 23, 2011 10:19PM

  
  
  edit to add :
  
  I didn't mean to laugh at your plight. It was your approach that did it.

  ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 1:21AM

  Coingrats on the new additions to your collection; we all make our own reality, it's hard for us to determine if you are enjoying the paths you're choosing

  Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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• Longacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 2:10AM

  I demand to know what this Secret Collection is!

  Always took candy from strangers
  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)

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• kranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 2:16AM

  The great thing about this hobby is you can find enjoyment in so many circumstances, from buying that one monster coin you need to complete a set to, yes, a NP quarter or getting a lustrous wheat cent in change. I think getting something from the hunt makes it worthwhile, regardless of the size of the game you bring down.

  New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,725 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 2:19AM

  
  
  << <i>... finding a Yosemite quarter in change. It was only the second National Parks quarter I have gotten in change.
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  I will alert the media!!!!!!
  
  

  Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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• OPA Posts: 17,141 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 2:46AM

  Heck, I've yet to receive a territorial quarter in change

  "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."

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• 291fifth Posts: 24,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 2:54AM

  
  
  << <i>I demand to know what this Secret Collection is! >>
  
  
  
  I can't reveal it because the addition of even one additional aggressive collector might cause a significant price jump.
  
  Here are some hints:
  
  They are a mid-20th century item that were used in everyday commerce.
  
  I started this collection about eight months ago after looking for a specialized collecting area that contains real rarities but has been ignored.
  
  It does not involve US coins. I view US coins as fully priced/overpriced.
  
  It involves collecting by date ... and it is now very obvious that many, if not most of the dates are very rare. They just weren't saved.
  
  This is a "no upgrade" collection. Once a date has been obtained, that's it. If a better one comes along I'm not interested.
  
  I'm looking for problem-free average circulated examples. High grade is not important. (I suspect that most of the dates don't exist in Uncirculated condition. One date may not exist in any grade.)
  
  
  
  

  All glory is fleeting.

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• JamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭

  February 24, 2011 2:58AM

  Oh dear , i don't suppose i should mention i got 2 Gettysburg quarters from Wndys yesterday : )

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,220 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2011 3:45AM

  
  
  << <i>Heck, I've yet to receive a territorial quarter in change >>
  
  
  
  i know, this aint good at all

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