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BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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That you can't own them all! image
To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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    LeonidasLeonidas Posts: 653
    If you're talking about old worn out stuff that grades Xf-AU.............Who cares.....The market don't
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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
    I was watching American Pickers the other day, and they visited a guy who I thought summed it up pretty well. The point is not to own all the toys in the world, the point is to play with all the toys in the world.

    -Paul
    Many Quality coins for sale at http://www.CommonCentsRareCoins.com
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    khaysekhayse Posts: 1,336 ✭
    You just have to win the Lotto. image

    -Keith
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    newnotesnewnotes Posts: 65 ✭✭
    He who dies with the most toys--wins.

    Frank Sinatra
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Catch and release isn't just for fishing! image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That you can't own them all! image >>




    Heck....I would settle for halfimage



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    LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭
    I thought you were going to say taking shots from fellow CU members for being a collector of Tokens image
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    melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019 ✭


    << <i>He who dies with the most toys--wins.

    Frank Sinatra >>



    He who dies with the most toys is still dead and then it no longer matters.

    Ron
    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>He who dies with the most toys is still dead and then it no longer matters. >>



    imageimage
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That you can't own them all! image >>


    John Ford did...or damn near it!
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    BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Catch and release isn't just for fishing! image >>




    I like this commentimage---------------------BigE
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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,862 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That you can't own them all! image >>




    Bwahahahaha, well yeah image

    Coin's for sale/trade.


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    Nunfa0Nunfa0 Posts: 162
    No you can't own them all, but is sure is fun trying!!
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The conclusion in the OP is similar to what mine was.

    The bad thing about selling coins is that ... they're ... gone, once you sell 'em.

    I want some magic leprechaun gold, that I can sell and rake a whole buncha moolah on, and then it magically boomerangs back later, to reappear, free of charge, back in my big cast iron cauldron again.

    (You simply must store your magic leprechaun gold in a cast iron cauldron, y'know. It just isn't done any other way.)

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You simply must store your magic leprechaun gold in a cast iron cauldron, y'know >>



    I learn a lot on this Forum.

    For instance gold storage:
    Cast iron cauldron - good.
    Garage- not so good.

    image

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

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    pennyanniepennyannie Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭
    The worst part is.... the coins i would like to own i do not have the funds for, or they are in collections that will not be sold.

    The absolute worst part of the hobby is getting ahold of the checkbook from the coin warden when i am low in the "rat hole fund". There is "no strings" attached to any coin buys with the check book, it is a "ROPE". Every dollar that the warden sees spent on coins means 5 dollars for her projects. The reason for the 5 to 1 is the fact she can not determine the size of the "rat hole fund"
    Mark
    NGC registry V-Nickel proof #6!!!!
    working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!

    RIP "BEAR"
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    ernie11ernie11 Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For me, that I don't own them all is not that bad. I just love seeing them if I can't own them. Still remember as a young man going into the exhibit room at the Smithsonian and seeing their national coin collection. I loved it.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,825 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That you can't own them all! image >>



    Think about it. If you owned them all, there would be no there other coin collectors. The hobby would be very boring without the chatrooms, coin shows, coin clubs, coin shops, etc.

    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

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    Mar327Mar327 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭
    My 6 y/o grandson wishes all coins only cost $1 - you two are dreaming the same dream!
    Have bought and sold on BST, many references available when asked.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,275 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The worst part of this hobby is but a fragment of the best part of it.
    Some people image

    Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !

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    StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
    As Steven Wright used to say ...

    "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    That's one of the things I've really come to appreciate about this forum. I can't own them all, I can't afford a lot of the stuff I'd like to have, so the next best thing is seeing other folks "share" their collections here and I can live vicariously through their coins. image
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    BaseballAbsBaseballAbs Posts: 2,621 ✭
    image I will cry with you on that OP.
    Winner of the "You Suck!" award March 17, 2010 by LanLord, doh, 123cents and Bear.
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    scottgardenerscottgardener Posts: 1,205 ✭


    << <i><< He who dies with the most toys--wins. Frank Sinatra >>
    He who dies with the most toys is still dead and then it no longer matters. Ron >>



    Oh, bugger. Now I am having an existentialist crisis. I'm worrying about running out of all forms of possible existence, since even a googol plex different combinations of universes, timelines, and states of being is not infinite and will eventually run out, leaving us with an eternity of reruns and "greatest hits" albums.
    Improperly Cleaned, Our passion for numismatics is Genuine! Now featuring correct spelling.
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    fiveNdimefiveNdime Posts: 1,088 ✭✭


    << <i>Catch and release isn't just for fishing! image >>


    fish on! image
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just go for it....
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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