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You might remember I thought I "Stole" the puppy for only 300...
But I got Cleaned on that deal
(sorry crappy pics to lazy to take new ones)

 

Well, yes to all that, but this is a stunningly attractive coin that transcends the wear and the grade. I mean, sometimes “grading” just seems an irrelevant layer stuck on top of the reality of the coin. We talk so much about grades that sometimes you just need to look at the coin and put all else aside.

 

see i use common sense which seems to be lacking in many when buying coins i don't spend thousands of dollars for a coin to feed a ego not my style
i don't need the limelight unlike many people, if i want to show off i will but in a way that doesn't make me look like a total fool with more cash then brains

sorry to disappoint kids

 

I don't have a coin that I as you put Grossly overpaid for.
The last lot of vintage silver I made an error in total ounces (off by 6 ounces) 23oz instead of 17oz and because I agreed to the sellers counter offer, I honored my mathematical error... ended up paying 25% more than what I felt the lot was worth.
Silver has gone up 5% but as I was already paying strong for the lot I'll need $75+oz to recoup spent money .
The real kicker is 3 ounces are duplicates and I paid the per ounce price for those as well.

 

You would have “grossly overpaid” for that coin at that price if it was average or below average for the grade. However, the “circ cam” look of yours is truly unique, and there are a lot of higher grade pieces with less eye appeal than that one has. I remember your posting it before because it’s hard to forget.

 

i've said my opinion like it or not and i'll end it on that

 

LordM, you never know what someone might be willing to pay for a piece like yours! If it were mine, I’d just enjoy looking at it and keep telling myself how lucky I am to own it! They tell me life is good! The hard part is realizing it is.

 

I guess it's low on the overpaid scale, but I paid $152.19 plus shipping for a Trajan as with a lovely aqua patina. Without the aqua patina, I wouldn't have cared about the piece.

A good aqua patina is one of the scarcest patinas, though.


Trajan, 98-117. Dupondius (Bronze, 28 mm 12,58 g), Rome, 101-102. Obv. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M Radiate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder. Rev. TR POT COS IIII P P / S C Abundantia seated left on chair formed of two cornucopiae, holding scepter in her right hand. RIC 428. BMC 749. Cohen 639

The 1799 dollar is pretty handsome. That's about 2,870 more than I've ever spent on a single coin, though. My Johannes tremissis was $975, in 1999 dollars.

 

Most everyone on this forum is familiar with the coins I collect.
Coins with dates, actual dates prior to 1501 A.D. Outside of
Bob Levinson, I've never met another collector. There are the folks
who collect one for each year. I have for some dates 7 different
coins. Others might collect by region, but a date is not that important.
If it has one, great. If not that's OK too. Pride of ownership means
a lot to me. For over half of my collection I over paid. Getting
my money back, not unless I'm very, very closely related to
Methuselah. As I said pride of ownership.

 

Almost 20 years ago.
I was doing a War Nickle set and needed this to complete.
It was a 1945-P TDR MS64, I thought I still had an image but no luck.

 

Well.... I don't even have it yet. I been pining for this dime for six years and struck a deal just this week. I'll never recoup what I paid but that's my wife and kids problem anyways.

 

I probably spent way too much on this IHC for my registry set but I'm getting old, senile, and it's my money.

 

I don't care how much Wampum any of the members that posted their supposed non-recoverable purchase price piece was.

Based on the images, all are ahead of their time as an excellent addition to their personal collection. The "Market" for such pieces is not what you may think.

I particularly note the 1799, the 1878 and the 1900. Those pieces are not even close to the "Oh well..wadryagonnado" lament.

I will assume the 3rd. side on those pieces are fine, and accordingly, my question is what the heck is wrong with you, thinking you are buried??

If it is about the money spent, those pieces will return, with a happy face, the expenditure, in multiples, even adjusting for inflation.

If it is not about the money spent, but the choice to spend it on those pieces, relax Grasshoppers, you did well in your studies and can now shave your head and wear a neat colored Robe.

Savvy?

Truth in editing: changed "where" to "wear". I do that wherever I find it, no matter what I decide to wear while doing it.

 

That opinion exceeds any level of failure of any useless curmudgeonly dumazz commentary I have ever made via any method of communication.

I did not think that was possible.

Congratulations!

 

Holy bovine, Randy, that is a nice dime! I probably would have dropped a good shiny red cent on that one too!

 

That's a beautiful coin. Unfortunately, my 1799 has a huge counterstamp across the obverse killing its value.