Coin pet peeves?

I'm surprised you didn't mention "eBay".

 

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Cause I was just thinking about the coins themselves. Besides I don't need it I buy plenty of coins elsewhere including some strange places. Just yesterday a friend showed me his collection of coins he's found tanking down old buildings. 3 I tried to buy and made very strong offers on an 1804 spiked chin 1/2 c in xf from a house in Dover nh I bought much of the woodwork from a 1827 large cent in high au- low ms I feel 55-58 and the previously mentioned oak tree shilling I've been trying to buy for a few years.

 

Then you are missing a whole lot of great coins.

Unless you are very wealthy.

Think a 1795 Bust $1/2

 

I guess for me it's poor images. At the same time I understand it can be tough for some folks that don't have a good image to post.
A good image get more accurate information.
Poor images get stuff.

 

Does or does snot?

 

Does not. Good catch. I never even saw that until now.

 

I'd rather wait and buy one ms 1795 coin after saving for 2-3 years of coin budget then buy one circulated. Just my thing. I would never buy a problem or cleaned coin either at this point in my life. And everyone has a different definition of wealthy

 

People wasting sandwich bag after every sandwich. They could actually clean it and use it as a glove to hold the silver, like I do.

 

Why bother cleaning it of your hand is in the sandwich side

 

I hate holed coins

 

1. Fingerprints on a coin
2. Coin snobs that try to tell you which coins are worth collecting.
3. People who completely occupy a dealers table at a coin show so no one else can see the inventory

 

Couldn't have said it better myself!

 

When the album or case for a collection costs more than some of the coins in the collection.

 

YES!!! My pet peeves exactly. I'm about a hair away from picking up a murder charge at the next coin show if somebody slams my nice coin on the table then pokes the center of it with their finger. I get extremely angry. It's very rude and shows a total lack of respect.

In regards to being treated like you don't know what you are doing, I looked at your profile and saw you are 18. I am 23 but look 16. I have learned that appearing youthful can be very much a good thing when it comes to buying under the radar. If you come in looking stuffed to the gills with cash, people are going to try and take advantage of you. If you appear the opposite, you can sneak up on people without having to hear their same-as-the-next-guy's sales pitch; I've even sniped a couple really great buys from making lower offers while the dealer was more occupied trying to make the sale of the century to some one else looking more the part.

 

Exactly. But I certainly wouldn't have anyone taking advantage of me. I'm definitely not what you'd call stuffed to the gills with cash either.lol I feel as thought everyone should be treated as their best customer. I remember when dealers are respectful and I will continue to always check out their coins! First impressions are everything.

 

Anyone who says "buy the book before the coin". Who has ever got hooked on any hobby with the purchase of a book?

 

900fine is a member here on this site I have noticed. I met him and his wife in person at a coin show in Lubbock, TX some years ago. I had only gotten really into coin collecting a few years prior to that meeting. He had a very nice (don't remember the grade) Chain Cent. I asked him if I could just hold it. He not only gladly took it out for me to see, he gave me a really cool history lesson on the coin and showed me several other really nice coins I hadn't noticed. Really cool guy to visit with. I ended up buying a 1796 Large Cent off of him (a pretty rough one as I was a bit... out of cash and still newer to the hobby). I saw them last year at another show in Dallas and made a point to see their inventory.

 

What a great point. I believe the books are a great reference tool, but jeeze have a little fun. I don't think a first-time coin buyer is all that concerned with sniping a key-date, rare as the moon variety type at pennies on the dollar.

 

Pet peeve--fingerprints on coins, especially good dates. I go ape when I see slabbed coins with a fingerprint on them.