Let's see your newest acquisitions!

That seems like a great deal. Very beautiful coin!

 

Since I dont think you are joking, I really hope you can just restore them from the recycle bin, or restore from from a local or offsite backup. If not, I truly feel your pain. Sorry for your loss.

For next time, and this goes for everyone at this forum as well, if you dont have some sort of offsite backup in place, I think you are just crazy. There are multiple completely free solutions, and some very good pay solutions for powerusers. I pay mozy http://mozy.com/home/ , but I've got like 40,000+ photos, a few thousand videos, and about 10 years worth of documents, tax files, ect.

For a normal person, Windows SkyDrive should be adequate. Go sign up now! http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/skydrive/home

or, Windows Live Mesh (I also heavily use this). http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/explore/access-your-pc-from-anywhere

or, Drop Box (believe it or not, I also use this) https://www.dropbox.com/ Watch the video

google Drive, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012...2/04/introducing-google-drive-yes-really.html (I have never used this)

mac people have something called iCloud I believe, (never used it)

There really is no excuse in this day and age!! So before any other little bros get delete-happy, or freak natural disasters happen, click on some of those links.

Sorry for thread derailment, but hopefully someone will find this info helpful.

-the geek

 

Since I pretty much only buy Kennedy's I feel I can offer something here:

(1) You are correct, Kennedy prices have gone up over past few years, as I have purchased every single proof coin except the 1998 SP, and all these purchases were last few years. BUT, the increase in prices is limited to the Silver coins, and the only reason they are going up is the price of silver IMHO. When silver goes down, Kennedy silver proof will likely go back down a bit.

(2) Most clad TPG coins can be purchased for ~$10.00 shipped if you look hard enough. This is my actual average price, not a guess.

(3) Most silver TPG coins can be purchased for 20.00 shipped (on average). But, several years ago I was paying $15.00, now I am paying $22.00 when I look hard.

(4) I hope that more people are liking Kennedy, since I like them. But I am thinking we are not quite there yet. Ike's are the new darling, and it will take a few more years for Kennedy to have his turn (my guess).

(5) Per my previous posts, a problem with the Kennedy Proofs would be the newer proofs and the horrible etched frost and super-thin relief. The newer coins just dont look as nice as the older coins. Luckily, everything is readily available. But the newer coins might turn some people off the series who are not already committed.

(6) If someone pays $30.00 for a coin that someone else can find for $20, it really doesnt matter. Some people get deals some of the time, and some people overpay some of the time. As long as you are happy with the purchase, and can afford the purchase, it shouldn't matter either way. I personally will wait months or years to find a coin for $20 rather than $30. But thats because I have a very small coin budget and want to maximize my spending. Someone who wants the coin now and will pay $30, I say more power to you. Someday I hope that's me.