If somebody posted a purchase that equals about your

"Veni, vidi, vici!"...….."I came, I seen, I conquered!"

 

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You need to review your conjugations. Pretty sure it's "I come, I seen, I done conquered".

 

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Alot

Rediculous

I could care less

 

This weekend at FUN, I held in my hand coins worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. These coins exceed my entire net worth. Somebody owns them, and somebody will win them at auction.

Appreciate them for what they are. They are in a completely different league than you.

I'm quite sure that I post coins here which might exceed what some collectors have spent. I've also seen many coins posted here which vastly exceed my entire collection. Why should that bother me? Be privileged that the owner was willing to share with us!

 

Coins, cars or houses, someone will always have something better. That's life.

 

Technically, it has a mass of 3.11g, and weighs 0.0305 newtons (on earth).

 

If someone having something worth more than someone else has bothers them then I would suggest getting rid of all communications devices and living in a shack in the woods. Whether it's a house, cars, watches, clothes, food, drink, literally everything someone will always have it better than you and many many many people will have it worse.

A simple $20 Morgan is worth more than some people in this world have period

Jealousy is very unbecoming

 

Exactly. And the key to happiness with anything in life, including coins, is to enjoy what God has blessed us with. As for people who post nicer coins than mine, keep them coming! That way I get to enjoy other coins too.

 

You'll just confuse too many people!

 

Some people like to collect a few valuable coins, others a lot of cheaper stuff. Honestly, a few very scarce coins in good condition probably hold value better than the low-grade stuff I collect. Maybe that person is collecting in a way that's more efficient for investing or wealth preservation. I'm sure I feel jealous of some of some of the nicer pieces I see on the forums, but I also enjoy seeing stuff that I will never otherwise come across. And coin collecting is on average a pretty terrible investment (low appreciation, unfavorably taxed, high transaction costs, high risk of loss/theft, illiquid) so I don't feel bad that I do so just for fun.

 

Disappointed that I lost, but that means it wasn't meant to be. I'd move on to the next option...there area always more.

 

I think it is a fine subject. I spent fifty years being satisfied with $10.00-$20.00 coins. Always dreaming of those special coins I could never have. Well, a lifetimes hard work and the good lord blessed me with a couple of good years of late and I have treated myself to some of those finer pieces I dreamed of for fifty years though I do feel a bit self indulgent.

All I am saying is this. Always be thankful for what you have now. I would trade everything I have for youth and vigor. If you have that, be thankful. Everyone gets their day in the sun. Until then, be thankful for what you have.

 

I’m It don’t bother me at all! I enjoy see you guy post coins and I do have envy on a lot of them. like everyone said it’s what you can afford to invest and what you like. I CRH, I buy a few coin here and there but I don’t go out of my means! I take care of my family first!! Collecting is a hobby that needs to be set aside when it needs to be!! I have a business that pulled 2.1 million this year! Am I rollin in the money no! I reinvest in the business and if I have a little money to though into my collect I will but at this time in my life I look After my family and business!! It’s self control!! I was 2 blocks from the fun show and wanted to go really bad!! But I didn’t because.. well.. I spent to much at the convention I was at for pre-buying for the season!! (A little over $168,000) but honestly I think I’m blessed every day!! I look forward for 10-30$ coin. And guess what I’m very happy today because I got in change at the Murphy USA gas station at Walmart a 1909 VDB !!

 

And the use of "myself" when "me" is correct. Myself should only be used in a sentence that contains I.

 

A person who lives the best honorable life possible, for their self and others is the one to be envied, not one of physical gains. IMO, Jim

 

Bet you didn't expect that!

 

I am a poverty collector, and that's fine.

Sure, I'll ogle over multi-thousand dollar banknotes, but I know that I'll only ever top out at $50 per note.

 

I don't collect Paper Money, but I can appreciate the images and artwork involved. At the FUN show, there was an expansive display of obsolete Oklahoma bank notes (200 cases of them). Many of them were unique. I was talking to some paper collectors who were drooling on the cases to try to understand why these were so impressive, and they gave me a very interesting history of the collection, why it was important, what I was looking at, and a glimpse into how much it was worth.

That display was worth several times my salary.

And you know what? I counted myself lucky to have seen it, and I thank whoever shared it with me!

 

This. I got to play with a few 6-figure coins over the past few days. They were pretty awesome to behold. I enjoyed it, even though my collection will probably never have stuff of that caliber. Appreciate what people share with you. Life's too short to spend too much emotional capital counting others' money.