On the other hand, it is the internet that makes collecting enjoyable for me.
My first mistake was probably getting back into coin collecting.
I heard if three people put the same person on ignore that they die in real life. Wait, that might have been a movie I saw.
I'll tell my wife I have a standing offer to sell a coin I bought for $2 for $40. It will calm her anxiety over me buying coins.
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To be honest, I think you spent the money wisely.
Do you ever win?
Why is it okay for antiques to be about making cash, and not beauty and history; yet you condemn people for doing that with coins? I'm so...
I'm currently winning with $1 on Heritage Auctions for this beauty. Just think, in another month it could be mine! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I *might* have to get Twitter.
Can you explain this further?
By believing everything my local dealer told me because I had no options at the time. The internet and the TPGs have really opened things up,...
Plus I get to live with the illusion that I'm going to pick up a 1921 Peace Dollar (MS65+ CAC) for $2.00.... for 2-5 days. (1) NOTES...
What board of directors?
I like to go to Heritage Auctions and carefully examine their Peace Dollar offerings. I'll find something pristine in an MS66 or MS67 and then...
I use a binary grading system. 0: Don't Want 1: Want I can grade a coin using that system and be correct every time.
You need to work something about a "Full Bellman Line" into your slogan.
Excuse me? I'm an American and for your information I've been collecting Buffalo Nickels since before you were born. I can assure you that I...
Oh, and for the rest of the story: I paid to get the coin slabbed. :D
My first purchase was a very shiny Peace Dollar from a kind old dealer at a show. Poor old goat didn't know the quality he was letting out the...
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