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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1761617, member: 12789"]Interests change for a variety of reasons. The best advice I can give you is to never ever buy junk - ie lowgrade stuff. I learned the hard way back when I was 13-14 buying stuff because of the date or buying a Mexican two peso because it was gold. Over time I evolved to only settle for the best I can possibly find - even if like in the case of my English Noble from Edward III it took almost 18 years to find the one that was clipping free and was high grade. Of course it was in a Stacks auction and came from a well known collection and has a price tag to reflect all that. But I love the coin. I am still in awe of what a magnificent masterpiece it is now five years after I purchased it. It was worth the wait.</p><p> </p><p>I could have bought any one of literally dozens of nobles over the years, but I just had to find the one that was "the one". Maybe because I waited for so long to buy the piece it means more than coins I spent even more for, but waited less time in the hunt.</p><p> </p><p>Now I am still on the prowl for the right Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling - been about 10 years I have really wanted one - just haven't found the one that is "the one" yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1761617, member: 12789"]Interests change for a variety of reasons. The best advice I can give you is to never ever buy junk - ie lowgrade stuff. I learned the hard way back when I was 13-14 buying stuff because of the date or buying a Mexican two peso because it was gold. Over time I evolved to only settle for the best I can possibly find - even if like in the case of my English Noble from Edward III it took almost 18 years to find the one that was clipping free and was high grade. Of course it was in a Stacks auction and came from a well known collection and has a price tag to reflect all that. But I love the coin. I am still in awe of what a magnificent masterpiece it is now five years after I purchased it. It was worth the wait. I could have bought any one of literally dozens of nobles over the years, but I just had to find the one that was "the one". Maybe because I waited for so long to buy the piece it means more than coins I spent even more for, but waited less time in the hunt. Now I am still on the prowl for the right Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling - been about 10 years I have really wanted one - just haven't found the one that is "the one" yet.[/QUOTE]
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