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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;giorgio11, post: 2278968, member: 17094&quot;]I decided to repost the little story about this coin that I wrote on another forum. You might enjoy it, as it speaks to how obsessive collectors can be about their coins. Spots grow, you know ...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;So, I had to post this one. I had another 1964 Kennedy half, PR69DCAM PCGS, that I bought from a fellow maybe six years ago. I think it was accurate for the grade but it had maybe three TINY -- and I mean MINUSCULE -- INSIGNIFICANT -- completely PICAYUNE dark spots on the obverse. I liked the coin. Except. Every time I looked at the coin, those spots got a little larger, finally assuming GARGANTUAN -- HUMONGOUS -- I mean, completely BROBDINGNAGIAN proportions.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I knew I would have a tough time replacing that coin, and I did. I sold it in a <a href="http://coincommunity.com/go/Heritage/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coincommunity.com/go/Heritage/" rel="nofollow">Heritage Auction</a> maybe a year after I had it, before those spots could assume ELEPHANTINE size. I took a small loss. So I bought a nice 1964 PR68DCAM PCGS Kennedy off of eBay --this was back on a day that I caught everybody else sleeping, I think [you can&#039;t do that as much anymore; or maybe I am just sleepier now myself] -- and bided my time.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m glad I did now. Recently a nice fellow contacted me and asked me did I want this [the coin above]? He said he bought it some 10 years ago from a fellow named Rick Tomaska <i>the guy who wrote the book on Cameo and Ultra/Deep Cameo proof coinage of the 1950 to 1970 era</i>. Tomaska, selling him the coin in 2005, said it was the deepest Deep Cameo mirrors he had seen on an example of the date. I tend to agree. I was doubly pleased that I had seen the coin on eBay and remarked to myself how nice it looked in the photos even before I heard from the owner.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It took four years to replace it. I think it was worth the wait. And meeting an exceptionally nice, courteous new fellow collector was gravy on the turkey.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>We now return to our regularly scheduled programming ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Best Regards, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>George[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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