Regrets selling a coin

Despite being an active collector, I also buy some coins for the sole purpose of selling them. Well, here are two I bought and was secretly hoping wouldn’t sell at the price I listed, but are gone now. Anyone else have a coin they regret selling? Feel free to share yours!

 

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At least it was only 2 coins. I have regrets selling 2/3 of my original collection, about 200 coins, back in 2012. Never again.

 

Somebody still needs to explain to me this “sell coins” concept.

 

Same here, back 2002 I was unjustly fired from my job (office politics) and had to sell most of my collection. It wasn't as large as it is now but it hurt to do so.

 

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I think I’ve said this before, but I have a modest personal collection budget. My wife lets me buy coins with our family investment money, provided I believe I can (and intend to) sell it for a profit. That lets me buy beauties like these, but means I can’t keep them.

@-monolith- @Rushmore I’m really sorry to hear about both of your experiences.

 

I have so many I've regretted selling, but at the time, I really needed the money I got from them. Now that I'm more financially stable, I usually only sell to upgrade, which I'm ok with. Maybe the universe will bring those ones I regret selling around again sometime!

 

@Seattlite86 That is funny. I am in the same boat.

 

I wish I had kept this 1865 Nickel Three Cent piece with the neat clash marks.

 

I sold a gold $5 Liberty once.
I was at a coin club meeting and showed another member an 1873 gold lib that was on eBay for a couple dollars over spot, just in case someone else was interested as I was still on the fence about buying it for myself.
Another member expressed interest in it but wouldn't have the money until next month.
He said he would buy it from me if I decided to pick it up.
When I got home the seller sent me an offer for $20 less than the asking price and eBay sent me an offer for 10% eBay bucks on my next purchase.
I figured how could I go wrong, so I bought it.
The guy that was interested paid the full $400 asking price and I made a couple bucks for the transaction.

 

No_Ragrets here to say... I have no regrets.

Sorry, this was almost like a calling card for me lol!

 

Regrets, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention.

 

We'll there is a happy ending (so far), I have replaced all the coins with similar or better specimens and in just two years have doubled the size of my original collection.

 

I fall into this camp. I didn't start acquiring more coins until much later in life when it was disposable income. I was totally broke several times during the 80s and early 90s but I never once considered selling the coins from my grandfather. The most I ever did was spend a pile of non-silver Kennedy halves on cigarettes. I don't regret that but it was stupid to smoke for as many years as I did.

 

Luckily I had an Atari; many hours wasted.

 

I had the parents that said did you get your homework done? Yes, then get out of the house and do something. We had an Atari 2600 never got to play it though.