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Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 2995089, member: 31533"]Actually I don't think I have an issue with him selling it. No. 1 you don't always find that a coin fits in with what you enjoy collecting and the natural thing may be to either sell, give, or trade it away. No. 2 I have sold at least one coin I received as a "gift", though it was not a Christmas Secret Santa gift. I recognized it could bring me at least fifty dollars and it was unlike anything I had in a collection, and I decided that although I liked the coin, I was not likely to have a collection based on it. So I had it slabbed and later found a buyer at 95$. No. 3 He is a dealer and although I am certain he likes coins, I would think perhaps he really likes selling coins, so that any coin he owns at any time is up for sale or will be if he thinks the market will support it. I can't fault him for that... I  enjoy a good sale, too. But perhaps the only wrong thing would be the turn around time and the fact that he has a high visibility. In other words, If he had held on to it for, say, another year or so and then put it up for sale, I don't think he would be getting this grief. Time can say that he enjoyed the gift, but ultimately found that it was better for him to sell it. Optics is driving the perception that he doesn't care and he doesn't appreciate the gift and that making money off it is the important thing.[/QUOTE]