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<p>[QUOTE="stevereecy, post: 4862458, member: 19884"]A curious thing happened with my box of 20. I've been selling stuff to fund this project (non-box of twenty stuff). Then I sold one of my coins in the box of 20. This gave me an opening to buy something "new". My most expensive coins are in worth about 3 times what my cheapest ones are worth. But I wanted to buy a nice U.S. Gold piece, and since it needs be slabbed, problem-free, and have good eye appeal, it would have taken me into new territory...like around 4.5 times what my cheapest box items are worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what did I do? I chickened out. I felt I was trying too hard to "force a deal". Instead, another interesting gold half sovereign at a great deal fell into my lap, so I snapped it up for significantly less. I just feel like spending that much for just one coin was too much right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I feel like I got a great deal on my sovereign. More about that later when I get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevereecy, post: 4862458, member: 19884"]A curious thing happened with my box of 20. I've been selling stuff to fund this project (non-box of twenty stuff). Then I sold one of my coins in the box of 20. This gave me an opening to buy something "new". My most expensive coins are in worth about 3 times what my cheapest ones are worth. But I wanted to buy a nice U.S. Gold piece, and since it needs be slabbed, problem-free, and have good eye appeal, it would have taken me into new territory...like around 4.5 times what my cheapest box items are worth. So what did I do? I chickened out. I felt I was trying too hard to "force a deal". Instead, another interesting gold half sovereign at a great deal fell into my lap, so I snapped it up for significantly less. I just feel like spending that much for just one coin was too much right now. That being said, I feel like I got a great deal on my sovereign. More about that later when I get it.[/QUOTE]
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