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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 330080, member: 4367&quot;]Several years ago (last Winter Olympics 2002) my wife severely fractured her ankle while roller skating with some of her friends on an amateur Roller Derby Team, (really) LOL. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Anyway while at the Emergency Room she somehow happens to mention to the surgeon that I collect coins apparently while under the delirious effects of morphine.&nbsp; When I finally arrive I&#039;m still muddy and smelly from helping the neighbor with his Llamas and other general country goofing off... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Doctor gives me the quick 60 second diagnosis and then begins to tell me all about his growing collection of Gold $50 American Eagle Bullion AGE coins.&nbsp; He said he&#039;d picked up 30 so far and was expecting another 20 that week.&nbsp; He simply thought coin collecting was so much fun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; This guy then asks me how many I have and what else I collect.&nbsp; (LOL, How many AGEs have I got <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :rolling: <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)&nbsp; I told him I had only a couple of gold coins, mainly early American and International silver and copper, but only one Double Eagle, a 1904 Liberty.&nbsp; This guys then confidantly says &quot;they didn&#039;t make those back then&quot; and that &quot;the first year these were struck was 1986.&quot;&nbsp; I was trying to choose my words carefully since he was going to operate on the old-lady that evening, so I tried to explain that the design of the St Gaudens was copied for the AGE design.&nbsp; He still didn&#039;t buy it so I said I had to go home and get cleaned up and arrange for the girls to spend the night at a friends but later that evening I would bring my 1904 to show him. --&nbsp; It was soon after that I discovered it was going to cost us $2300 for a wheelchair that Jen would need when she checked out.&nbsp; Naturally, my insurance felt she didn&#039;t need one so I just wrote a check and decided to argue with them at a later date...</p><p><br /></p><p>About 9:00 PM Dr____ ___ comes out of the operating room and says the wife will live, walk, and skate again.&nbsp; After which I showed him some of my coins and this guy was truly engrossed.&nbsp; I brought in some Bust Coinage, Ancients, and two gold coins; a 1912 Indian and the 1904 Liberty.&nbsp; We talked about an hour and then the dreaded QUESTION is broached.&nbsp; He says, &quot;Why aren&#039;t your coins protected in a slab&quot; and &quot;What are the grades...&quot; :rolling::rolling::rolling: So, I confidently told him what I thought the grades were and my opinions of TPGs.&nbsp; He was impressed it seemed and wanted to know where I learned to grade, how I could remember all those numerical equivalents, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now keep in mind my passionate views about these companies wasn&#039;t nearly as strong and defined as it is now, but I explained to him that my collection was simply that, a collection.&nbsp; Not an investment, but for personal enjoyment and the love of history.&nbsp; Somehow, I just don&#039;t think it registered...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To this day, (he&#039;s a member of our local club too) this guy drops CRAZY money getting his coins graded and is constantly going for that coveted upgrade.&nbsp; It&#039;s like chasing the moon, he&#039;s got the fever...&nbsp; Most of us in the club just shake our heads in disbelief...</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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