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<p>[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 374121, member: 3726"]Yes - I am a gambler. But not with coins. Let me clarify that - I still consider myself a rookie and so sometimes when I buy a coin it is a gamble because I could make a mistake. But I try to prep myself - even then sometimes the coins in hand make "like them" and buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the other thread on the coin store. I prepped to go down and buy some hole fillers for my lincoln books. I was not prepared for 2 of the bust halves. I knew about the 1822 they have had it for weeks. The other two were new - last week they did not have anything interesting. So I wanted to fill some holes in my books - these caught me by surprise. So it was kind of a gamble on the 1830, the 1807 was priced about right, as was the 1822. Not sure about the nickel, but I could not pass up that golden toning. I checked heritage on the 1830 coin - grade, date and attribution. The last three have all sold for 125 to 175 more than I paid. A gamble on my part, but it turned out good.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was never anyway I was going to bid on this trade dollar or any ungraded trade dollar. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 374121, member: 3726"]Yes - I am a gambler. But not with coins. Let me clarify that - I still consider myself a rookie and so sometimes when I buy a coin it is a gamble because I could make a mistake. But I try to prep myself - even then sometimes the coins in hand make "like them" and buy. See the other thread on the coin store. I prepped to go down and buy some hole fillers for my lincoln books. I was not prepared for 2 of the bust halves. I knew about the 1822 they have had it for weeks. The other two were new - last week they did not have anything interesting. So I wanted to fill some holes in my books - these caught me by surprise. So it was kind of a gamble on the 1830, the 1807 was priced about right, as was the 1822. Not sure about the nickel, but I could not pass up that golden toning. I checked heritage on the 1830 coin - grade, date and attribution. The last three have all sold for 125 to 175 more than I paid. A gamble on my part, but it turned out good. There was never anyway I was going to bid on this trade dollar or any ungraded trade dollar. :)[/QUOTE]
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