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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 385614, member: 1242"]Anthony,</p><p><br /></p><p>We all make mistakes in purchasing or not purchasing coins or selling them too soon! If we learn from the mistakes, then it is all good!</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, I purchased over 30 pounds (yes, I said pounds and not ounces) of German Olympic 10 Mark and 20 Mark Coins just befoe I left Germany in 1977. I was hoping to make a quick buck but since they were not very popular, I ended up taking them to the Dresdner Bank in Giessen and exchanging them for U.S. Dollars in which I lost about $30 in the conversion just because I needed the money. Well, less than three years later, Silver actually hit $84 an ounce for a few minutes but stabilized for one day at $64 an ounce and that is what the Coin Dealer in Florida where I lived was paying that day. To make a long story short, I lost around $180,000 because I needed the money at the time and you can still see me today, kicking my butt with almost every step when I walk down the street.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 385614, member: 1242"]Anthony, We all make mistakes in purchasing or not purchasing coins or selling them too soon! If we learn from the mistakes, then it is all good! Heck, I purchased over 30 pounds (yes, I said pounds and not ounces) of German Olympic 10 Mark and 20 Mark Coins just befoe I left Germany in 1977. I was hoping to make a quick buck but since they were not very popular, I ended up taking them to the Dresdner Bank in Giessen and exchanging them for U.S. Dollars in which I lost about $30 in the conversion just because I needed the money. Well, less than three years later, Silver actually hit $84 an ounce for a few minutes but stabilized for one day at $64 an ounce and that is what the Coin Dealer in Florida where I lived was paying that day. To make a long story short, I lost around $180,000 because I needed the money at the time and you can still see me today, kicking my butt with almost every step when I walk down the street.:eek: Frank[/QUOTE]
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