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<p>[QUOTE="Dafydd, post: 26665541, member: 86815"]Spoken like a true collector [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]. That is one magnificent coin oozing with history who knows what it bought in the past and where it has been? It's not all about being sensible sometimes and calculating profit or loss. If profit and loss were the motivation for collecting we would all be sharing images of Bullion bars and Krugerrands and wouldn't that wear out interest quickly?</p><p>I was underbidder at Heritage this week for a coin that I have been chasing for years and in hindsight, the only precise science, I should not have bid on two other coins but pooled my resources and focused on a single target as you did with this coin. Of course the buyer might have had endless pockets but it was not that type of coin that attracts status bidding as I refer to some situations, it was a heavily circulated coin.</p><p>Thank you for sharing such a great coin with us and your success. If you want to hold on to it, being "underwater" doesn't matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dafydd, post: 26665541, member: 86815"]Spoken like a true collector [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]. That is one magnificent coin oozing with history who knows what it bought in the past and where it has been? It's not all about being sensible sometimes and calculating profit or loss. If profit and loss were the motivation for collecting we would all be sharing images of Bullion bars and Krugerrands and wouldn't that wear out interest quickly? I was underbidder at Heritage this week for a coin that I have been chasing for years and in hindsight, the only precise science, I should not have bid on two other coins but pooled my resources and focused on a single target as you did with this coin. Of course the buyer might have had endless pockets but it was not that type of coin that attracts status bidding as I refer to some situations, it was a heavily circulated coin. Thank you for sharing such a great coin with us and your success. If you want to hold on to it, being "underwater" doesn't matter.[/QUOTE]
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