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Message:: [QUOTE="bikergeek, post: 16396644, member: 112428"]Like a few others here, I (foolishly) engaged in commerce with the US Mint, having a subscription in the mid 2000's to proof and silver proof sets - 5 or 10 sets per year of each. Beautiful coins, and I do enjoy proofs. But ten sets that cost me $20 to 35 is each and proceeded to lose value... even while I took up a TON of storage space in a secured place... was not a good feeling. I've divested most of them by now, just because they didn't "spark joy." My biggest regret in recent years wasn't an outright purchase, but a trade. I had a 1916 Standing Liberty quarter in XF45 that I paid more for than any other coin I'd ever bought. But I am just not very passionate about quarters and traded it outright for a 1794 half dime, also XF45. But it was kinda dark, and when I sent it to CAC it didn't sticker. Whereas, the SLQ (now in the dealer's competent hands) got a CAC bean and he offered it for about 50% more than the amount I'd paid for it (and it disappeared off his site pretty rapidly too, so I assume it sold). In the meantime, I finally auctioned my half dime off and took a loss. But I learned! And [USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] , I did it while completely free of any pharmaceuticals, so I have only myself to blame. heheh[/QUOTE]