Which coin did everyone own and you felt left out?

I think it's cool that you've focused on one series. I just can't do that because I like many different designs....Oh look, shiny, gotta go.

 

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Oh, I own examples of several different series--just not ugly ones like Morgan dollars--IMO, the second least attractive coin design in the history of the US mint. As for gold, NO design--no matter how attractive--can overcome the innate horridness of the color gold.

 

Being human has nothing to do with it. Drug dealers are human. So are murderers. Should everyone be like them?

Chris

 

"Monkey men all in business suits. Teachers and critics, all dance the poot."
"Are we not men? We are DEVO."

 

When I was a kid it was the two biggies of the Lincoln set, the 14D and the 09S vdb...it felt like everyone had one and I didn't...I'd see half a dozen at a show and had no way to buy one. It would be nearly 17 years into collecting before I purchased one for myself. As an adult, my collection is uniquely my own and has moved in several different directions, many times. I don't measure it by what others have in their collections, but by what I am trying to do with my own collection.

 

I really wanted a 1901 S Barber quarter.

I had several chances, but had to pass:
Originally I saw a couple early 1990's at a show, coins owned by a famous dealer, graded Good, but cleaned and actually AG's. Overpriced anyway as Good's.

Then a VG that was slabbed as a G-06, priced as a VG, I had to pass.

Today, it would have been well worth it.

Finally got one an AG-03, PCGS.

 

Now I really want a 1794 Bust half $.
even a nice AG

 

Wow that is quite a stretch you are making to try and defend your original statement. Drug dealing and murdering?? Really?? What do those two things have to do with collecting and wanting to be a part of something you enjoy? I assume you enjoy coin collecting being that this is a coin collecting forum.

Wanting to be a part of something which you enjoy doing doesn't mean you are trying to live up to others standards or that you are trying to validate yourself by wanting a coin others have. That doesn't apply in this case. This thread wasn't meant to be a pissing contest.

 

Interesting question. I generally do things in a contrary manner so I don't like to join in as a rule. I read this thread and thought about it quite a bit and came up with a strange answer. I don't like Morgans or "collect" them even though I have some but the one coin I would like to have and feel like most other collectors have, is a GSA Morgan. There are plenty of opportunities but it's so low on the priority list I just never have bought one.

 

You know, I've felt the same way too...almost picked one up at my old LCS a few years ago...they were even running a special at the time, like 10% off or something.

 

You're the one doing the pissing. You were the one who intimated that I wasn't human. All I said was that I don't covet any coin that everyone else has. If you don't like my answer, then don't ask the question.

Chris

 

Over rated....sold mine and picked up some classic commems........I don't feel like that Oliver Twist person asking, 'please? Can I have some more'?

 

I'm with you. They're pretty but not really rare so I wouldn't spend that much on one.

 

On the contrary. I'm trying to explain that this isn't about "coveting" or "rating your collection by what other people have" (second quote is from your first post). You were the one who came in here with that silly machismo comment. Which actually sounds a little insecure to be honest.

Just about everyone gave an answer on a coin. Anyone that didn't just said no they never really felt that way about a coin (and that's it). You are the ONLY ONE that came in here with an I'm-too-cool-for-school attitude and said "I don't rate my collection by what other people have". You totally missed the point of this thread. No one cares how you rate your collection. We only want to discuss which coin you were excited about getting when others were talking about theirs. If you've never had thoughts about getting a coin others were excited about owning then fine. Just say no. I probably won't believe you , but that's fine.

On a side note: Your entire collection is actually built from what others thought about a coin. Whether you choose to believe that or not it's true. If you don't think that others opinions (subliminal or non-subliminal) influenced which coins you ultimately ended up purchasing then you're only kidding yourself. No one just decided to start buying coins randomly without reading a book, talking to a dealer, communicating with another collector, etc. So yea, the basis for your argument that 'you don't care what others think' is actually false.

 

You're so full of it your eyes are brown! Why don't you post my whole comment? Of course not because it belies the rest of your rhetoric.

You don't know anything about how I got started collecting. If you had read what I said about getting started, you would realize how ridiculous your comments are. Let me know when you get your foot out of your mouth and maybe we can get along.

Chris

 

I've felt this way for a long time about US gold coins (not the modern eagles). They are too expensive in collectible grades. They seem to be all the rage at times. I also feel this about Trade Dollars, which have a steep starting price for a silver coin. Lastly, I feel this mainly with one silver dollar: the 1921 Peace Dollar. It starts off around a hundred in good condition, and who just wants this fascinating coin in G?! I'm mostly happy with world coin collecting, and I like the US common dates I can afford. But sometimes I feel excluded from all the higher end US collecting! Who wouldn't, right?

 

+1

 

I have never felt the need to buy something just because a lot of other people have one. I think the whole idea of that is silly. I buy things because I like them and I want them, and because they contribute to building my collection. I'm not going to chase after every bag in the wind or sparkly toy just because somebody else has something I don't.

 

Capturing that emotion or urge in people's (consumer's) behavior is pivotal for the success of the U.S. Mint's direct marketing strategy and sales of its numismatic catalog offerings targeting "collectors". It has extended to what wholesalers of modern coins and TPGs deliver by certifying modern NIFC coins as well. Forums such as these light up with just this sort of consumerist behavior (gotta have one because others are getting them or gotta get them before they're gone or gotta get some to flip some because of irrational buying behavior) upon the annual release of special anniversary issues, sets and other such commemorative items. That's not collecting, that consuming. It's a behavior corralled and manipulated by simple marketing that's to be found in just about any other facet of brand advertising and retail sales.

 

As a YN I wanted many more Standing Liberty quarters than I could afford, but that has been remedied now.