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 Posted 12/22/2012  09:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When you go back take some pictures of it.
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 Posted 12/22/2012  11:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Depends, if it was an O-109 I'd have jumped on it (R-5). If it was a 118 I'd have torn my pants getting the money out (R-7).
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 Posted 12/22/2012  11:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matthewvincent to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AMEN, NJBob, and to all the others who chimed in.
Not only would you regret ever buying the coin, but it is a sure thing
that most others would feel the same way.

The converse is also true:
If a coin rivets your eyes in such a way that you cannot turn away,
then that is a good sign that you will always be pleased with your purchase.
And when the time comes to sell, others' eyes will be riveted too.

It took me many years to learn this lesson. And I am happy that I did.
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12/22/2012 11:45 am
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With all above. Conder is right though, Personally, I probably would have taken a chance on it. I like to gamble on Overtons occasionally.
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gonna make me google overtons
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Sometimes you have to look at a gamble with this equation:

Your $$$$ + Risk = Possible Reward

Lots of variables. But my biggest question is: If you made a mistake, could you afford the mistake? My father always calls to tell me about the item he passed on at a yard sale. He'll describe the item then follow it up with: "They wanted 10 dollars, should I have bought it?" My response: "If you spent the 10 dollars and then lost on the gamble would this mean you'd be eating 'Mac N Cheese' for the next 2 weeks? Sometimes a mistake is what I consider a down payment on your continuing education. If we never make mistakes then we are not really making progress or learning. We can't win all the time. If it wasn't for risk, the Wright Brothers would have been known only for their bicycles.
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