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If the remark was so rude as to earn him a vacation, do you honestly think we're going to leave it visible? I wish y'all would leave it be. He had a bad moment, and earned a vacation. When that's over, as far as we're concerned the issue is closed and it never happened. Far from the first.
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Not trying to restoke the fire. The moderators here do a great job of keeping the peace. Just bothersome that people had to tell him why his post was either repiticious or "none of his business". I will leave it be.
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United States
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I have a 1918-S Liberty Walking half dollar I paid $55 bucks for in Fine condition, and I overpaid for a 1916 Liberty Walker in Good condition. Now I face the 1921 series trying not to flinch at high prices for just Good Condition. ebay has them but they do misrepresent condition or don't even state a condition which is deceptive IMO. When I go to local coin dealer I know I get the condition but pay full price minus some discounts due to haggle factor. When you start with a haggle should you use Red Book as guide? I want to haggle from bottom up and not top down if you know what I mean. I am trying to fill collections not trying to break the bank to show off to friends that I have 1907 $20 gold piece, ultra high relief. I would not mind having one and saw one sold on Pawn Stars for $85,000 unless it is all just TV bs. |
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They do misrepresent condition or don't even state a condition which is deceptive IMO. ] I'd prefer sellers kept their silence about condition and let me decide for myself.  |
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Dave Don't you think sellers should stand behind a condition rating if they sell you a coin that they claim is in Fine and the coin you get is in Good. That gets expensive. Why not just advertise coin in Very Fine and send one in Very Good? Now you must return the coin and trust someone that you will not lose your coin and your money. Let's say I return 1916 pancake advertised in Fine condition and the seller keeps it and my money? Is ebay going to stand behind me, or do I lose both ? You get where I am coming from. Also the sellers don't show rims of the coins. Most of the sellers I got what I paid for, but the shilly shally over condition I don't get when I go to local coin shop. If he says EF it is EF. In a real auction you could probably touch the coin and get close look. On ebay you must trust a pic that could be manipulated. |
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1992 AGE half oz most expinsive. 1989 ASE got when born most valuable. |
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All my most valuable coins are in my 7070. My most valuable is my 1877s VF Trade dollar. Followed by my 1833 XF Half Cent and then my 1830 VF25 Bust half dollar. I've owned more valuable coins over the years but had to sell them at one point or another. I have a nice 1927 XF Chinese Yuan in my foreign collection as well. |
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Don't you think sellers should stand behind a condition rating if they sell you a coin that they claim is in Fine and the coin you get is in Good. That gets expensive. Why not just advertise coin in Very Fine and send one in Very I won't buy without pics. With pics, I don't care what the seller says. Grading is subjective, and it's on me to have the knowledge to evaluate the coin. If he calls it XF, the pics say it's VF and I buy based on XF, the seller isn't the one with the problem. Of course, it's a whole different thing if I don't get the coin pictured. The claws come out instantly then. |
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Everyone is talking sentimentality I have zero sentimental coins. None of my parents collected or grandparents so I have never had a coin passed down. I remember when I was a kid I found a Mercury dime in our house and it was like finding pirate treasure. I thought that coin was worth a million dollars and always dreamed of seeing a Buffalo nickel (this is why sometimes I will buy Buffalo nickels just to spend or give to a kid). That coin was probably worth less than a dollar this being the 1980's but I didn't know that. In the late 1990's I had a friend that got me into coin collecting. It actually started as bullion. We would buy bullion rounds for $3-5 to set aside as a savings plan. The very first coins I ever bought were Franklins as I ended up completing a MS set of Franklins. But I sold those in college for money for school so I don't even have those. I have built sets for my boys and hopefully they will have sentimental coins but I have none. For me my most prized coin related item isn't a single coin but it is actually my nearly complete 7070 type set. Its been started 3 times over 15 years and sold off twice and has taken pain saking work to get to the 64 coins out of the 76 coins in it. No single coin it is it worth that much with the Trade dollar being the most expensive and even the set as a whole probably wouldn't match some peoples single coins but to me its the most precious. Heck my triathlon bike is worth more but it is what is valuable to me. |
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Quote:No single coin it is it worth that much with the Trade dollar being the most expensive and even the set as a whole probably wouldn't match some peoples single coins but to me its the most precious. Heck my triathlon bike is worth more but it is what is valuable to me. Sounds like sentimental value to me.  |
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Yeah, sentimental is not just stuff inherited or gifted. For me, it includes the stuff I have spent the last 37 years acquiring.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you don't want to say what your most valuable coin is, then don't. I shake my head at the people who think there's something wrong with that question. I think it's a great question.
Okay, so it makes sense that perhaps some people don't want to reveal that information. So don't if you don't want to. But why spoil the fun for others? Yeeesh.
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03/05/2015 8:35 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I find it a little strange that some on here are so squeemish about saying what their most valuable coin is for fear of being tracked down and robbed, yet have no problem posting pics of their gold coin collections or 4-5 figure value high MS Morgans.
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You'll find there's little to be learned about the people who post $10k Morgans here unless they're dealers who want you to know where they are. They have learned the lessons already, and are not the intended audience for such comments. We're worried about the readers who are unaware of how easily information can be gathered on the Internet, the new collectors who are our focus and form such a large percentage of our audience.
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