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Pillar of the Community
Canada
849 Posts |
I don't get the mistake with the ICCS grades.
You think they were overpriced?
Wrongly graded?
Don't like the holders?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1751 Posts |
Wow looks like I am in good company. There is so much to learn when starting out. My son laundered a lot of old circulation coin I bought. It was probably my 4th purchase. He placed them in a sock, with the rest of the laundry. They came out sparkling fresh and smelled great. He was smart enough not to put them in the drier. When I told the seller, she was horrified. Then she explained why not to clean coins. Lesson Learned!! Not too long after I found CCF.
I thought this could be a fun thread, showing how we've evolved from new collectors to the experienced collectors of today. Have fun with the story telling!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2408 Posts |
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I don't get the mistake with the ICCS grades.
You think they were overpriced?
Not necessarily overpriced. ICCS is not a recognized grading authority in the US. That's a big deal for me because I live in the US since 2000 and brought all my Canadian coins here when I moved. Several of my ebay auctions were cancelled because I spelled out the grade in the title or in the description. As a result most of my auctions sold for marginally better than RAW coins of similar grade. I never fully realized the issue with ICCS until I found out that they are run by a couple guys that don't have internet access. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3789 Posts |
Oh god... 1- not realizing that ALL sell outs are "artificial" at the RCM. 2- Buying coins that dont fit in my collection. Really, beavers, arctic foxes and pronghorns do not mix with elephants. what the heck was I thinking? lol 3- Helllllooooo, be patient and start looking 6 months to a year after a coin is released. Again, that was my fault. Being very busy, I had not observed these things until I got on ebay and spent a whole day comparing prices on my coins,, then the pattern, the trend was clear and there. that also woke me up,,,to not buy coins that do not fit my focus.. thankfully I have corrected my mistakes have not committed ever again. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Really, beavers, arctic foxes and pronghorns do not mix with elephants. what the heck was I thinking? lol
That is funny! Another mistake - one that truly fits my definition of mistake - is to buy online, viewing a photo with a small screen device such as a iPhone or iPad. Not necessarily as relavent to NCLT but still maybe so, I've purchased a couple silver dollars at a reasonable price even though it appeared they might have a tiny blemish of some sort. When they arrived at my doorstep that small blemish had grown substantially in both size and noticability. Even though my first thought was that I'd been sent a different problem coin, I soon discovered the blame was all mine to shoulder after looking at the sellers image on my much larger resolution PC screen. |
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 Canada
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I never fully realized the issue with ICCS until I found out that they are run by a couple guys that don't have internet access. I would love to see your reaction, if you actually visited their office...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Canada
10460 Posts |
I started collecting at age 9, so my biggest mistake was that I thought "brighter was better" with 1-cent coins. I probably discarded lovely MS-64 brown coins, for MS-60 Red coins, until I was 12 or so...
At age 12, I started buying BU rolls from the banks and learning how to cherry pick modern coins in high mint state condition... I regret not getting into nickel dollars back then!!
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The ICCS people are really nice and help full but my first visit was as described, I still put eye appeal as number one on the list for a coin purchase.
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Valued Member
Canada
121 Posts |
I've made a few mistakes, Buying some crap in '80's which is worth nothing today. Getting hosed by a dealer at a coin show because my daughter liked the coin. Not being selective enough in my purchases. Maybe buying too much circulation stuff from ASYN on ebay. (prices were good) Great Lakes collection - meh Smarter things I've done, Taking over my grandfather's circulation coins (he was a barber and had rolls upon rolls of great stuff) Buying an entire circulation collection from a neighbour in the late '90s My only recent purchases from RCM have been legacy nickel and Big Coin series Cancelling my two glass candy canes. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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@pocket_change Sorry for the late reply... crazy week at work! I didn't have time to take photos of my coin, but I "borrowed" these shots from an E-bay listing for you (thank you to the contributor  ). Nice case, but still a mistake on my end!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1751 Posts |
 its certainly different, I like it. Its nice to shake it up from time to time. It is eye catching and fits the coin perfectly  . Much better then the boring maroon clamshell. I even like the rare black clamshell better. The mint needs to do something to jazzy up the clamshell. Ty for posting pics Blast off. |
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