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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pretty much all of them...over paying, cleaned, not graded properly, quantity over quality But I'm better now and much more picky with my hard earned $'s  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I learned drinking Beer and ebay bidding does not make for good deals!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2627 Posts |
I bought a decade set of Mercury dimes early in my collecting days and they were all very shiny. This was back when silver was on its rapid rise. After I gained experience as a collector, I realized they were all harshly cleaned and silver had dropped sharply  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
887 Posts |
My biggest mistake(s) were buying 2 Gold $2.50 for stupid money.
My biggest regret is selling off my collection when I moved cross-country about 30 yrs ago. Needed the cash, but let it go too cheap, and it would've been a sweet collection if I still had it. SO now I'm starting again.
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06/21/2017 9:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1963 Posts |
Anyway, for me, I don't know! Maybe paying $559 for a 1922 no D cent with a WEAK reverse. It was only a VF.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
I was at an estate auction about a year and a 1/2 ago and purchased a Morgan 1882 CC. Oh by the way thought I was bidding on 1881 CC so I over paid. I'll spare you all the details on how that happened. So when I went to pay for my purchases here was this 82 instead of the 81 and the toning was weird. I was angry and in a hurry, so wrote it off as another mistake. Month or so later posted it for grading an opinions only to be told by some that it was the worst counterfeit they had ever seen. I'm permanently scared for life. My therapist said it would be a good idea to share this story.  |
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 United States
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My biggest regret is selling off my collection when I moved cross-country about 30 yrs ago. Needed the cash, but let it go too cheap, and it would've been a sweet collection if I still had it. SO now I'm starting again. Ouch. At least the journey of rebuilding can be quite pleasurable.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Since I am still very much a newbie, I guess that would include my most recent. A few days ago I passed on a burnt and bent Ike that I probably could have had for buck - fifty. To think, I could have made jbuck proud.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
Forgetting, while in the coin shop, to buy the a roll or two of 1972-P pennies the owner said (over the phone) he had in stock.
I was young and too caught up in buying my first Morgan - a big deal for a 10 year old in those days. I was just so excited to have my first 1800s coin (1879) that I forgot all about the pennies.
A couple days later the owner was advertising the newly discovered 1972 DDOs. When I asked him about them, he said all the rolls he had were the DDOs.
Think about it... rolls of 72 DDOs for 1.00 ea.!
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The only mistake I made as a newbie was not collecting marbles instead of coins .   |
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United States
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Quote:Since I am still very much a newbie, I guess that would include my most recent. A few days ago I passed on a burnt and bent Ike that I probably could have had for buck - fifty. To think, I could have made jbuck proud. You can still make me proud. That will not be your last opportunity!  |
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