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I am going to liberate them from their plastic-prisons! Good plan!  Those NNC "slabs" are cheap styrene and I'm sure they're not good long-term storage. You'll find they are very easy to bust open.  Edited by DVCollector
03/17/2012 4:10 pm
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I agree with jw. They're nice coins, but as soon as I saw the coins and saw what you paid for them, I immediately felt that you overpaid. By how much I don't know for certain, hopefully not much. Again nice coins. I especially like the Aurelian and Probus.
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03/17/2012 12:56 pm
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Thanks again for your opinions, my new ancient brothers ... It's no secret that I tend to be a bit of an impulse shopper ... so although I may spend a bit too much on some of my purchases, I very seldom let a coin that I really like slip away! => it's all good in the end, for I don't plan on selling these gems anyway ... they'll eventually be passed-on to my nephew when the time comes. |
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As long as you are satisfied with them thats all that counts.
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As long as you are satisfied with them thats all that counts. ^^ agreed. Edited by MartiVltori
03/17/2012 8:22 pm
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I dislike slabs and consider them of no value but would not remove the coins unless you are planning to keep the coins. If you are selling them, you might find someone who does not collect ancients who would rather have them prepared for burial. The coins are decent but I'm with the slightly overpaid group.
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Oh My God => I am totally out of control! => I have about 5 big ancient coin bids hummin' in the background ... I better check the ol' bank account! ... man, I haven't splurged on coins like this in years! => Oh my, I certainly have the ancient-bug! => ummmmmm, good or bad => there are gonna be some more coin postings in the near future !! ... please, somebody should kick the mouse outta my hand (I'm totally outta control!) ... and loving it!  |
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Steve, I know the feeling--collecting ancients is very rewarding.
My failsafe to insolvency is keeping to a strict budget.
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you're right ... and, you're right ... because you're right, right? ... take a deep breath and go have some life, rather than spending everything on ancients ...
... ummm, just one more?
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Buy all the coins you want but only buy coins you actually want and not coins you see and buy for a reason that you really can't explain. Next weekend I will be going to a big coin show up in Baltimore (3 times a year supplying about half the coins I buy each year). If the regular pattern repeats itself I will buy 10-30 coins and bring them home satisfied with the day. later in the evening buyer's remorse will set in and ~2-5 of those purchases will strike me as mistakes. I'll see a flaw that did not bother me or I'll find that my checking of my list erred and I already had the coin. The mistakes will go into my mistakes box and maybe someday get traded for other coins (possibly more mistakes).
We all know that we should use some care and most of us get caught up in the heat of the search and buy some things we shouldn't. We also will leave behind coins that we wish we had bought but did not. I don't have a box full of things I wish I had bought but didn't so that error is harder to correct. Its a hobby and it is supposed to be fun. If it is fun, perhaps we should not worry about the details quite so much. When it stops being fun, the questions of what to do are more difficult.
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I think maybe you need to cut back on the caffeine stevex6.
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ahahaha => wow, you're so correct jwharper! ... this is how I feel when I'm in the heat of coin-battle!  Edited by stevex6
03/17/2012 11:31 pm
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oh, and thanks dougsmit => very helpful
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Well, I'm gonna go have some "family life" => so hopefully I'll talk to you dudes, tomorrow!
thanks for your help!
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Bedrock of the Community
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