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Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
Like others, I try to make sure to give as much business as possible to my local dealer before looking elsewhere and decided to stop by during lunch today. The first thing you see when you walk in the door is a bookshelf they have that everything is 50% off and is always the first place I look. My wife gives me a bad time because I look at every single item and she has to laugh and remind me each time. So like always I jumped right into it and started searching and was pleasantly surprised.
The first thing I got was an older Whitman folder (actual sliding plastic pieces) of Lincoln cents from 1941-1972 for $10 (I can never pass up Lincolns for some reason). At first I did not think much except it was nice it had all the coins and 95% AU or better and nothing below VG, until I noticed the 1955/5. I know this is not a huge find, but was nice to see in the set and like a bonus coin for me.
The other items I got I have seen before but just skimmed by them, but with as many that were out today I could not pass them by, they were a fair amount of "United States Coinage: Vintage Sets". For those that do not know what they are, they consist of one type coin of that year (any mint) in a cardboard sleeve in an envelope. Most of these coins are AU or better again and the ones that are not seem to be the common date nickels, dimes, quarters and a few of the halves, but $2-3 a piece I could not pass it up. I ended up getting the following years: 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983.
Even if I do not find any errors in the group I feel that it was a great buy, the only problem is that I have already spent my coin allowance for the month and need to find away to break it to my wife without getting in trouble.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1931 Posts |
When I'm in trouble from the coin police (my husband) I usually take a trip to the flea market. I pick out whatever coins I can get my hands on then look around for some kind of gadget or game that looks expensive (but isn't) Then when he says you spent ALL the money? I say yes but most of it went on this present I got you! :)
congrats on the new coins!
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Valued Member
 United States
429 Posts |
Now that you said that, I remember taking her to the mall this weekend and buying her new work clothes and books but not really much for me. Hopefully that will be enough leverage to smooth things out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2443 Posts |
If your wife gives you a hard time for looking in the 50% off bin, tell her you can skip that and straight away to the expensive coins.
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
It is painful how we are all living parallel lives......I go through the same situation about once a month
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Valued Member
United States
85 Posts |
...And to think I thought I was the only one...thank God for you guys being here. Now, I have a group of people to call family. My wife thinks I'm weird for spending money on coins and doesn't understand why I keep them rather than spend them. Unfortunately, my local shop doesn't do discount bins but the local flea markets have tons. I'm actually going to a coin estate sale this Saturday and hope for the best.
~Mike~
P.S. The key is to give her some money for herself. That'll keep her busy for awhile....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1931 Posts |
I think we are all becoming masters at making sure we can get our coins when we need them, I just wish my husband would stop asking me why I think it makes sense to spend so much money on money. lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
Well, I'm only 19, so no marriages yet, but my girlfriend of two and a half years had sort of a similar reaction when I first started collecting (about six months ago). She tried to rationalize that since I spent money on coins she should be allowed to spend money on purses/sunglasses/shoes. Good thing we got that little misconception sorted out or she'd be destitute by now.
But even though she doesn't take part in my hobby she does share my interest in it from time to time, even though its obviously faked sometimes. Shes smitten with all the foriegn coins with animals on them that I have. She also enjoys my proof coins because....well....who doesn't like proof coins?
Now that words gotten around to my myriad of friends that I'm into collecting they've shared some interest as well. When friends come over to my house they'll sometimes ask to see my coin collection. Or I'll have a friend find a foriegn coin in circulation and they'll give them to me. My friends went crazy when they saw my 2000 fifty cent pieces I had gotten for roll searching.
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Valued Member
United States
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I am puzzled, You found a 1955 Doubled-Die Lincoln and say its no big deal? Unless I am misinterpreting the 1955/55.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's interesting to see how the "significant other" reacts to coin purchasing.....my girlfriend is not a collector...... for now...she tolerates what I do, I think, because we aren't married yet...(maybe in a year or so  ).......and then it'll be "our money" and I'm concerned about my coin purchasing future at that point forward !...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The answer to this is simple. I found out a while back, 41 years, all I had to do was make sure my wife had enough money and she made sure I received everything I wanted. Coins, hunting & fishing trips, just whatever.
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 United States
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until I noticed the 1955/5. I know this is not a huge find, but was nice to see in the set and like a bonus coin for me. Quote:
I am puzzled, You found a 1955 Doubled-Die Lincoln and say its no big deal? Unless I am misinterpreting the 1955/55. I believe he has the Die Deterioration Doubling, or "poor man's double die", not an actual 1955 doubled-die cent.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
So we all have that argument with the misses. She uses my coin purchases as a rationalization for her clothing purchases. I've tried to explain to her how my purchases are such a better use of our money. I explain that the longer I hold my purchases, the more they're worth, the longer she holds her purchases, the less they're worth. Some women just don't respond to rational arguments!!
When she comes in the door from shopping, she asks me to tell her how her clothing looks, all I can see is the $20 that could have (should have!) been used to buy coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Poor man's" DD or not, sounds like a nice find to me. And I don't know if I will ever understand the women in our lives (for men), I personally don't own any clothes that I think that is as beautiful as some coins I own.
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Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
Yes, the 1955 is a poor mans double die, if it was an actual double die I think the set would have been a little more expensive.
I did get a chance to get a quick look at the sets and noticed that the few I opened at first were the worse ones in the group. Most of these are very high grade and I was shocked to see how many were actually proofs. Looking through them I could tell the original owner was a nickel collector because those have all been replaced with lower grades (G-EF) where the rest are high grade MS63+. The other part that was nice is the early sets and the 40% silver half pieces.
Now to the wife...we have been married for 10 years and after a lot of trial and error the first few years we finally figured out how to break the spending money down. We each get so much per month ($20-50 depending on how good a month it is) to spend on things we want. So as of the last 2 years my money has mostly gone to coin collecting and I have a strict 'allowance' of $20 for that so I spent that at the end of last month and then spent another $50 yesterday. She actually is really understanding and knows it makes me happy so as long as we can still pay the bills she does not complain.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1934 Posts |
morgantype said, " It is painful how we are all living parallel lives......I go through the same situation about once a month"
Well, heck; and here I was using it as solace !!
Men, eh?
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