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New Member
United States
5 Posts |
Just a general question... If you could go back and start over what is the one thing I would do, knowing what I do now?
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Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
 I should have been nicer to my brother and sister growing up with them! For coin collecting, I should have bought a roll of 1909S VDB, because I paid the same for one in later years. Buy the keys first and then buy lots of reference books. |
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Valued Member
Canada
159 Posts |
I wish I bought those gold coins in 2002.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
I'd wish I hadn't dropped my grandmothers 55 DDO down the sewer on the way to the candy store in 1963. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Nice to have you here. As for me it's easy. Never smoke and use the money to buy coins and invest in Beanie Babies.  OOoppps I mean Enron Stocks of course.  Serious about the not smoking part though. Being a stage four cancer survivor everyone should stop smoking. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
I don't think I would change anything.
But that Willie Nelson song is in the back of my head for some reason.
You were always on my mind
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Moderator
 United States
187446 Posts |
I would not change a thing... because of that whole "butterfly effect" and all.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
If I could go back, I'd pick up a lot more junk silver when it was $4/oz.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Going back has a little problem for most. If you go back far enough, the average person did not have the money to buy or hoard coins. So you go back and there they are and you can't afford them.
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New Member
 United States
5 Posts |
Well the main reason I ask, is because I don't want to get 5-10 years down the line and say to my self if I only knew that when I started. I am mainly looking for tips as to how to get started and what to watch out for. I am looking for expert advice.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Everyone makes mistakes caseball, just try not to repeat the same ones over and make your small mistakes first and learn from them. Educational posts here can help you avoid a lot of common ones. Trust your instincts and guts, use your head, and ask for help. Oh and welcome to the forum! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2224 Posts |
I wish that I had done half dollar bank roll searching back in 1982.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1040 Posts |
I would have read more and researched more before I bought, asking questions, shopping around etc. The more education you have about what you want to collect, the more likely you will be satisfied in the future and not have to ask yourself 'if only...'.
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Valued Member
United States
317 Posts |
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I would have kept all those silver dollars I got at the bank for face value in 1964!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1083 Posts |
I wouldn't have sold off my Type collection in the late seventies to buy a stupid boat!
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Posted 01/16/2009 6:51 pm
