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Pillar of the Community
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From time to time, members proudly post 'new' acquisitions, and from our admiration, they take pride. Well, sometimes we don't get what we 'go after', and the we deserve a bit of sympathy (Lol). 
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Moderator
 United States
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Anoob and I were talking about this type yesterday. They are rare coins and really nice, but way too much money for me to ever concided buying one.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
1790 Posts |
"There will be another time" T.C.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
Topcat7,
I am rarely if ever nowadays in competition for a coin, but I offer you a cup of tea
and sympathy. The "if onlys" are a part of the hunt, I guess.
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
I've had more than my share "get away".
I have a favorite that didn't get away..I'm glad it didn't :-)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4970 Posts |
yeah, I think we all have a few of these. I don't gun for the top shelf stuff like that, but I have several coins that still haunt me. the last one I just forgot confused about the end time of an auction and forgot to bid. I would have won if I did remember. bummer.
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Valued Member
United States
356 Posts |
So true... This coin was lost to me forever, only two known in the world. Majorian!!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
3772 Posts |
Do I have one that got away? Yes and No.
Years ago I had the opportunity to buy a (shoddy) Laelianus for A$300.
In the end I decided against it and Laelianus is still (way) on top of my wanted list.
So yes, I missed that opportunity but no, I would have regretted to have it in that poor quality.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3443 Posts |
Every fisherman has a story to tell !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
I missed a bunch of targets in the December-January big auction hoopla. It wasn't for lack of trying either :( Here are some I dearly wanted but was outbid, even when I repeatedly exceeded my planned max: A spectacular AE24 from Akragas (Sicily), Triton auction:  A well-struck and well-centered EL hekte from Mytilene (Lesbos), Triton auction:  This Antoninus Pius drachm from Alexandria, reverse of Serapis Pantheos. It's a plate coin in Emmett's reference:  ...plus another handful. If anyone reading this was the successful bidder on any of these...  I did pick up five coins in the later auctions and will post them when they arrive :) |
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Pillar of the Community
 1121 Posts |
It's a BIG club.
(I do believe that you have changed your hair color, TIF. - Lol.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
The newest thread is in the Classic US Forum, so I thought I'd resurrect this relatively new thread. I had to let these go as my budget could not justify buying them, even at a quarter of their value. I'd want to keep them, not resell them. All told, the three sold for only about $100, but I am recovering from my Ancient Chinese buying spree. Two Zhou Dynasty knives (not coins)  A Zhou Dynasty prototype knife coin (there are no reinforcement ridges and the handle is of the same thickness as the very dull blade, redering it useless as a knife).  Edited by TypeCoin971793
11/14/2015 09:28 am
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
Well... I´m sure that I´m not going to "finish" the collection... There will be always that coin that I cannot afford, or that coin that I was not lucky enought to find, or... So I have decided to enjoy the collecting process, I never buy a coin in an auction (I enjoy talking to the dealer), I try to discover small histories hiddden in my coins... an example:   This coin SEEMS to be a barbarous copy of a follis of Constantinus I or perhaps II and... ...really it´s a barbarous copy but...  If you look carefully...  A new legend appears!  So we must think...  Till...  I read "IMP C VAL LIC", so I suppose that this coin was struck using a Licinius I follis as planchet... so... Why? |
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United States
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When it comes to losing at auction, I'm a champ. I've been beat on scores of coins over the years. The most recent two are below, from part 3 of Baldwin's auction of coins from the David Sellwood collection. I REALLY wanted these two, but it became clear during the live online bidding that some other collectors, with deeper pockets, really wanted them too. The second coin (the Artabanos), with a conservative estimate of 300 - 400 British pounds, sold for 4,200. Ouch. I had to content myself with a lot of six more common tets.  Mithradates III 87-80 BC Sellwood 31.2 (Orodes I)  Artabanos IV c. 10-39 AD Sellwood 62.1-4 var (Artabanos II) |
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