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I received a $200 Amazon gift card as a thank you for working on a project at work recently. since the wife has no idea about this, I intend to "waste" it all on myself and not on her or the kids. That means COINS! I've done a quick peek and what is listed there seems to be very much retail pricing which is a bit of a let down. Right now I'm leaning towards maybe adding a couple classic head Half Cents (35, 28, 26, 34, etc...)but I'm not really convinced I'd be getting the most bang for my buck. This means I am enlisting my fellow CCF brothers (and sisters) for some help. I want you to search Amazon.com & look for what you think is the best way for me to spend my $200 and post it in this thread. If I end up using your suggestion I promise to mail that member a Mercury dime. Go Get'em boys!! Edited by paddy murphy
01/26/2016 12:02 pm
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Moderators: I never realized there was a contest category, please feel free to move this to the appropriate one as needed. my apologies
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Pillar of the Community
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What about a good USB microscope?
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That's a hard one, Amazon has miserable prices and shipping on coins and bullion. I tried to spend $20 on it and was super disappointed. I'm going to go unorthodox and say buy a Walmart gift card with it on Amazon for minimum lost. Then use that gift card to buy a ebay or PayPal giftcard and you could choose who to buy from there at a decent price. The PayPal one may come with a slight fee but you could then use it at the bullion sites that require $100 min purchase and free shipping. If you more unto collectable coins go with the ebay gift card. Either way you would save over 10-20% from Amazon prices. Edit nevermind they closed this loop hole and won't let you use it to buy gift cards anymore. The only other thing I could think of its find something at a good price but rarer at a normal coin shop like libertads. From there trade them at your local coin shop. Edited by Bertensgrad
01/26/2016 1:32 pm
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to be clear, I want actual links to products. Also, I looked and unless I'm missing something you can't buy a Wal-mart card on Amazon. Bertensgrad's idea is fantastic, I'd love to convert this into ebay $$$ if I could |
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No I'm sorry I edited to say you cant spend gift cards on gift cards any more through Amazon. Makes me sad to know that's not a option. Edited by Bertensgrad
01/26/2016 6:11 pm
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I'm not sure what you collect but I know if I wanted to spend it all in one place and get something I couldn't afford usuallyI go with 1/10 gold or platinum coin. You still lose $20 compared to ebay but you going to lose something over ebay no matter what. Also I might add this would be the most discrete way of spending the money so that your wife and kids throw temper tantrums because daddy wouldn't spread the wealth. One box instead of ten or more haha. http://www.amazon.com/2000-Canada-M...10+gold+coinhttp://www.amazon.com/2015-10th-Gol...10+gold+coinEdited by Bertensgrad
01/26/2016 1:23 pm
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Don't go with coins , go with coin books or albums that you always said ; ''I want these'' but never did because you didn't want to spend the money unless it was only for coins . Yeah that sounds like myself.
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Wow paddy murphy, this is a disappointment after following your previous post. {With a number of fantastic coins} Maybe I'm wrong , but when you say, Quote:
since the wife has no idea about this, I intend to "waste" it all on myself and not on her or the kids.
Just thinking this contest has a scent of deceit. IMHO |
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 I would never mess around with the person who has a legal right to make medical decisions on my behalf if necessary. Besides -- still in love after 34 years. |
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In my defense we've been happily married for 24 years & 99% of my coins and 100% of my really nice ones are inherited. She spends plenty, I've never spent more than $40 on a coin 1876 &1871 IHC's. ....this is an indulgence long overdue. |
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Edited by Bertensgrad
01/26/2016 7:51 pm
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Does it have to be numismatic related? If not, get a signed sporting equipment of your favorite team.
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Not sure if this would help but this is the last $200 purchases I made with Amazon but not one purchase the cohen book on cents is filled with bie and old school error types if your a cent guy you might like it plus only a few have it under 1,000 were made. $8.99 either this or Red Book to keep in bag when travel --> Handbook of United States coins 2016 Paperback (Handbook of United States coins (Paper))May 12, $20 Cool poster to put up were you look at coins --> Periodic-Table-U-S-Coins-Poster $36 great pocket loupe --> Hastings Triplet Magnifiers, Bausch & Lomb - Model 81-61-71 $33 NEWEST ONE -- CherryPickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States coins, Sixth Edition, Volume I $92 super fun of wheat varieties --> The classification and value of errors on the Lincoln Cent;: The encyclopedia of fidology $35 works good for finding varieties -- > Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope with Flexible Arm Observation Stand for Windows, Mac, Linux (2MP, 10x-250x Magnification) Edited by OcalaFlorida
01/26/2016 8:20 pm
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If the most you've spent on a coin is $40 then the obvious answer is to not look at the gift card as $200, look at it as a gift to buy 200 credits worth of a nice coin for free.... Who needs to think overpriced when it was a gift ... That or find a friend that spends a lot on Amazon and sell it to him for $190-95 and buy whatever you want... Bullion prices looked high $21-23 per 1 oz on Amazon. What about something graded? I once had an Amazon gift card that I wanted to buy some silver with and then I went to look for it and it was found and spent by the wife, so my advice is move fast my friend. No regrets..... |
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