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Never confuse expensive with rare. If I wanted to fill that 1909-S VDB hole today I could do it. I would have to choose one, not find one. I just do not have the cash for it right now. Exactly. With exception of maybe the top pop you could generally build a complete grading set of them in about an hour or so of looking online whenever you wanted, and a large part of that hour would be taken up waiting for webpages to load and typing in your checkout information. |
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If a 1909-S-VDB is not "rare," and I can understand why you would say that, then do you have another good word for what it is? Not a phrase, a word. Available, common, desirable, popular Just a few that come to mind for single words. Edited by basebal21
09/12/2018 11:58 pm
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I recall one TV coin show guy referring specifically to the 1921 Morgan (and this may not be a precise quote, but it's very close) as "the most widely collected U.S. silver dollar" - how's that for a too clever conflating of sheer availability with being actually collectible?
Colligo ergo sum
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09/13/2018 8:57 pm
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If a 1909-S-VDB is not "rare," and I can understand why you would say that, then do you have another good word for what it is? Not a phrase, a word. Available, common, desirable, popular Popular is probably the best of the lot, although the others words are just as true. |
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I just noticed that 'Magic Mike' is scheduled to be on HSN tomorrow (Friday, 9/14) at 8:00pm EST to show us all the newest wonderful coins he has to sell us. I will watch and write down his prices AND the latest mumbo-jumbo to enlighten us. Quote:
The real nuts are the people that buy from someone who can afford an infomercial but not a booth in a coin show. I would be shocked if I ever saw one of the infomercial kings set up at a real coin show. If they did, they'd have COMPETITION, which would surely stump their sales. Also, I truly feel sorry for those who buy from the TV dealers. |
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I would be shocked if I ever saw one of the infomercial kings set up at a real coin show. If they did, they'd have COMPETITION, which would surely stump their sales. Also, I truly feel sorry for those who buy from the TV dealers. Those guys who put out the "leading numismatic catalogue" would really be tough competition! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Popular is probably the best of the lot, although the others words are just as true. Nostalgic is probably the most accurate but requires an explanation. Many collectors came up believing it was a rarity and it was a dream coin for them like the 16-D dime. they may have been pretty rare or the supply well controlled by their local LCS. Once the TPGs and the internet came around the perception was much different for new collectors but many older collectors still had the childhood dream of getting one which has kept it very popular |
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Never confuse expensive with rare. In the long run, price is a function of supply and demand. It's the demand that makes the 1909-S VDB an expensive coin, not the supply (or rarity). |
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The real nuts are the people that buy from someone who can afford an infomercial but not a booth in a coin show. If they had a booth they would be there buying not selling. And in fact one of them used to set up quite often years ago, but not under the shows name. But the dealer was the major supplier of material for the show. |
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Nostalgic is probably the most accurate but requires an explanation.
Many collectors came up believing it was a rarity and it was a dream coin for them like the 16-D dime. they may have been pretty rare or the supply well controlled by their local LCS. Once the TPGs and the internet came around the perception was much different for new collectors but many older collectors still had the childhood dream of getting one which has kept it very popular I can see it.  |
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United States
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Oh Tyler, the phone lines are lighting up. You were listening to the sales pitch of the Coin Vault
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Snake OIL salesman without the oil.
KK
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United States
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Everything seems to be a "flip" these days and that's what much of this is. Even I've gotten into flipping things, novelty crap, musical instruments, anything they'll buy, never thought I would.
The service is people buy thinking they've got something great, that's all that really matters. They'll sell anything they can put a sales pitch on.
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Everything your right on...so much less of a hobby today. Everybody want UNC coins off the bat...building a collection doesn't interest many people. I remember going right up the grades, trading, selling, buying until I got the best I could. Hunting from circulation was and still is a great pleasure for me. Trying to complete those State and Parks quarters. No need for UNC coins. I just replace those I have with better ones when I come across them.
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I heard a guy with his own show talk up some reproduced gold coins that were special because they were made from numismatic gold recovered from a shipwreck. Seems more like expensive bullion than a numismatically significant reproduction coin.
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