Oh no SuperDave, not the 1818

Sorry about your loss, wasn't that a James Garcia(EarlyUS) purchase?
As for me, I did sell some stuff in my early 20s that I accumulated as a kid, I really regretted that for a while. However, I had most of the rest of my collection stolen in the process of moving to St. Louis several years ago so I guess it was a good thing that I did sell them when I did. Of course, the almost useless St Louis PD only returned the least valuable stuff to me, claiming that nothing else was recovered when I had detective statements to the contrary. I had always felt that my evidence/collection was intentionally "lost"

. Naturally, that theft turned into my current adult affliction/addiction with a much higher budget

so without the theft, I might not be currently collecting in the manner that I do or not even actively collecting at all.
I was recently somewhat vindicated in my thinking when a story broke over the summer about how the STLPD was
towing cars and then "losing" them and also
cash seizures came up missing from the evidence room as well. Several top-level cops, including the Chief of Police, were either fired or resigned in the wake of the scandals. Of course, this was in addition to the
illegal seizure/usage of World Series tickets in 2006 from scalpers and even people just trying to get face value- the cops that took the tickets went to the games with their buddies and then returned the used tickets to evidence

As for now, the only coins I sell are ones that I purchase strictly for resale or I purchase upgrades for my collection and then sell the old coins.
Edited by biokemist6
02/27/2009 1:34 pm