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Silver Eagles

How I became a nut job. Since I intended to use coin collecting as an investment vehicle, I did a lot of thinking about what to collect. I knew relatively little about collecting, but I intended to learn quickly by cramming. I watched every TV coin related shows. I read books by Rick Tomaska and several others. I signed up for news letters about coins. I also studied paper money collecting. I`m a retired law enforcement evidence tech. expert. I could testify as an expert witness in cour

Richard Blaine

April 3, 2012

BRILLIANT MINT MARK PERFECTION (#2)

My Silver Eagle journey. I presently have my entire set up for sale on Ebay. It`s a 30 day BIN, Best Offer sale. When it is over, if the set is still mine, I will make another journal entry regarding how the set came to be. Mostly, it will be about all the things I learned from my many mistakes. It seems that is the only way I can really learn anything! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Richard Blaine

March 17, 2012

Old guy decides to jump into the deep end of coin collecting with very mixed results.

Ignorance is not bliss! I`m a retired civil servant. I am not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. I conservatively invested in the stock market most of my adult life. My overall experience was mixed, but I did alright. I made a reasonable amount of profit over the years. Considerably more than I would have achieved from simple interest earning investments. I`ve been retired for 10 years now. In 2009, and quite by accident, I pushed a wrong button on my TV`s remote control.

Richard Blaine

March 11, 2012