POST A COIN YOU WISH YOU NEVER SOLD

[copper toning]

I have been working on my pics with the advice of a few members thought this would be a good way to use them. Old pics just learning the software.

 

This coin had fully rotated dies and semi proof surfaces which show light pastels at angles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kenneth F]

Havent sold anything.. just traded..

 

This coin is a super duper doll!! WOW.. Beautiful coin!!! Strong strike.. beautiful detail on the eagle.. I can see why you kick yourself for selling it..

[cpm9ball]

I wish I had never sold the 800 Morgan dollars I had accumulated in the early 60's when I was 13.

 

Chris

[Kenneth F]

I wish I had never sold the 800 Morgan dollars I had accumulated in the early 60's when I was 13.

 

Chris

 

Im still holding on the my Pap's collection.. 62 rolls and counting.. I sold his Peace dollars to buy gold bullion.. somedays I regret that... some days I dont.

[MarkFeld]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

[physics-fan3.14]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

Ouch....

[MarkFeld]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

Ouch....

 

 

And then some!

 

[Kenneth F]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

Holy sweet Jesus and weapons of mass destruction!!

 

That is a beauty of beautiful coins.. soul took a dive with the sell of this one.. huh?

[copper toning]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

HOLY mess!! I FEEL BETTER

[coinman_23885]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

What would this be in present day dollars? It's still likely a huge difference, but I wonder how much of a difference it would be comparatively.

[coinman_23885]

 

I love it!

[Bugmann1974]

This is the coin that I probably miss the most. I bought it raw from a local B&M shop. I sent it in to NGC where it received an MS65.

 

I needed some quick cash and it was the most liquid coin I owned at the time. I ended up selling it for a bit less than what it was worth but I still made $2000 profit on it.

 

 

But I don't regret the sell because It helped me secure a nice piece for one of my other collections...

 

(The red convertible)

[Bruceswar]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

What would this be in present day dollars? It's still likely a huge difference, but I wonder how much of a difference it would be comparatively.

 

 

575,000 is what it brought this time... so... hmm

[brg5658]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

What would this be in present day dollars? It's still likely a huge difference, but I wonder how much of a difference it would be comparatively.

 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator:

 

$26,000 in 1982 would be $57,802 in 2009 (which is when it sold on Heritage).

 

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Other related calculations: $26,000 invested in 1982 and with 8% average annual return would be worth around $207,000 by 2009, whereas the coin saw an average annual return of 12.1% over the same time period to garner $575,000 by 2009.

[Coin Trader]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

 

What would this be in present day dollars? It's still likely a huge difference, but I wonder how much of a difference it would be comparatively.

 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator:

 

$26,000 in 1982 would be $57,802 in 2009 (which is when it sold on Heritage).

 

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Other related calculations: $26,000 invested in 1982 and with 8% average annual return would be worth around $207,000 by 2009, whereas the coin saw an average annual return of 12.1% over the same time period to garner $575,000 by 2009.

 

And $57,802 today wouldn't even cover the buyers fee.

 

 

[EXOJUNKIE]

This is the coin that I probably miss the most. I bought it raw from a local B&M shop. I sent it in to NGC where it received an MS65.

 

I needed some quick cash and it was the most liquid coin I owned at the time. I ended up selling it for a bit less than what it was worth but I still made $2000 profit on it.

 

 

But I don't regret the sell because It helped me secure a nice piece for one of my other collections...

 

(The red convertible)

 

Right on! No regrets ... we usually sell to continue feeding the collecting habit! There is always another coin (or bug!) around the corner. (thumbs u

[dooly]

 

sold these when i became redundant thinking i was going to have "money" issues and the cost of starting up my own business .. wish i had not worried about it as it has been fine

[Hard Times]

This quarter was listed by me on ebay last year at a very aggressive price. It has rarity (latest book by Rea et al. has increased the rarity to 5-, 61-75 known), it is very clean for the grade, and it is an interesting die variety with a gouge in the shield of the eagles breast. It sold in less than 1 hour at my aggressive price because a savy collector saw what I saw in this very interesting early quarter. It is even better in hand than the images can show. At F12 it is around number 20 in the condition census in Rea at al.

 

I had posted it here and another board member used it in his thread where he made the argument that the grade on this one showed egregious inconsistency by the TPG in grading when comparing directly with another 1806 die variety in the same grade. What this poster did not take into account was the fact this this die variety, with a damaged reverse die, does not strike up well at all on the reverse. My view on this is that the TPG was conservative in the grade, and that they were being cautious with the knowledge of the problems with this die variety because of the damage of the reverse die. I sure wish I had it back, it is a very interesting quarter to be sure and it is going to be very hard to find another of this die variety that compares given the rarity and the fact that most are locked up for the long-term by specialists.

 

[BillJones]

I don't have a picture of the coin I have regretted selling the most, but I do have a picture of its replacement. Back when I was fairly young collector I bought a 1795 Plain Edge large cent, S-76B, in “uncirculated” for $1,600. It really was an MS-60 IMO that was struck on problem free planchet and nice surfaces.

 

Then I go the bug to buy an 1836 Gobrecht Dollar. I put together a group of coins that I thought I could live without to sell to put together the funds to buy the dollar. Among those coins was the 1795 Uncirculated cent. I only got $2,000 for the cent, but when combined with the other pieces I ended up with my first Gobrecht dollar.

 

Years later I started to regret that I sold that coin. I saw some others, but despite the fact that the slab said “Mint State” they all had something wrong with them that made viewing them less than pleasurable. Then I spotted this one, which was actually nicer than the one I sold years ago. Although it does not show in the photo, the piece actually has a tiny trace of original red on obverse.

 

[Mokiechan]

I wish I had never sold my compete set of Peace Dollars in Whitman Bookshelf Album. I love Peace Dollars and I sold the set to fund Comic Books.

 

 

 

[Catbert]

 

Bill - what an absolutely beautiful coin. I envy you.......

[lehigh96]

I loved both of these coins and can't believe I sold them about 5 years ago.

 

 

 

Sailing on a rainbow sea.

[Walkerfan]

I am mad at myself for selling a beautiful 1917 MS 62 FH SLQ and a beautiful MS 63 1888 S Morgan---both were in OGH slabs.

 

I needed to raise funds for a new purchase that I got greedy on and over-extended myself.

[BillJones]

 

Bill - what an absolutely beautiful coin. I envy you.......

 

I used to feel the same way about the "old guys" (50+ years old) when I was in my 20s and 30s. Then things fell in place for me financially (my wife and I did work it; it did not just "fall in place.") and I've ended up with some of the nice material that they had and then some. I have coins that I bought many years ago that collectors ask, "How did you find that?" Years agot they were around.

 

It's like a lot of things. If you get determined that you are going to do something and follow through, sometimes it happens.

[copper toning]

Was looking through some old pics. Yes they suck.

 

I found some coins I bought early on that I thought I should add to the list of wish I still had

 

[copper toning]

I really wish I still had this one

 

 

 

[copper toning]

Goiing through pics on my old computer and found some coins I wish I had back

 

I badly wish I could get this one back

 

Sorry for the crappy pics. I had only been collecting for 2 years.

 

I also did not know my love was going to be early toned wheats.

 

Kicking myself in the a#$

 

 

 

 

 

[copper toning]

Here is another,

 

I do not seek these out, but it seem very hard to find circulation strike v nickels nicely toned.

 

It was nice than these old crappy pics

 

 

 

[Coindude]

I sold this coin in 1982 (?) for $26,000 (?).

Ouch....

And then some!

Dang, so now their paying you with the proceeds! That's a heck of a coin Mark!

[wdrob]

I sold this one just recently and now I wish I had not. I am sure there maybe others but for the most part I have no regrets for what I have sold in my short amount of time selling a few and trading a few others.