Discipline by Electric Peak Collection

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For once I held back.

 

I've been writing for some time now that I really need to slow down with the coin buying. (Last year, we made some major renovations to the exterior of our house, and I want to pay off the new debt by the end of 2014.) But up to and including the latest Baltimore show, I've been spending quite a bit on the half dime set.

 

The current Heritage auction included (in a Thursday session) about a dozen nice half dimes that I would normally consider pursuing. I put in low bids just for 'my bids' tracking purposes. I could delay debt pay-off in order to get one or two, but I restrained myself and let them all go.

 

In the end, all of them sold for more than I would have been willing to pay (though a couple were close...), so I would have come up empty anyway. But now I'm faced with the prospect that similar coins won't be getting any cheaper.

 

Although I have nothing new and exciting to show, I have a few that are almost new, and are exciting, to me anyway. Here's one I got earlier this year. At first glance, it looks like a bit of a mess, with die polish lines, multiple sets of clash marks, and die cracks. But it is actually quite nice in hand. It is NGC graded MS 66 star, with combined NGC/PCGS population 15/1. Enjoy.

 

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[hunter's gold]

That is a beautiful coin and sometimes the imperfections are what gives a coin it character.

 

[Electric Peak]

Yes, and sometimes (but not in this case) the imperfections add value.

[johnny9434]

nice coin. you wouldnt have on of the reverse would you?

[CBC]

That's some serious die clashing. I have a couple of Bust halves with more severe clashing, but nothing like this on smaller coins. Really adds character to this one.

 

 

[Crruisercharlie]

I seem to be in the middle of a coin buying/ebay spasm myself. After adding up all my buys for the last 60 days I found I have spent $500! To some that may not be much, but I'm retired on $1000 a month. It's true I have practically no bills, but still that's a pretty good chunk of my income. Let's see if I can find some discipline and say No now.