Here we are again! A couple more Indian Head cents. But this is the one that I am talking about because it was a weird acquisition, at least - for me it was weird.
I was looking over everything, and I started to think just how cool it would be to start to collect from the 19th century and earlier? Well, that means more Indian Head cents. I now have more of them. I suspect that these coins are generally inexpensive as I didn't dish out a lot to get them.
However, the 1899 cent, this was wild.
Commonly if I am shopping on eBay for anything, I look for the Buy It Now option. I think it is easier. Either I buy it or not.
I started to do the same thing with the coin collection and of course not all the coins that I would like to have I am going to afford this way. The other way is the old ways of the auction.
I found the 1899 cent at auction. I have to admit that I was taken in by the description that said, "Historically Significant" and when I saw that, I jumped on it. It did not take very long to realize that this was an auction. but the bid price was low. I put in the maximum bid and suddenly saw that I was the winning bid at that point with just about 25-26 hours left to go in the auction.
THEN I saw the coin. What... the... heck??
The coin, although encased and kept safe, there's a chunk of it missing. The actual Indian head looks as if there's a piece of the cheek that was missing. I am not quite sure how that happened.
I figured that there was about a day left in the auction and I also figured that I would eventually be outbid at the final minutes of the auction. The thought was that if I get outbid then I don't lose anything. That spot that is missing in the coin is just unavoidable when looking at it. I was disappointed in myself for jumping so fast over this.
Ultimately my bid was the winning bid. The lessons have been learned I believe. I need to really check things over before I just try to grab something. Thankfully I was not screwed over with price nor the cost of shipping, but when I find that blemish in the coin after the fact just really took the wind out of my sails.
Oh well. Forward and onward, and with a bit of humility and a lot smarter for the next one.
I was looking over everything, and I started to think just how cool it would be to start to collect from the 19th century and earlier? Well, that means more Indian Head cents. I now have more of them. I suspect that these coins are generally inexpensive as I didn't dish out a lot to get them.
However, the 1899 cent, this was wild.
Commonly if I am shopping on eBay for anything, I look for the Buy It Now option. I think it is easier. Either I buy it or not.
I started to do the same thing with the coin collection and of course not all the coins that I would like to have I am going to afford this way. The other way is the old ways of the auction.
I found the 1899 cent at auction. I have to admit that I was taken in by the description that said, "Historically Significant" and when I saw that, I jumped on it. It did not take very long to realize that this was an auction. but the bid price was low. I put in the maximum bid and suddenly saw that I was the winning bid at that point with just about 25-26 hours left to go in the auction.
THEN I saw the coin. What... the... heck??
The coin, although encased and kept safe, there's a chunk of it missing. The actual Indian head looks as if there's a piece of the cheek that was missing. I am not quite sure how that happened.
I figured that there was about a day left in the auction and I also figured that I would eventually be outbid at the final minutes of the auction. The thought was that if I get outbid then I don't lose anything. That spot that is missing in the coin is just unavoidable when looking at it. I was disappointed in myself for jumping so fast over this.
Ultimately my bid was the winning bid. The lessons have been learned I believe. I need to really check things over before I just try to grab something. Thankfully I was not screwed over with price nor the cost of shipping, but when I find that blemish in the coin after the fact just really took the wind out of my sails.
Oh well. Forward and onward, and with a bit of humility and a lot smarter for the next one.
No comments:
Post a Comment