Silver of the Day #28
When I get new silver to add to the stack I try to take pictures of it as soon as I can. I save all of those in a file and go through the file to determine which coins/rounds/bars I want to show to you fine folks.
For today's post I'll show you a coin that I got quite a while ago. I don't think it has gotten airtime as it's still in my "to post" folder. I can't remember, so we'll let you see it again, if you've already seen it. Now is its day in the sun!
It's a 1/2 ounce "Victory in the Pacific" coin made by the Aussies!
When I saw it at the coin store, it was long enough ago that I didn't really know what I was doing. I just knew I wanted to buy silver, and they had it. I was still figuring out the values of coins and didn't really know, but I was giving it a shot anyways. I'm glad I did because it continued to fuel the desire to get more.
The time I bought this coin, I was out of money for getting another 1oz coin, but I didn't want to leave money in my wallet, so I started asking about smaller coins. I didn't know about Constitutional silver yet, so didn't think to go that direction.
The guy at the counter offered me this 1/2 ounce coin. I wasn't paying enough attention, so when I saw the 1945, I thought, "Wow, that's in great condition for being 70 years old!" I didn't even consider turning it over to see that it was made in 2016. Oh, well. That's how we learn. And I still got a good coin out of it at a decent price.
I don't like buying fractional coins as much since they tend to have a higher premium per ounce, but I like the design on this coin, and it's a reminder that there's always more to learn.
In the picture below you can see the "2016" that I missed.
If you're just starting out, maybe you can learn from my mistake and look a little closer at the back of the coin, even if it's just another picture of Queen Elizabeth. You may have seen it before, but there may be other information there that you could use.
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@themanwithnoname still a pretty good buy and I also bought a ton of 1/2 ounce commemoratives when I was first starting out. I have turned it into a plus by being on of the only coins I don't sell only trade or gift. Thanks for sharing and being part of Captain K's crew!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one. They are really cool. And if I needed to barter with them, it's probably easier to use a $10 coin than a $17 one. Those are with today's prices though. If I actually needed to barter with it, the price probably would have increased dramatically.
Happy to share. I still need to read the article, but I'm glad to have been added to the crew!
howdy there Blondie! well the coin looks great so that's what matters and it's silver so that's what matters too.
so I'd say that's not that big of a mistake.
You're right, it wasn't the biggest of mistakes. It's still got what counts and even if I didn't get the best price per ounce on it, I'm still glad to have it in my collection.
well sir it's my official opinion that it belongs there.
Thank you! I appreciate that.
We do learn from mistakes, but luckily enough it wasn't too bad a mistake. #2016 lol
Hopefully we learn. I have made some mistakes in life a few times. Eventually I figure things out though. Ha ha.
Yeah, this one was embarrassing, but at least I still ended up with silver out of the deal. Ha ha.
My friend, I went to Numista, looking for this coin but I could not find it. Maybe one of our members from Australia could check it...
I don't think it's rare at all. It's a 2016 after all. I found it available on JM Bullion. https://www.jmbullion.com/1-2-oz-australian-victory-in-the-pacific-silver-coin/#tabs-products
Hi there @themanwithnoname ! You missed 2016 for 1945, Not a bad deal, 2016 coins would still be available for some time. Good read though. Your love for silver is increasing day by day which is bringing history back to Us. Good work
Thanks, I'm glad you like the coin.
Welcome, Am soon starting to collect something that excites me the way silver does to you.
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Busy continues to baffle me. I always reply in the wrong spot.
Sigh, happened to me with a similar themed commemorative coin from an Ebay Seller. It's too easy to impulse buy for me so I often as my stacking mentor if it's a decent buy.
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I've had a number of deals that looked too good to be true on ebay. I ended up overthinking it and passed on them. I was glad I did every time as I would figure out the angles and I would have lost money. It's important to be alert, especially on ebay.
I don't mind at all. I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but it's open in another tab. Glad you were able to be inspired by us! :)
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Wow, if I didn't make mistakes, I wouldn't have much to talk about. :)
Well, I exaggerate a little, but the idea is, making mistakes is a part of how we learn. And really, can we call them mistakes if we don't have knowledge? There are things we do out of ignorance, and there are things we do with full understanding. Which is really a mistake? Doing something you don't know how to do and getting it wrong, or doing something you do know how to do and doing it wrong?
"Anything made out of silver, regardless of when it was made, is still made out of silver."
—glenalbrethsen
You're right that there's a difference between doing something wrong because you don't know or haven't done it before, and knowing better and still doing it wrong.
Learning mistakes are things that can help us grow as people if we'll look at them as growth opportunities. If we get too focused on not doing anything wrong, then we'll clam up and not evolve or grow.
Wise man right there!
Yeah. It took a while for me to learn that lesson when I was younger. It probably wasn't until well into high school that I started realizing I couldn't really get anywhere without making mistakes and learning from them, and then it took off in earnest when I was on my mission. You don't learn a foreign language without making a lot of mistakes. Nor do you end up in a different culture (Latino) without some slip ups.
Anyway, while I still like to keep mistakes to a minimum, they're helpful in gauging how I'm really doing. If I can manage to do things efficiently and well, then maybe I'm getting somewhere. If I'm doing neither, there's probably more to work on.
Recently while going back to school, I was a totally different person. I was asking questions, making statements, basically doing what I could in class to get what additional knowledge I could other than the text books. There are plenty of times where the theory of the classroom and the practical application of it needs some kind of bridge, and that bridge is generally defined as experience.
When you're young, it's easier to care more what people think about you. That can keep you from asking questions and getting answers you want. When you're older/when you don't care what people think and you focus on your goals without fears of people not liking you... normally you're able to be more at peace, and you get where you want to go while making fewer mistakes. Good for you for asking questions and taking advantage of the opportunities you had.
Funny thing is, I think the only one who expected I know all the answers back then was me. It's unfortunate that we all think that everyone is looking at us when in reality, they're thinking, I hope the teacher doesn't call on me. We're all caught up in our own securities while we try to fake we're okay.
I guess some adults still do that, but life's too short to fake things.
It was fun asking questions and throwing stuff out there. I was old enough I could have intimidated some of my professors. They seemed to roll with though. :)
I learned quickly that the best way to avoid looking stupid in class was to answer one of the first questions that you knew. If you had already answered a question, then the teacher likely wouldn't call on you. Makes it nice for when there are questions that you don't know the answer to. Ha ha