haven't bought a sailing ship coin in 6 months !

No I haven't abandoned my "HIGH SEAS" signature collection. To many who read the journals and are members of various boards that chat about coins..I'll probably always be known as " the ship coin guy."

It's just that I've been so focused on getting some key Walker upgrades while it seems that many higher grade- nicer coins have hit the market. I don't know why so many upper grade Halves have hit the market, maybe people having tough times are selling off. If so, then I hope that my bids and buys have helped my fellow collectors out some, who've had to sell their collections.

So I looked back at my invoices/receipts and noticed it has been almost 6 months since my last sailing ship coin purchase. This is quite a diversion from a collection that has averaged about 30-40 coins being added a year for the past 5 years.

Of course I never do any coin buying with any semblance of control. Not only did I make a bigger dollar purchase, I also bought 5 more $50 range coins too. My reasoning?..I tell myself "Someone else may buy them and I'll never see another one of these issues !!"

a couple of quick things..

finally getting back a submission from early October that I had even forgotten about--it's been a while.

Also, anyone watching silver? Over $1 jump today !! Looking back, 1 year ago to the day silver was around $9.--...today it's over $18.--...wish I had bought several hundred more ounces..oh well, as they say, hindsight is always 20/20.

Here she is, my new Golden Ship beauty..a rare issue also since there were 5,000 proofs minted yet only 100 of these Matte finish coins..enjoy, the Andrew Doria--a great history to this ship and the Dutch..enjoy