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cmdrstp
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United States
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 Posted 11/03/2009 12:52 pm
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Well, I had a nice uncirculated, burnished 2006 W ASE. GF thought she'd be nice with a jewelry cloth to get a small "milk" spot out. Proudly she showed me the shiny "new" coin. The burnished, satin finish is gone. And, looking with a loupe you'd think a Dremmel was taken to it! I just smiled. You know that smile. That's $20 down the drain. LOL. Sorry, just had to vent.
What is your worst mishap?
Stephen
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spaceace
Valued Member
United States
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Posted 11/03/2009 12:59 pm
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Wow, sorry to hear about your mishap. I remember when I was first getting in to coin collecting and I took a circulated modern nickel (pretty recent coin) that was already beat up and I tried to scratch and mar it (out of curiosity). I didn't think coins would mar that easily, but man, they are "soft" and get roughed up pretty easily. Even with light pressure of grazing, the coin showed the mark easily. Made me realize how easy bag marks other marks are made. Made me really take care when handling coins of value.
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AGCoinHunter
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United States
131 Posts |
Posted 11/03/2009 1:46 pm
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Why I dont let anyone touch my stuff... Sorry to hear about your mishap.
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Ferret552
Valued Member
United States
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Posted 11/03/2009 2:14 pm
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Sorry to hear about that too... but at least it was well-intentioned. My worst mishap was on a nickel as well. Left it with some other nickels in some acetone as an experiment and then left it there. Took all but one out and left the other one in. Forgot to seal the glass, acetone evaporated, and all of the removed crap basically attached itself to the nickel. Ugliest coin I have ever caused. At least it's just circulation value though.
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acidic1
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USA
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Posted 11/03/2009 2:41 pm
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This is when I would use her Louis Vuitton handbag to catch the oil dripping from the car.
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Erwindoc
Valued Member
United States
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Posted 11/03/2009 3:36 pm
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I tried to rub a fingerprint off of a proof coin when I was much younger with a jewelry cleaning cloth and had similar results. Lesson learned the hard way!
The rub shouldnt affect the bullion value of the coin if you ever resold it. That should give you some consolation.
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scott3270
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USA
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Posted 11/03/2009 3:56 pm
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luckily the only thing I have done was when I first started collecting I dropped a circulated morgan dollar worth about 20 bucks on a hard surface and put a small dent in it. that taught me real fast to only examine coins over a very soft surface
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nolawyer
Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
Posted 11/03/2009 4:05 pm
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My worst mishap is that I evacuated for Hurricane Katrina and left my coins behind. They were sitting under 4 feet of dirty flood water for about 5 days and then I wasn't allowed back in the city to recover them for another 2 months. Needless to say, they weren't in good shape when I finally got back to them.
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coincollectingkid
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United States
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AGCoinHunter
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United States
131 Posts |
Posted 11/03/2009 4:50 pm
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nolawyer, thats awful. Sorry to hear that. I think if I every have to leave my home, coins go with me.
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nolawyer
Valued Member
United States
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Posted 11/03/2009 5:29 pm
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I'm over it. Luckily the most valuable coins weren't harmed. It was mainly the copper and nickel coins that became worthless. I definitely learned my lesson, though.
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oshelt
Valued Member
United States
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Posted 11/03/2009 6:15 pm
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as horror stories go, this one will definitly make you cry. another dealer I know up here in the northeast had visited a little old lady to look at her coins, mostly morgans and a few trade dollars, even a few barber halfs and quaters, approx $9000.00 dealer price. as he didn't have enough cash on him (she demanded)he agreed to return the next day to pay and pickup. can you see what's coming? yep, she thought she would help him out by cleaning up those dirty coins and took a brillo pad and water to all of them. exit $9000.00 enter 400.00 silver content.   
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Kabiye_Lady
Valued Member
USA
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Posted 11/04/2009 02:49 am
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I'm kind of chuckling at your post. You must not take her out very often because each time you do, it's anoter "$20 down the drain".
LOL and kidding - but it is a fact. You're darned lucky you got off for only $20!
Can also appreciate the flood story - similar story for me last year.
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AmericanMuscle
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United States
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Posted 11/04/2009 09:30 am
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My worst mishap occurred last night  . I found a 1999 Lincoln WAM in the change I received at a gas station and needless to say, I was more than thrilled. A few hours later (around 11:30pm) I pull into my driveway and in the process of exiting my car I dropped the WAM'er onto my sloped driveway, which leads to a 1/2 mile of downward sloping streets. I hear it roll a few feet... then a few more... and some more... and another couple dozen inches after that. I tossed everything I had in my hands back into the car and attempted an unsuccessful search & rescue mission . The search continues in about an hour (fingers crossed!).
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