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Rest in Peace
United States
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I had a girlfriend that was ten years younger than me, well, actually we were more like brother and sister. One day I was visiting her and noticed something was wrong with her necklace. I asked her about it, and, looking in the mirror, she exclaimed, "My God, why has my gold turned silver?"
I must confess I have dredged for gold before, and immediately asked her if she had been handling any Mercury. Well, by golly, she had broken a thermometer the day before and had played with the glob of liquid metal. Most of her gold jewelry and coins were now silver.
I had a buddy that still had acid, so I loaded her and her distressed gold in my car and went and got it de-amalgamated. After she thoroughly bathed and scrubbed herself. I made her toss her jewelry box, explained the birth defects possible due to heavy metal poisoning, and instructed her to see her physician now and before she planned to have children.
Blame the messenger, it was my fault for being difficult over such a little thing...........
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
535 Posts |
This is my own sad story. And what an appropriate prize...
A few years ago I had been roll searching nickles. I would get a box of rolls of nickles from one bank, go through them, reroll them, then take them back to another bank.
My wife thought (knew) I was an idiot because of the amount of time I spent doing this. One day I went to the bank and got excited when I picked up some rolls. There were about 5 rolls that were old looking paper rolls. I got excited thinking that these may have been sitting in someones drawer for a number of years.
When I got home and went through them, I was exstatic to figure out I was right. Not only were there lots of nickles from 1930's and 1940's, but there were about two and a half rolls of silver nickles with the big mintmark on the back!!!
Big score!!! I'd show my wife that I wasn't a complete idiot. I rerolled the nickles, wrote 'Silver' on them, and marked the other rolls of old nickles. I rerolled the rest of the nickles and took them back to the bank.
Later I went to show my wife my huge score. Show her that I was, indeed, not an idiot. When I opened up my rolls of old nickles and, more importantly, my silver nickles, I was in awe to see a whole bunch of nickles from the 80's and 90's. My rolls had gotten mixed up and all my booty was back at the bank.
Yea - I showed her!!!
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Philippines
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My own sad story regarding my coins happened last sunday. A friend of mine and her 4 year old son always visits me every sunday. That day, I was looking at my coins and showed her my "leper colony coin" (the only leper coin that I owned.) She said it was beautiful and kinda old and she put it on the table and started looking through the rest of my coins. While she was busy looking, I left her to see if my beef stew is already cooked. When I got back, I saw her son hammering something with a stone and guess what was it that he was hammering but the leper colony coin! The coin has all the dents all over it. I was really shocked and my friend was deeply sorry to what her son did. But what else could I do? the damage has been done.. (there's no use getting mad) but....   |
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Australia
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When I first joined CCF, I made a few friends and decided to do my first trades. I put five packages together to send to different members. Before I sent them I happened to come across five Royal Visit 50 Cent pieces on cards at the post office near were I work. I thought these would be nice as something extra to out in the packages. So I bought all five and sent the packages off all over the world. This is the coin..  A couple of days later I thought maybe I should have bought one for myself, so I went back to the post office to buy another, but they were out of stock. I tried a few other post offices, but no one had one. It seems like these might have been the last ones available, because the post office I bought them from was in the middle of an industrial area and I guess people don't go there looking for coins. I was never able to get this coin on a card, although one generous member (Thanks Snooba), did send me a loose coin. The carded coin has now quadrupled in price. Steve  |
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United States
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A friend of mine in the early 90's was in need of some money after losing his job, he was a welder, at a plant that closed and moved to Mexico. He called me one day,since he knew that I collect coins and other numismatic items and said he had a sculpture he made that he wanted to show me. I went over to his house and he ask if I liked Lincoln cents and I said yes, to which he told me that I would love his creation. He had made a bust of Lincoln out of copper and all around the base he had welded cents. It was a beauty alright and I ask where he got the cents for it and he said he had found a complete book of them from some of his grandparents, and proceeded to produce a #1 Lincoln Cent book. Yes you guessed it around the base very neatly welded was a complete Lincoln Cent collection from 1909 to 1940 including the 1909SVDB and the 1914D. I didn't have the heart to tell him what just the coins were worth, especially after he told me that a collector had offered him $50.00 for the sculpture. madspec |
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 United States
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Thanks to everyone who participated. It was not an easy decision, but since there can only be one winner, the prize for the saddest story goes to....
MADSPEC
and I have to admit, it was the 1909-s VDB that got me.
Honorable mention for the magnificent Dickensian allusion goes to Snooba.
Madspec -- please e-mail me your address, and I will get the polished nickels off to you as soon as I can.
Jan
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Australia
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Congratulations madspec!
Thank you for the competition janknez!   
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Egypt
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
Congrats to madspec.
I read that story and ALL I could think was, "Oh, my God!"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Madspec -- I've packaged up the shiny, polished War Nickels and will be dropping it into the mailbox on my way to work tomorrow morning. Please be sure to let me know when they arrive so I will stop worrying. Congratulations again, Madspec.  And thanks to everyone who participated, even if all you did was read the yarns. Jan |
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United States
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Thank you and am looking forward to my "RARE AND UNIQUE SHINY NICKELS" I will put it in a special place of honor.
Thank you for the great contest.
Madspec
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Australia
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Congrats to Madspec. Thanks for the contest Janknez. Steve |
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Valued Member
United States
376 Posts |
I got my prize War Nickels today and have put them in a frame on the wall in my store just behind the cash register for everyone to see. They are beautifully polished to an almost mirror finish and make a unique addition to my collections. THANK YOU AGAIN madspec |
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