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Pillar of the Community
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I have dropped coins on several occasions but I think the instance that scared me the most was when I accidentally knocked over the glass of acetone which I was soaking my 1884-S Morgan dollar in. Thank goodness, it fell onto some carpeting and was not damaged but a few electrical cords did get chewed up a bit by the acetone. |
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Wow. I guess what I'm getting at is did anyone drop a coin on cement or a hard floor? That's what scared me  swcoin.ecrater.com
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I dropped a nice MS 63-64 Morgan on a hard surface and gave it a nice rim ding.  Edited by FadeToBlack
10/17/2013 01:01 am
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Sorry that happened :(
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United States
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I started carrying around a silver eagle and roll it across my knuckles. I think I've dropped it over 10 times in the past few days. A couple of them I had the coin on my stomach while I was on the couch and stood up.
I just bought a new sterling cream pitcher, and my wife wanted to look at it. She is an extremely clumsy person, and she was skyping her parents at the same time. She not only knocked it out of my hand, but whipped it across the floor into the table leg. It was bent almost in half.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I was at a dealer's once and was looking at a nice coin. Slipped out of my fingers and 'ting!' as it hit the metal foot of the table. Boy, was I embarassed!
I did end up spending some serious money that day, though it wasn't at all connected with dropping that one coin!
Nowadays I tend to hold coins low over a table or safe surface when handling them!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I dropped a raw Lincoln at my local dealers once, it was probably worth about $5k. Luckily, it landed on a rug just below me unharmed....nonetheless, we both cringed. LOL
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United States
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I dropped my pocket piece in the parking lot of the bank a year and a half ago and it ended up with a few rim bumps. I also had it fall out of my pocket one time while rolling around on a creeper and put a few scrapes in the rim.
While the design doesn't lend itself to showing wear the rim bumps and scrape have slowly been wearing down.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My pocket piece has one rim bump, which is expected, I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My poor favorite silver dollar was dropped on the floor several times. |
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United States
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Dropped a double eagle that I thought was 63-64... instead of finding the carpet, the coin found the lip of the safe. Now it is a nice bullion coin that almost looks like it is ex jewelry... Sad day and I still kinda get sick to think about it. I have to be in the sauce now to even write this reply.
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United States
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I was roll hunting lincoln cents and found a whole bunch of wheats, and while I was examining one, I funbled and dropped it. It went under the radiator in my room and I never found it again.
It made me sad [;(]
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United States
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"I have to be in the sauce now to even write this reply."
Haha!!
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United States
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I'm sorry about that $20.
Gold is pretty soft.
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