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The Dangers Of Collecting Silver

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I was trying to stick something on the top shelf of my gun safe and inadvertently knocked over a $100 face value bag of Peace dollars. Since my hands were full, I instinctively reached out with my foot to break the bag's fall.

Unfortunately, I was just wearing socks at the time...

[The swelling has started to subside and I don't think I broke anything.]
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 Posted 02/08/2012  10:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add throwbackid to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Dude, that sucks.

I recently dropped a kilo bar on my foot and it hurt like a SOB
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 Posted 02/08/2012  11:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
OUCH! But if you have to be hit by something - what a thing to be hit with!
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 Posted 02/08/2012  12:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rgathright to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would rather be hit with a bag of Peace dollars than a solid bar.
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 Posted 02/08/2012  1:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinut to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry to hear that! Wish I had that problem though :-)
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 Posted 02/08/2012  4:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverEye to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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All I heard was "I'm so rich, my safe isn't big enough to keep all my money."
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Sorry to hear that, Barry and TBK. Neither of those episodes sounds like much fun. I never realized that collecting bullion could be so hazardous! I will try to learn from your situations by not repeating them!
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the fellows that work in the federal reserve gold vaults wear special magnesium shoe covers over steel tipped shoes in case they drop a bar on their feet
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I'm just surprised nobody has asked yet whether the coins were damaged at all...

[For the record, I had the coins in clear plastic tubes within the bag and 4 of the 5 tubes were cracked and/or smashed. The coins themselves seem to have escaped unscathed, however.]
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I was carrying a stack of silver to my hiding spot an one item slide off the top, and I made the sweetest full extension glove save, dead reflex, leg kicked out an all, lol....
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 Posted 02/09/2012  12:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add COINAHOLIC to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
barryg, throwbackid, I was having a chuckle at your expense and then the ad between your posts gave the "DOOOH" moment;

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I thought it deserved a screenshot!
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LOL, that is perfect. If my feet weren't so ugly I would post a picture , but I will save you guys the discussed.
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Ouch! Hope to have the same problem one day :)
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the fellows that work in the federal reserve gold vaults wear special magnesium shoe covers over steel tipped shoes in case they drop a bar on their feet

Now that is surprising. Given just how flammable Mg is and how hot it burns (over 3,000°C), one would think that they would be better off with cheaper shoe covers made from 1/2" thick rubber pads, rather than a Mg shoe cover. Sigh... only government.
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