Sometimes You Just Have To Laugh.

I got a voicemail yesterday from a lady that wanted to sell me several rolls of GOLD coins.
Now, I try not to assume too much these days, so I called and asked about the coins. They were hand rolled just this month. This lady was quite surprised at how seemingly easy it was to find these gold coins in such quantity.
With this statement I asked if the coins were dated between 2000 and 2005 with an Indian on the front of the coin. Much to my SURPRISE, they were. (yes that was a joke).
So after several minutes trying to explain to her that these coins contained absolutely no traces of gold, the woman got mad, called me a crook and a few other non-family friendly names, and hung up on me.
About two hours later, (and many calls to other dealers), she calls back to appologize.
We spent some time talking about coins, and the U.S. Mints private joke in calling these coins "golden". They did however begin a spark of collecting desire in her. (This is good). After telling me more about what she has learned about coins in the past two hours, she finally admits that she does have 1 rare coin. (She wanted to know that I was an honest dealer before sharing the news of her RARE coin).

During this search for what she believed was "gold", she stumbled across one of the most rare coin errors ever to be made. Of course, she remembered somewhere that simular coins had sold for a million dollars. Her find? A 1943 Steel Cent.

This story ends just as it began. After explaining that these coins were produced in the millions and have very little value, I got called a crook, and many more non-family friendly names and then hung up on.

Hanging up the phone, I realized that sometimes you just have to laugh.