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The following is an article excerpt from CoinweekWhen he realized he misplaced a nearly $60,000 coin during dealer set up at the American Numismatic Association's National Money Show in Portland, Oregon, Brian Hendelson became frantic. garrett2Hendelson, owner of Classic Coin Company in Bridgewater, New Jersey, was reunited with it the next morning. The quick, happy ending resulted from the honesty of a show visitor, Chris Nokes of Kirkland, Washington, who received an unexpected gold coin reward from the grateful Hendelson. Read the Entire Article
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Whatever coin that guy wanted to sell, I'd like to take up a collection and get him a good price for it.
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For all the horror stories you hear about fraud and numismatic thefts (because those are the only stories that seem to make news), I really think that most people are honest to a fault and would do the right thing in that situation. I love to read these stories to counter balance all the negative stories.  |
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Ohh wow!! Now that's certainly a test of morality there...!
I think you probably would've found me with that coin (exactly where I had found the coin) frozen ... with the delemma. (would love to say I'm the better person.. but in light of finding 60K on the floor I have my reservations...)
Great story!!
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Pillar of the Community
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I found a bag with some coins at table outside the same show and turned it in. I don't think they were worth more than about $10 though.
Something must have been in the air at that show to cause people to leave their stuff behind.
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A great story! Quote:
I love to read these stories to counter balance all the negative stories. I agree. Sadly, it seems that the ratio of good to bad events in reality is reversed when examining what is reported. |
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Well, if you want to be a cynic about it, the finder obviously knows coins and he'd know there was no way he could fence it without getting busted. Stellas don't grow on trees. So honesty was easy.  |
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Way to kill the joy, Dave.  However, your assessment is not absurd. Many of us were probably thinking it. |
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Of course, the other side of the story is that somebody trusted this dealer with their sixty thousand dollar coin and then he just drops it on the floor.
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The owner of the coin in reading the story certainly gave the finder a very generous reward I would have been elated to receive that
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Of course, the other side of the story is that somebody trusted this dealer with their sixty thousand dollar coin and then he just drops it on the floor.  |
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This is probably a stupid question but if the person who found it had tried to keep it and claim it as his own since he found it what recourse would law enforcement and the dealer who lost it have?
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