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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had an interesting 10 - 15 minutes today.
Was over at my mom's house helping her out with some stuff around the house.
First some background though.
My father passed away roughly 6 years ago.
He ate Cheerios every single day. The guy loved Cheerios.
Well one day he tells me he got a new dollar coin in his Cheerios box and asks me if it was worth anything.
I vividly remember telling him, no it is just worth a dollar. Think of it like a $1 off coupon only better in that you can spend it anywhere.
From what I know he did spend it.
So when I found out about the Cheerios Dollar variety, my heart just sank as he probably had one and spent it on my advice.
Enough background, on to the show.
So I am helping out doing some cleaning and I come across a fairly large tupperware change tray. Not his coin collection, just his loose change. It had been there along with most of his stuff since he died.
Well I had to look through the change dish.
Immediately I find 2 dollar coins in a plastic sandwich baggy tied up. Could this be that Cheerios Dollar or Dollars?
My heart just stopped.
I don't know the difference between the coins without looking it up on the internet, I just know they are valuable.
I do know they are year 2000 coins and both of the dollars he had were both 2000's and in excellent shape. I could feel my heart pumping.
So I ran to the computer and no such luck. Both were regular dollars.
Not sure why he had them packaged that way in the tied up sandwich baggy.
Oh well.
It was an exciting 10 - 15 minutes for sure.
Just wanted to share my story and see if anyone else had any good stories.
Up until today my best heart stopper was finding an 1858 Canada 20 cent piece in my junk silver purchase. LCS charged me melt value for the silver 'quarter' it was mistakenly identified as.
Anybody else have any heart stoppers in coins they care to share?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
Probably the closest I've ever had is when I first got into collecting my mother said she had a small collection at the grandparents house that I could have next time we visited. Mostly incomplete Whitman albums in terrible shape but the Wheat cent folder had a lot of holes filled including a 1909-s. How in the world my mother pulled that cent from circulation living in rural maine in the 60's...I'll never know. |
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Valued Member
Slovenia
459 Posts |
Had some minor stoppers where I thought I found/got something I didn't, however the nicest one, and an exception, was when I was just talking to my father-in-law about Austrian 5 corona coins and how much I like the design, and at some point he just said "Oh, wait," and brought me a 1907 5 corona that has been given to him by his father. A really nice gesture, adds a lot to the sentimental value of the coin.
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Valued Member
United States
486 Posts |
my biggest stopper was a few years back when I went to the bank. the teller had 1 roll of halves, so I took it. studying the roll on the way home, I saw some writing that was crossed out. I was able to tell it said kennedy 1964 halves. that was the moment. I opened both ends to see 2 64s looking at me. sure enough, the whole roll was 64s. it was and still is my best find.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I was at a regional coin show and I always ask dealers (who are not busy) if they have tokens, silver coins, world coins, or other exonumic or numismatic "stuff" that isn't showing on the table. One dealer had a phenomenal display of high grade PCGS and NGC US coins and nothing but US coins. I had to wipe the drool off his glass when I was looking at a $4 Stella. So I did my normal ask and he said he had bought a bag of world silver that morning if I was interested. He hauled out an old bank bag (my first hint of yumminess). It was obviously quite full and he said he had bought it at 7.1 pounds of actual weight for $180 a pound and I could buy it for $200 a pound (or $1400 even). Knowing that would wipe out my buys for the day (and the week, and the month), I still asked if I could see the coins. He plopped them on the table like they were a bag of poop. I opened it and took out a handful and immediately saw nice German state silver throughout. In fact there were only 2 coins in that small handful that were not German States. I set that handful aside and poured a little more out of the bag onto the table to see if that luck continued. It did, German silver, with some nice old Talers (and three MULTIPLE Talers came out of the bag). I shut the heck up and handed him $1400. Obviously foreign coins (regardless of the type) were just junk to him, although I had a hard time figuring out how he amassed such a huge US inventory without knowing a bit about other areas, too. I put 128 silver German state coins into my collection that I didn't have, most in true EF to AU condition with a few that made it into real BU. It was obvious the bag had been a collection at one time, because there was very very little duplication. I sold the balance of the coins in little lots on ebay and made back three times what I paid, even after ebay and Pay Pal fees. I always always always ask every dealer if they have anything "behind the curtain". |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I liked your story. Possibly look into writing for a living.  At a coin show a dealer had on display a 1945 Mercury dime in a PCGS slab and it was a MS-68 with FSB's. I asked how much and he said 1850 or so I thought. I almost jumped at it but then I asked if he ment 1,850 and he corrected me ans said no, 18,500. I just walked away. |
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Moderator
 United States
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You had my heart pounding as I read your post, BuckeyeCoinGuy.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great story, mox! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1351 Posts |
Made a few scores,not big time but I bought a 1863 farthing and a small cent 1875 from a local Suffolk antique centre.
£3.00 for both which traded in for £100 the following day at a coin fair.
Cheap day out but I spent a shed load more.
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Valued Member
United States
86 Posts |
I don't have a story to share but I do like these stories. Keep em coming!
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
729 Posts |
Mine was when I purchased a small lot of quarters; mostly barbers, some in real nice condition. And that's what my priority was when I bid on it. That well worn T1 SLQ wasn't that interesting....at first.
The thread on which I get the assistance from the CFF family on confirming the 1916 quarter is around here somewhere...
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Posted 08/13/2015 01:35 am
