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The title says all. The story goes pretty simple. I have ADHD so I used to take meds to help me focus, I'm not the hyper type thankfully. I had been on one med for a long time (1.5 years) and a higher dosage at that. The doctor had me switch meds suddenly one day. That day I happened to pick up a roll of dollars at the bank since they were short a penny box. I pulled out one coin I thought could be it. After putting it under scope I was astounded to find it was an authentic cheerios dollar. I put it in a flip for safe keeping till I could get it authenticated. That's where the story gets great. Next day I am feeling the change, hard. Extreme fatuige, tiredness, and low blood pressure. So I called the LCS and he said if I bring it he would take a look at it. So I decided to take it with me to school, pad it up and tell no one. All going great till I fall asleep in class, three times. I had my loupe on me and no money except my smart trip card. So after looking at it for 10 solid minutes I came to an impass. Get kicked out of class for sleeping, and get a kick in the rear from my parents for it. Or get a soda from a vending machine. They all cost $1 and what would you know? How much did I have on me?  I'll spare the details of what happened to that poor coin. I regret my decision to today. That I bought a 2K$ soda. I hope others learn from my mistake. Don't doubt yourself and ask for help when you need it. Maybe we should make a thread besides this, we all have that one numismatic mistake, where we can share it together. Oops |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For your sake, I highly doubt it was a genuine "Cheerios" dollar.  It was worth $1.50, max.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Maybe we should make a thread besides this, we all have that one numismatic mistake, where we can share it together. Great idea! I can't think of anything comparable, but a few years ago, before I really started collecting US coins seriously, I was looking through a junk box in an English LCS. From the bottom of the box I pulled out a Mercury dime, reverse side up. It was about EF condition with a nice golden tone. I saw the mintmark 'D' at the bottom, and turned it over... 1918. Now, I knew that one of the early Denver Mercury dimes was very scarce and valuable, especially in such nice condition, and I was almost certain the rare date was 1918! So, trembling, I handed my 50p to the dealer and headed home, hardly able to contain my excitement about my new purchase. At home, of course, I opened my Krause and discovered... that the scarce date was 1916! |
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Pillar of the Community
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I wish you were right spruett. I to this day realize I'm stupid for it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So the saying goes. Easy come, easy go.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If you put it in a flip then why would you take it out of the flip and put it in the soda machine .  |
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United States
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Because he needed the caffeine pronto!  Desperate times...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Exactally, I wouldn't make myself sound like an idiot if it wern't true.
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Exactally, I wouldn't make myself sound like an idiot if it wern't true.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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^^That sums this thread up pretty well
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK, how about this one:
When I separated from my wife, I took most of my coins on the day I moved out. The one thing I couldn't take was a huge jar of Lincoln Cents I had been saving for nearly 20 years. These were all copper cents since I was saving them for bullion. There was over 200 pounds of cents in the jar. When I went back a few weeks later to get the rest of the stuff, the jar was gone. Apparently, she had poured them all into CoinStar. I still wonder what sort of varieties were there since this was before I looked for such things. Stupid not to take them when I first left considering how she did love to spend money!
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
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Doh! Well, glad you made it out of there with the important stuff. That stuff might have wound up in the same coinstar. |
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Posted 03/20/2019 05:07 am
