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Posted 11/16/2010 01:31 am
Hmm... you guys are getting me pretty worried. Maybe I should clarify the story a little better. I was on my way to work and waiting at the bus stop in a good part of Torrance CA.
I was approached by a Mexican man in his early 30s who displayed the coins to me in the pouch shown in the picture. At first I noticed the liberty dollar and have seen these sold before on some shopping network for more than he was asking. I have no coin experience and my bus was driving up so I made an impulse decision to make the purchase.
Oh, I do remember asking him if they were fakes, he just shrugged and said he "found them". I hadn't even thought to report him to the police or anything like that. Would the local cops even care if I pointed out that someone is selling fake coins?
Thinking back on the whole situation I don't think he was part of any coin selling rink or anything like that, if anything he was looking to score some drug money because he looked a little "bugged out". Who knows maybe he was scammed and just wanted to get rid of them since he found out they are worthless.
Anyway, thank you all for your input. I have decided to keep the coins as reference for myself as I do enjoy the idea of coin collecting and these would come in handy in comparisons or simply to keep around to post on forums such as these to help others in similar situations.
I will post some of my coins and bills when I get a chance to find em. (is there a separate place for paper currency?)
Slightly off topic but some might enjoy this story:
I grew up in Eastern Europe and as a child my Grandfather gave me his coin collection which I ended up throwing at peoples feet from the 5th floor apartment I was living in. I don't remember very well what kind of coins they were but he was very angry when he found out what I did. Yes I was a spoiled brat and it was a stupid thing to do. I guess I did learn a lesson from it, however I do regret not holding on to them and today I could have shared them with you and maybe even made some profit from selling. Moral of the story: Unless your (grand)children are very mature and appreciate, do not hand them down your collections until they are of age.
P.S. At first I thought some of you saying Police will show up at my door was a little far fetched/silly but then I remembered that the store I work at had a few well done fake $100 bills slip in once and the FBI actually showed up to ask questions, so maybe I should be a little cautious of whom I show these to.
I was approached by a Mexican man in his early 30s who displayed the coins to me in the pouch shown in the picture. At first I noticed the liberty dollar and have seen these sold before on some shopping network for more than he was asking. I have no coin experience and my bus was driving up so I made an impulse decision to make the purchase.
Oh, I do remember asking him if they were fakes, he just shrugged and said he "found them". I hadn't even thought to report him to the police or anything like that. Would the local cops even care if I pointed out that someone is selling fake coins?
Thinking back on the whole situation I don't think he was part of any coin selling rink or anything like that, if anything he was looking to score some drug money because he looked a little "bugged out". Who knows maybe he was scammed and just wanted to get rid of them since he found out they are worthless.
Anyway, thank you all for your input. I have decided to keep the coins as reference for myself as I do enjoy the idea of coin collecting and these would come in handy in comparisons or simply to keep around to post on forums such as these to help others in similar situations.
I will post some of my coins and bills when I get a chance to find em. (is there a separate place for paper currency?)
Slightly off topic but some might enjoy this story:
I grew up in Eastern Europe and as a child my Grandfather gave me his coin collection which I ended up throwing at peoples feet from the 5th floor apartment I was living in. I don't remember very well what kind of coins they were but he was very angry when he found out what I did. Yes I was a spoiled brat and it was a stupid thing to do. I guess I did learn a lesson from it, however I do regret not holding on to them and today I could have shared them with you and maybe even made some profit from selling. Moral of the story: Unless your (grand)children are very mature and appreciate, do not hand them down your collections until they are of age.
P.S. At first I thought some of you saying Police will show up at my door was a little far fetched/silly but then I remembered that the store I work at had a few well done fake $100 bills slip in once and the FBI actually showed up to ask questions, so maybe I should be a little cautious of whom I show these to.
