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Bedrock of the Community
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How's that for a topic? When I was around 15, I found a 1972 LCM DDO - a good one - in change. I took it to a local coin shop and had it verified. At the time I wanted a gold coin so bad I could taste it. So I figured I would sell this DDO and it would help take a big chunk out of the cost of a gold coin (back then it would have!). But I wanted my grandfather to see it first since he was the one who got me interested in coin collecting. I got home and put the coin on the nightstand right by my bed so I would know exactly where it was. The next day, in the afternoon, I was going to go visit my grandfather so I went to retrieve the coin. It was gone! I later found out my brother had wanted some pocket change b/c he was going to the local mall. I thought about going to the stores and asking around, but he could not remember everyplace he had been.  Another horror story about the 72 DDO... My grandfather had gotten word that the local shop was selling new rolls of 1972 pennies. He said he would take me on my first visit to a coin shop and buy me a couple rolls. Right as we entered the store we almost bumped into a man coming out. I noticed he had a couple rolls of the new pennies in his hand. The penny rolls were secondary on my mind that day. I had some money and wanted to get the oldest coin I could. After some looking/talking, the dealer suggested an 1879 Morgan in beautiful condition. I was so excited! We left the store and went home. On the way, we both realized we had not gotten the new penny rolls - but it was too late since the store was now closed. The next day it was actually on the news that some of the new 1972 pennies were doubled. We went back down to the coin shop that afternoon. We asked for a few rolls of pennies and asked him what he knew of the 1972 DDO. He said he was sorry he could not sell us any new rolls b/c every roll he had gotten was a complete roll of double die pennies and he was now selling each coin for 50! The man we almost bumped into the previous day had gotten 100 double die 1972s for 1.20 - and b/c I was so excited about my new Morgan, we had forgotten to get any rolls! ! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This coins pretty scary...Someone posted this pic a while back and I kept it  |
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United States
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  Makes me scary every time I see it! And no, the camera is not shaking. That is the way the coin looks in hand! swcoin.ecrater.com
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05/01/2011 03:00 am
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United States
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Being somewhat of a zombie fanatic, I love that quarter!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:The next day it was actually on the news that some of the new 1972 pennies were doubled. We went back down to the coin shop that afternoon. We asked for a few rolls of pennies and asked him what he knew of the 1972 DDO. He said he was sorry he could not sell us any new rolls b/c every roll he had gotten was a complete roll of double die pennies and he was now selling each coin for 50! The man we almost bumped into the previous day had gotten 100 double die 1972s for 1.20 - and b/c I was so excited about my new Morgan, we had forgotten to get any rolls! Where do you live that a story like that makes the news. You could find a roll of 55 Double Dies and around me and it wouldn't make news anywhere. You have to get killed to make the news by me and even then, not likely. And that guy with the 100 72 Double Dies. Very possibly not even one but sure makes for some interesting advertising by that store. To bad you didn't have the money to say OK, I'll buy a roll of those for your $50/coin but only if you have a complete roll of them. If in fact someone had many rolls of those, wouldn't there be a lot of them for sale everywhere now? Yes there are some here and there but about as common as the 55. You should keep going back to that store and sort of get to know that seller. You might find he just made up the entire thing for a sales gimmick. Never really know. My only really lousy story about coins is when I purchased a 1921S Lincoln Cent in a high MS grade and in a 2x2. It was stapled and I wanted to put it in my Album. So using my handy screwdriver to pry out the staples, it slipped and ran accross Lincoln's face. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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yeah if he had many rolls and they were ALL full rolls of 72 DDO then the coins would be worth about 1 cent because they would be so common and so many of them that everyone that wanted one would already have one. What makes a coin worth more money is the supply can't meet the demand and this wouldn't be the case, so I think this guy was pulling your leg |
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United States
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Mine isn't that bad, and it actually turned out OK. Last summer I purchased some Walking Liberty halves as bullion. Some of them were cleaned and pretty shiny. I wanted to try retoning one of them, so I wrapped it in a sulfite paper napkin and put it outside, in the sun, under a window well cover. Well it disappeared. I asked the kids, I asked their friends, and no one had even noticed it there. I don't know who took it, but there went $7.00, down the drain. Until yesterday. I was cleaning out the flower garden in the back yard, about 25 yards from the house, and saw half of that half sticking out of the dirt! It's even slightly toned on the edges. My guess is that some animal, a squirrel or raccoon or something, grabbed the napkin and dropped the half. I'll guess I'll never know. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Using a hammer is a quick way to flatten the staples on 2x2s, until you miss and hit a BU gold dollar.
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Canada
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Carl. I hope you have learned your lesson and don't use a screwdriver on your coins any more. That story about trying to give Lincoln a shave with a screwdriver makes me cringe. Use scissors to open up the 2x2's. Please.
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Canada
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This didn't happen to me, but to a friend of mine.
He found a mid-1800's farthing while metal detecting. His oldest find to date. It was a little corroded so he decided to clean it. He had heard about electrolysis and proceeded to assemble the equipment. He hooked everything up and went to have supper. When he returned, his old farthing had disintegrated.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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just carl, this was in Erie, PA in 1972. It seemed back then that they had to grasp at anything for a local news clip. So, really, the Philly mint making this large of an error could hit the local news easily back then. The store owner closed the shop some years later. If I remember right - and I may not - he passed away. I believe it was his son who opened a shop some years later but he also got very diversified into jewelry and other things so that there was a very small display area of coins for sale compared to a large area of the other stuff. As to this dealer pulling my leg. I suppose he could have been. But he did show us a roll of them and let us examine the double die on them with his loupe. Maybe he did just get one roll and was "playing around." I am not sure why he would have turned down making a sale though. I also am not sure that one store in one pocket of PA having 5,000 of these coins (let's say) would not really be a good indicator as to the overall population of these made. I admit that I may not know enough about it, but is (let's say) 50,000 of a coin enough for all the collectors of US coins to get their fill of them and not make the price be about what it is currently? I really have no idea? |
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I have 3 !
1st was 10 years ago when I arrived in the us and I started to collect quarters and nothing else so I remember as it was yesterday , after I buy a coffe I check my change for quarters and saw a cent with 3 tiny letter on the reverse VDB so I though so stupid why these stupid tiny letter on the coin we can not even read them ; 4 years later I started to collect peenies and my heart pain everytime I remember I had a 1909s VDB from change and didn't know anything about !
Second one , in 2006 I was collecting any silver coin I could get and looking for dimes I found a ms 1996w dime but again just spend it without know about the coin so until today I have not seen one again !
3rd and most terrifying last year during my roll search I found a 1999wam in xf condition so I put in the top of the tv . 4 days later I looked for it but then I remember of dumping 2 boxes of cents at the bank so I realized I just dumped together my 99wan ! I know is hard to believe but I'm sure many in here did the same mistake on e in time ! Today after more then 150 boxes later still no s VDB or 96w dime . What a shame !
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Rest in Peace
United States
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When I was in eighth grade, I took my Wheat cent collection to school for some show-and-tell and left it on my desk when I ran off to lunch and noon recess. When I got back, my 1913-S cent was gone, and now that I think about it, I don't know if the room door was locked or not - and whether I should suspect another kid or a school staff member for kyping my coin. Later in life, I traded a smashed-on-the-tracks Jefferson nickel for a 1908-S Barber quarter which had been holed, but a few years later I lost my entire silver dollar collection, plus a few Suzies, to another thief, most likely a friend-of-a-friend who had been living with me temporarily. All in all, however, I've come out ahead on my coin losses, trades, and purchases. |
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United States
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My guess is that some animal, a squirrel or raccoon or something, grabbed the napkin and dropped the half. I'll guess I'll never know. What you are missing is the habit of many animals to grab anything shinny and store it away in their little home or nest. Ravens are famous for that. Many other animals too will grab anything shinning and many times right in front of people. And too if that happened in the Spring, Robins, Blue Jays, etc also grab anything to line their nests. And there was a squirrel around my house for a while that would run right up to people eating on a patio and grab food off the table. Somewhere there is a large black bird with your coins. Quote:
Carl. I hope you have learned your lesson and don't use a screwdriver on your coins any more. That story about trying to give Lincoln a shave with a screwdriver makes me cringe. Use scissors to open up the 2x2's. Please. That was a really very expensive, dumb, stupid thing I did and no repeats possible. I still have that coin and the gash is really deep. |
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Philippines
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My coin horror story Last year I bought a chinese 1911 Dragon One Dollar Y#31 silver crown, I was so pleased with the purchase!  Reaching home I pulled out my digital weigher and magnifying loupe for the usual "as-is" book recording of this coin  When it got weighed - That's when I started to perspire...  and when I used the loupe... and saw that twin denticle at 3 o'clock on the Obv... that's when I felt, my hair stood up..... OMG!  |
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