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Chewyduck Valued Member United States 158 Posts	Posted 05/25/2011 10:36 pm OMG, My first blunder. Guys I'm new here and had to tell you this. I was looking in the grading forum, at a 1928 Peace dollar. I thought wow, I'll pull mine out and see how it compares. I bought it when I first started collecting. I got it for 3.00$ So I pull it out and get out the magnifying glass because it's so pretty. And to my surprise it is a 1923 in a 1928 flip!! I would show you a pic but I just signed up today and didn't get that far yet. Just thought I would share! Anyone else with stories like that. If that is the beginning of my coin collecting career I'm doomed. Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 05/25/2011 10:44 pm In all the coins I have ordered from online coin dealers, 2-3 have been wrong mint mark and were sent back. At a recent coin show, I pointed out to a dealer that a coin in his bin was labeled with the wrong mint mark. So misreading a coin happens even to the pros. Don't be upset unless you paid too much because of the mistake. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/25/2011 11:52 pm At least you made the mistake when a 1928 was cheap, that would be a $300+ mistake nowadays I have not had any major blunders but I did manage to lose the first Franklin half dollar I ever purchased as a kid in the 1980s. It was circulated so I decided to use it as a pocket piece a few years ago. I had carried it around for about six months and then one day, it was just gone About the only thing I could think of was that it fell out of my pocket when I pulled out my keys Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/26/2011 01:48 am I won a silver proof 5 Ecu pattern coin in a postal auction, at what I thought was a very reasonable price. When I received it in the post, the coin turned out to be a MUCH rarer silver proof PIEDFORT (double thickness) 5 Ecu coin. A blunder yes, but on the part of the cataloguer of the auction Report this Post to the Staff
Rsxtacee Pillar of the Community United States 737 Posts	Posted 05/26/2011 05:57 am Bidding on certain Ike's back in the day thinking they were silver. Good thing I lost. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 05/26/2011 10:57 am I find I do that to myself a real lot. Might be poor eyesight or just to much in a hurry but many times I find I've put the wrong coin in a slot in an Album. Usually only a wrong mint mark but sometimes a wrong date and mint mark both. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 05/26/2011 11:06 am My favourite blunder was mentioned previously. This is what I said... Many years ago, when I was filling my Eisenhower dollar album, I somehow managed to slip a 1976 Philadelphia Variety I into the Denver spot (I started it when I was a lot younger, so anything is possible). I did not catch it until just before I bought the last two coins. I bought the proper one when I finished the album. That "bogus" coin now lives in one the four extra slots on the last page of the album. I chuckle every time I look at it! For the longest time, I just never noticed the missing mint mark! Since then, I probably spend more time making sure everything is what it is supposed to be than I do filling the next hole. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
BuffaloBonehead Valued Member United States 333 Posts	Posted 05/26/2011 7:48 pm At least you paid $3 for it. How long ago was that? Report this Post to the Staff
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