Why Coin Dealers LMAO Part I
nencoin
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Got this email inquiry...
Subject heading: Among the worst die-break coins ever, "Billowy Washington" or the "Pennant Washington"
I am interested in selling or in using as collateral for a loan, two error coins. Please see the attachments. The Washington quarter might be entitled the "Billowy Washington" and the Roosevelt dime and which still bears blood on it, the "Infirmary Roosevelt.'
After having a good laugh and also admiring their creativity, I kindly informed them that unfortunately their damaged coins did not have any value.
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Nice try!!
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I don't get the "billowy" and "pennant" deal.
OK, I don't get any of it.
Should have told them the loan would be .20 and would require .01 monthly installments for 36 months.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
that quarter has made threads here before...
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
More Than It's Chopped Up To Be
I assume you offered him $10,000 each lest someone start a thread about another dishonest dealer
Latin American Collection
I think one of his friends is playing a joke on him.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
So "Billowy Washington" has a provenance!?
I find your answer disturbing. You failed to quote the value. $.35
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
Typical dealer response. Trying to buy $0.35 for free.
@jmlanzaf Typical collector response. Trying to deny dealers the opportunity to make a living.
Mark
LOL!
......welcome to my world
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
Looks like Philadelphia mint coins to me no post mint damage 😂
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Quality candidates for restoration services.
They qualify for "FIS" designation on the holders (Found In Street).
I find the surface the dime is on to be rather disturbing. I can’t imagine what horrors it took to get like that
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
This type of thing mystifies me. When I started collecting as a teenager even from the very start I would never have considered coins like that to have been anything but damaged junk. The same was true for all of the other collectors I knew (and at that time, early 1960s, there were a lot).
What is fueling this odd current belief that damaged junk like this are actually rare "errors" or "varieties"? Is it perhaps the lack of actual face to face interaction with other collectors (thanks, internet) that is the cause?
I think some folks watch too many get rich with pocket change, YouTube videos.
I may not know what I'm doing most of the time, but I'm Damn good at it. 😇 😈
I can only imagine! Guess that to find the gemstones... one must handle and sort through a lot of worthless dreck.....
Same as the growth in popularity of the lotto.
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/economics/personal-finance/research-review-lotteries-demographics/
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Semi-OT response follows:
The cause is present day financial desperation.
In the 1960s, the county seat nearest me had 5,000 factory jobs. Today there are less than 500. Fifty-five years ago, people had a better attitude about work too.
In the mid-sixties, if you found a 90% silver coin, you probably knew somebody who would quickly pay 10 to 15% over face. That was what people searched for, not phoney baloney errors.
Different world back then. I am certain that I am preaching to the Choir.
These chain yankers get what they're after with our posts.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso