@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@hummingbird_coins said:
Boy oh boy, a thread titled "w" with 91 posts! I can't wait to see what's inside!
I got back from work and it was at 100. I didn't recognize the OP so I assumed that Cougar resurrected another 20 year old thread but it's all fresh Friday afternoon BS!
@Coinscratch said:
What happened to your pretty little penny
It's up your trick-mother's stank whazoo. I deposited the shiny penny there as a tip for services rendered, that's about all she's worth. You can keep it if you're willing to get in there and fish it out, if it can be found in that cavern.
Do you think that’s warranted? Sheesh.
And also, have you considered that someone treated the penny with acid prior to plating, in anticipation of the weight discrepancy ?
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
You’re on to us. Everyone who replied was trying to “make a buck”. You probably received multiple private messages from posters who were trying to buy your extremely rare and valuable coin at a dirt-cheap price.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
Done, as I did for the other post.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
Done, as I did for the other post.
Was my post and comment about measuring the properties of the coin inappropriate or did I misunderstand whose post was flagged?
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
Done, as I did for the other post.
Was my post and comment about measuring the properties of the coin inappropriate or did I misunderstand whose post was flagged?
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
Done, as I did for the other post.
Done what? You know, my brother has consigned dozens of items to Heritage over the past decade, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars worth of commissions for your auction house.
I'm curious as to what you have "done"? Care to elaborate?
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
Done, as I did for the other post.
Was my post and comment about measuring the properties of the coin inappropriate or did I misunderstand whose post was flagged?
@Coinscratch said:
Omg that was the most fun I had all day. I’m still laughing 😆 that guy wasn’t really serious was he?😂 oh man.
Me too. I'm still laughing like a hyena thinking about your mom with that coin planted firmly in her keister as a tip for a job well done. I must send her a thank you card and also a sympathy card for having given birth to an utterly worthless child.
@sm_delta said:
Once you measure the mass, density, and composition, let us know the results.
You talking about the coin, right?!
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
The comments that DID help are appreciated. Sadly, those comments are far outweighed 25 to 1 with ones that are nothing more than trolling and belittling.
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
@braddick said:
Simple lesson in life- perhaps a wonderful teachable moment for the OP:
You get what you give.
No. the lesson reinforces what I already heard from a coin collector/dealer confessing in confidence in referring to coin dealers and coin people in general: "We're pure scum, there's nothing we won't do to make a buck. Coin people would sell their mother's soul to the Devil for a dollar and send it C.O.D". He was 100% right. What a mistake posting here amongst scum.
You’re on to us. Everyone who replied was trying to “make a buck”. You probably received multiple private messages from posters who were trying to buy your extremely rare and valuable coin at a dirt-cheap price.
Once full well realizing exactly who and what I was dealing with here, do you actually have the nerve to think that I would even OPEN a private message from anyone here? I'd sooner trust a rabbit to deliver a leaf of lettuce than the folks here that responded uncivilly.
@jonathanb said:
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
Funny thing is that the coin sat in a white cardboard and glassine coin holder in a box that hadn't been looked at since at least the 1960s. I didn't even know it was there. Whatever it is worth, 1 cent or 100,000 cents, it doesn't make or break me. In fact I care so little about it and its value after this fiasco here that I wish I hadn't found it because it stirred up a million dollars worth of misery and hatred among you all. I had heard stories for years, from dealers, collectors, family members about the denizens of the coin world. Stories about insider grading and the FTC, lawsuits and such and I thought they were exaggerated.
No hobby could get away with preying on collectors like that and still stay solvent I thought. I was wrong.
The coin will go back in the box where it was found. I don't even want to look at it at this point. I wouldn't give a rat's ass at this point if it was made out anti-matter and I could get a quadrillion dollars for it. That's the level of disgust I have for the coins and numismatics hobby at this point after dealing with its bottom feeders, I feel like I should take a UV bath to get the bacteria off in the aftermath.
@jonathanb said:
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
Funny thing is that the coin sat in a white cardboard and glassine coin holder in a box that hadn't been looked at since at least the 1960s. I didn't even know it was there. Whatever it is worth, 1 cent or 100,000 cents, it doesn't make or break me. In fact I care so little about it and its value after this fiasco here that I wish I hadn't found it because it stirred up a million dollars worth of misery and hatred among you all. I had heard stories for years, from dealers, collectors, family members about the denizens of the coin world. Stories about insider grading and the FTC, lawsuits and such and I thought they were exaggerated.
No hobby could get away with preying on collectors like that and still stay solvent I thought. I was wrong.
The coin will go back in the box where it was found. I don't even want to look at it at this point. I wouldn't give a rat's ass at this point if it was made out anti-matter and I could get a quadrillion dollars for it. That's the level of disgust I have for the coins and numismatics hobby at this point after dealing with its bottom feeders, I feel like I should take a UV bath to get the bacteria off in the aftermath.
You CAN leave you know. As I doubt you're being held here against your will?
@jonathanb said:
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
Funny thing is that the coin sat in a white cardboard and glassine coin holder in a box that hadn't been looked at since at least the 1960s. I didn't even know it was there. Whatever it is worth, 1 cent or 100,000 cents, it doesn't make or break me. In fact I care so little about it and its value after this fiasco here that I wish I hadn't found it because it stirred up a million dollars worth of misery and hatred among you all. I had heard stories for years, from dealers, collectors, family members about the denizens of the coin world. Stories about insider grading and the FTC, lawsuits and such and I thought they were exaggerated.
No hobby could get away with preying on collectors like that and still stay solvent I thought. I was wrong.
The coin will go back in the box where it was found. I don't even want to look at it at this point. I wouldn't give a rat's ass at this point if it was made out anti-matter and I could get a quadrillion dollars for it. That's the level of disgust I have for the coins and numismatics hobby at this point after dealing with its bottom feeders, I feel like I should take a UV bath to get the bacteria off in the aftermath.
You CAN leave you know. As I doubt you're being held here against your will?
So you can all continue your harangue and public flogging of me unimpeded by my presence? Without my being here to stand up for myself? Cowards love that, don't you?
@jonathanb said:
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
Funny thing is that the coin sat in a white cardboard and glassine coin holder in a box that hadn't been looked at since at least the 1960s. I didn't even know it was there. Whatever it is worth, 1 cent or 100,000 cents, it doesn't make or break me. In fact I care so little about it and its value after this fiasco here that I wish I hadn't found it because it stirred up a million dollars worth of misery and hatred among you all. I had heard stories for years, from dealers, collectors, family members about the denizens of the coin world. Stories about insider grading and the FTC, lawsuits and such and I thought they were exaggerated.
No hobby could get away with preying on collectors like that and still stay solvent I thought. I was wrong.
The coin will go back in the box where it was found. I don't even want to look at it at this point. I wouldn't give a rat's ass at this point if it was made out anti-matter and I could get a quadrillion dollars for it. That's the level of disgust I have for the coins and numismatics hobby at this point after dealing with its bottom feeders, I feel like I should take a UV bath to get the bacteria off in the aftermath.
You CAN leave you know. As I doubt you're being held here against your will?
So you can all continue your harangue and public flogging of me unimpeded by my presence? Without my being here to stand up for myself? Cowards love that, don't you?
EDIT: it's not exactly public because you're anonymous.
@DocBenjamin said:
Remarkable that new members can post a decent image, but stick with the goofy, random avatars.
I didn't post an avatar. You know why? Because posting an avatar was of no importance to me, I'm not a social media gadfly. I marvel at the ones that place such significance on something so utterly trivial. What does that say about your life, "Doc", that an avatar, a thing of such triviality, is so consequential? You even found reason to criticize me for not posting an avatar? You are the ultimate Karen.
If my life ever descended into depths to the point that I was stressing over someone else's or my choice of an avatar or not, I would blow my brains out.
@jonathanb said:
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
Funny thing is that the coin sat in a white cardboard and glassine coin holder in a box that hadn't been looked at since at least the 1960s. I didn't even know it was there. Whatever it is worth, 1 cent or 100,000 cents, it doesn't make or break me. In fact I care so little about it and its value after this fiasco here that I wish I hadn't found it because it stirred up a million dollars worth of misery and hatred among you all. I had heard stories for years, from dealers, collectors, family members about the denizens of the coin world. Stories about insider grading and the FTC, lawsuits and such and I thought they were exaggerated.
No hobby could get away with preying on collectors like that and still stay solvent I thought. I was wrong.
The coin will go back in the box where it was found. I don't even want to look at it at this point. I wouldn't give a rat's ass at this point if it was made out anti-matter and I could get a quadrillion dollars for it. That's the level of disgust I have for the coins and numismatics hobby at this point after dealing with its bottom feeders, I feel like I should take a UV bath to get the bacteria off in the aftermath.
You CAN leave you know. As I doubt you're being held here against your will?
So you can all continue your harangue and public flogging of me unimpeded by my presence? Without my being here to stand up for myself? Cowards love that, don't you?
I guess? Except you're not really "standing up" for yourself; all you're doing is basically just hitting your shins with a scooter over and over again. But hey, to each their own.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
@DocBenjamin said:
Remarkable that new members can post a decent image, but stick with the goofy, random avatars.
I didn't post an avatar. You know why? Because posting an avatar was of no importance to me, I'm not a social media gadfly. I marvel at the ones that place such significance on something so utterly trivial. What does that say about your life, "Doc", that an avatar, a thing of such triviality, is so consequential? You even found reason to criticize me for not posting an avatar? You are the ultimate Karen.
If my life ever descended into depths to the point that I was stressing over someone else's or my choice of an avatar or not, I would blow my brains out.
Mine is Ray Oyler. Light hitting shortstop on the 1968 Detroit Tigers World Champion team.
A lot of friends liked Al Kaline and Norm Cash better, but Oyler had chutzpah. That is way better than slugging percentage.
@DocBenjamin said:
Remarkable that new members can post a decent image, but stick with the goofy, random avatars.
I didn't post an avatar. You know why? Because posting an avatar was of no importance to me, I'm not a social media gadfly. I marvel at the ones that place such significance on something so utterly trivial. What does that say about your life, "Doc", that an avatar, a thing of such triviality, is so consequential? You even found reason to criticize me for not posting an avatar? You are the ultimate Karen.
If my life ever descended into depths to the point that I was stressing over someone else's or my choice of an avatar or not, I would blow my brains out.
Mine is Ray Oyler. Light hitting shortstop on the 1968 Detroit Tigers World Champion team.
A lot of friends liked Al Kaline and Norm Cash better, but Oyler had chutzpah. That is way better than slugging percentage.
I know who Ray is. I have all the Topps sets '51 and up. Plus, I'm a fan of baseball history.
It must have been frustrating for Bob Gibson to see McLain win 31 games (and lose 6) with a 1.87 E.R.A while he only won 22 against 9 loses with a 1.12 E.R.A, including a stretch of 100 consecutive innings where he only gave up 3 runs, or something like that (I know records are always subject to revision here and there).
@DocBenjamin said:
Remarkable that new members can post a decent image, but stick with the goofy, random avatars.
I didn't post an avatar. You know why? Because posting an avatar was of no importance to me, I'm not a social media gadfly. I marvel at the ones that place such significance on something so utterly trivial. What does that say about your life, "Doc", that an avatar, a thing of such triviality, is so consequential? You even found reason to criticize me for not posting an avatar? You are the ultimate Karen.
If my life ever descended into depths to the point that I was stressing over someone else's or my choice of an avatar or not, I would blow my brains out.
Mine is Ray Oyler. Light hitting shortstop on the 1968 Detroit Tigers World Champion team.
A lot of friends liked Al Kaline and Norm Cash better, but Oyler had chutzpah. That is way better than slugging percentage.
I know who Ray is. I have all the Topps sets '51 and up. Plus, I'm a fan of baseball history.
It must have been frustrating for Bob Gibson to see McLain win 31 games (and lose 6) with a 1.87 E.R.A while he only won 22 against 9 loses with a 1.12 E.R.A, including a stretch of 100 consecutive innings where he only gave up 3 runs, or something like that (I know records are always subject to revision here and there).
McLain had extraordinary talent. His biggest problem was himself. Spend many years in prison.
I was a young kid in 1965. living in a decent suburb of Detroit. Parents were doing well and decided to move to a ritzier part of town. New house was being built so it was the last summer in Livonia. One of the kids told me that Denny McLain was moving down the block. Damn. Couldn't persuade the folks to abandon the dream home and about the week we split, Denny moved in. Players in the bigs average ten or 15 thousand bucks in the mid 60's and that was about the price of the three bedroom ranch.
After 1968 he packed up and left the hood with his fat $100k paycheck.
@Coinscratch said:
Omg that was the most fun I had all day. I’m still laughing 😆 that guy wasn’t really serious was he?😂 oh man.
Must have been fun. You're the one that decided to troll me for asking questions.
I'm sure the mods can review the whole thread quickly to see who the first monkeys were to throw the poop.
THOSE are the ones, the poop-stirrers, that should be held accountable, not the one having it flung in his face for asking questions.
Live it up dude you’ll soon be banned again.
Again? I would have to have been banned a first time to be banned again. Are you ever right about anything? Broken clocks are right twice a day and they have you beat 2 to 0 thus far.
And you talk like being banned here is a horrific thing. I didn't post here for a year and got along just fine, believe me. And I don't think I'd be twisting in my sleep if I didn't post here for another year. This may be all you do, the central focus of your miserable existence, judging by your prolific and totally unenviable post count but my life has far more meaning than message boards.
It might do YOU a world of good being banned. You might actually tuck your man boobs under your belt after scraping the yeast out from under them, cut your man bun and venture out into the world.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
Why didn't he answer? No guts, no glory, or something like that? And he works for Heritage yet hides like a small, scared child when someone asks him a direct question about what he meant after sticking his 2 cents in? Why am I not the least bit surprised?
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
How about rules concerning unprovoked trolling? Do they have rules for that too, or just the rules for geese and not a bunch of malcontented ganders?
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
Why didn't he answer? No guts, no glory, or something like that? And he works for Heritage yet hides like a small, scared child when someone asks him a direct question about what he meant after sticking his 2 cents in? Why am I not the least bit surprised?
Most people don't sit here all day responding to random posts. Most of us know that there is little point in responding to threads such as you've created here. It is wisdom rather than cowardice that keeps people away.
Let me know when your shovel gets worn out. I wouldn't want you to stop digging.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
How about rules concerning unprovoked trolling? Do they have rules for that too, or just the rules for geese and not a bunch of malcontented ganders?
The rules are posted if you care to go read them. I assure you, if anyone gets suspended or banned for this thread, it will be you and only you. You've been swinging with both fists all night, despite the fact that no one did much of anything except post a couple of memes when you started acting like a petulant child. Your first instinct, to delete all your posts, was probably your better choice.
Although simply weighing the coin and listening to what the experts were telling you was also an option. Experts that included Fred Weinberg, THE FOREMOST error expert in the world and the PCGS error expert prior to his retirement last year. He offered you, kindly and without memes, his expert opinion.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
Generally lol
LOL. I'm sure one or two got through at one time or another.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
Why didn't he answer? No guts, no glory, or something like that? And he works for Heritage yet hides like a small, scared child when someone asks him a direct question about what he meant after sticking his 2 cents in? Why am I not the least bit surprised?
Most people don't sit here all day responding to random posts. Most of us know that there is little point in responding to threads such as you've created here. It is wisdom rather than cowardice that keeps people away.
Let me know when your shovel gets worn out. I wouldn't want you to stop digging.
His sole purpose is to try and take one down down to his level. It’s a miserable place to be and the only reason I’m entertaining/exorcising the little bambino is to watch him squirm around and spew hate. He knows his op question was a sham and now he’s said enough that we all know his purpose.
@braddick said:
I was originally going to comment to the OP not to handle it too much as I do agree with 291fifth and it may well be plated/coated in mercury, and to use caution as low-level, long-term exposure can cause irritability, and personality changes.
Now, upon reflection, perhaps that advice is much too late.
Yeah, that's the cause. Mercury intoxication. My attitude has absolutely nothing to do with being attacked and trolled 15 on 1. Funny thing is, I would accept those odds on the street, where it really counts, just as quickly as I do here where it really doesn't matter because it's just a bunch of keyboard warriors piling on remotely. Would you?
Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
How about rules concerning unprovoked trolling? Do they have rules for that too, or just the rules for geese and not a bunch of malcontented ganders?
The rules are posted if you care to go read them. I assure you, if anyone gets suspended or banned for this thread, it will be you and only you. You've been swinging with both fists all night, despite the fact that no one did much of anything except post a couple of memes when you started acting like a petulant child. Your first instinct, to delete all your posts, was probably your better choice.
Although simply weighing the coin and listening to what the experts were telling you was also an option. Experts that included Fred Weinberg, THE FOREMOST error expert in the world and the PCGS error expert prior to his retirement last year. He offered you, kindly and without memes, his expert opinion.
I don't specifically remember seeing those kindly posts. Perhaps they were lost among the myriad of posts levied at me by trolls swinging fast and furiously, unprovokedly, with both fists for daring to ask questions.
@Steven59 said:
Enjoy the weekend...........come monday..........
Why would someone feel that being banned from 1 forum out of the countless of millions of message boards on the internet is the end of the world, a punishment that is more than one can bear? It's mind-boggling and disturbing that a segment of people actually think that way with such a horridly skewed system of belief in what's important.
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Speaking of the number 15, you should reread the first 15 replies you received. Each one offered an honest opinion and answer, without any attacking or trolling, whatsoever. But apparently, you didn’t like or accept what you heard.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I got back from work and it was at 100. I didn't recognize the OP so I assumed that Cougar resurrected another 20 year old thread but it's all fresh Friday afternoon BS!
You talking about the coin, right?!
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Do you think that’s warranted? Sheesh.
And also, have you considered that someone treated the penny with acid prior to plating, in anticipation of the weight discrepancy ?
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You’re on to us. Everyone who replied was trying to “make a buck”. You probably received multiple private messages from posters who were trying to buy your extremely rare and valuable coin at a dirt-cheap price.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Yes, I was referring to the coin. Arguing about something that can be answered with some measurements is pointless and frustrating, in my opinion. The comment was intended to be helpful, but it doesn’t appear that it helped at all.
I've already flagged an earlier inappropriate post of his. Does someone want to handle this one?
Omg that was the most fun I had all day. I’m still laughing 😆 that guy wasn’t really serious was he?😂 oh man.
Please post photos of the old gold, silver and some nice coins in the collection. Tokens would be cool too. I don’t want to run off no collector.
Done, as I did for the other post.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Was my post and comment about measuring the properties of the coin inappropriate or did I misunderstand whose post was flagged?
You misunderstood.
It was the OP who was inappropriate, not you.
Done what? You know, my brother has consigned dozens of items to Heritage over the past decade, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars worth of commissions for your auction house.
I'm curious as to what you have "done"? Care to elaborate?
Thank you
Me too. I'm still laughing like a hyena thinking about your mom with that coin planted firmly in her keister as a tip for a job well done. I must send her a thank you card and also a sympathy card for having given birth to an utterly worthless child.
The comments that DID help are appreciated. Sadly, those comments are far outweighed 25 to 1 with ones that are nothing more than trolling and belittling.
Serious as a heart attack. Especially the part about your mother, with all due disrespect for the two of you, may you both rest in peace.
Since the OP is still engaged in this thread, let me take one shot at an alternate approach:
The pictures that you posted have every appearance or a coin that has been plated. Of the various ways that a coin could be plated, your pictures most closely match the appearance of coins coated in mercury.
The pictures that you posted have zero characteristics in common with a coin struck in silver.
None of that guarantees that your coin is NOT struck in silver. However it does guarantee that you're not going to get a different response until you post different information -- ideally starting with the weight that so many people have already asked for.
Once full well realizing exactly who and what I was dealing with here, do you actually have the nerve to think that I would even OPEN a private message from anyone here? I'd sooner trust a rabbit to deliver a leaf of lettuce than the folks here that responded uncivilly.
Your plan backfired on you lol.
Funny thing is that the coin sat in a white cardboard and glassine coin holder in a box that hadn't been looked at since at least the 1960s. I didn't even know it was there. Whatever it is worth, 1 cent or 100,000 cents, it doesn't make or break me. In fact I care so little about it and its value after this fiasco here that I wish I hadn't found it because it stirred up a million dollars worth of misery and hatred among you all. I had heard stories for years, from dealers, collectors, family members about the denizens of the coin world. Stories about insider grading and the FTC, lawsuits and such and I thought they were exaggerated.
No hobby could get away with preying on collectors like that and still stay solvent I thought. I was wrong.
The coin will go back in the box where it was found. I don't even want to look at it at this point. I wouldn't give a rat's ass at this point if it was made out anti-matter and I could get a quadrillion dollars for it. That's the level of disgust I have for the coins and numismatics hobby at this point after dealing with its bottom feeders, I feel like I should take a UV bath to get the bacteria off in the aftermath.
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Oh yeah. You sure got me!! In your own mind, oaf. You sure taught me a lesson!!
You CAN leave you know. As I doubt you're being held here against your will?
Must have been fun. You're the one that decided to troll me for asking questions.
I'm sure the mods can review the whole thread quickly to see who the first monkeys were to throw the poop.
THOSE are the ones, the poop-stirrers, that should be held accountable, not the one having it flung in his face for asking questions.
So you can all continue your harangue and public flogging of me unimpeded by my presence? Without my being here to stand up for myself? Cowards love that, don't you?
EDIT: it's not exactly public because you're anonymous.
Remarkable that new members can post a decent image, but stick with the goofy, random avatars.
I didn't post an avatar. You know why? Because posting an avatar was of no importance to me, I'm not a social media gadfly. I marvel at the ones that place such significance on something so utterly trivial. What does that say about your life, "Doc", that an avatar, a thing of such triviality, is so consequential? You even found reason to criticize me for not posting an avatar? You are the ultimate Karen.
If my life ever descended into depths to the point that I was stressing over someone else's or my choice of an avatar or not, I would blow my brains out.
I guess? Except you're not really "standing up" for yourself; all you're doing is basically just hitting your shins with a scooter over and over again. But hey, to each their own.
Yes. I accepted and appreciated the question and RESPECTFULLY CIVIL answer first 15 or so posts. And then the trolling and memes and name calling began from out of the blue with no provocation from me.
Again, you avoided the question when you wrote, "DONE!" in reference to me. What did you do? Curious.
Mine is Ray Oyler. Light hitting shortstop on the 1968 Detroit Tigers World Champion team.
A lot of friends liked Al Kaline and Norm Cash better, but Oyler had chutzpah. That is way better than slugging percentage.
Good song @DocBenjamin! 👍 👍
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
I know who Ray is. I have all the Topps sets '51 and up. Plus, I'm a fan of baseball history.
It must have been frustrating for Bob Gibson to see McLain win 31 games (and lose 6) with a 1.87 E.R.A while he only won 22 against 9 loses with a 1.12 E.R.A, including a stretch of 100 consecutive innings where he only gave up 3 runs, or something like that (I know records are always subject to revision here and there).
McLain had extraordinary talent. His biggest problem was himself. Spend many years in prison.
I was a young kid in 1965. living in a decent suburb of Detroit. Parents were doing well and decided to move to a ritzier part of town. New house was being built so it was the last summer in Livonia. One of the kids told me that Denny McLain was moving down the block. Damn. Couldn't persuade the folks to abandon the dream home and about the week we split, Denny moved in. Players in the bigs average ten or 15 thousand bucks in the mid 60's and that was about the price of the three bedroom ranch.
After 1968 he packed up and left the hood with his fat $100k paycheck.
Live it up dude you’ll soon be banned again.
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Again? I would have to have been banned a first time to be banned again. Are you ever right about anything? Broken clocks are right twice a day and they have you beat 2 to 0 thus far.
And you talk like being banned here is a horrific thing. I didn't post here for a year and got along just fine, believe me. And I don't think I'd be twisting in my sleep if I didn't post here for another year. This may be all you do, the central focus of your miserable existence, judging by your prolific and totally unenviable post count but my life has far more meaning than message boards.
It might do YOU a world of good being banned. You might actually tuck your man boobs under your belt after scraping the yeast out from under them, cut your man bun and venture out into the world.
He flagged your offensive posts for the moderators. There are rules on the forum. Sexual comments about someone's mother are generally not tolerated.
Why didn't he answer? No guts, no glory, or something like that? And he works for Heritage yet hides like a small, scared child when someone asks him a direct question about what he meant after sticking his 2 cents in? Why am I not the least bit surprised?
How about rules concerning unprovoked trolling? Do they have rules for that too, or just the rules for geese and not a bunch of malcontented ganders?
Most people don't sit here all day responding to random posts. Most of us know that there is little point in responding to threads such as you've created here. It is wisdom rather than cowardice that keeps people away.
Let me know when your shovel gets worn out. I wouldn't want you to stop digging.
The rules are posted if you care to go read them. I assure you, if anyone gets suspended or banned for this thread, it will be you and only you. You've been swinging with both fists all night, despite the fact that no one did much of anything except post a couple of memes when you started acting like a petulant child. Your first instinct, to delete all your posts, was probably your better choice.
Although simply weighing the coin and listening to what the experts were telling you was also an option. Experts that included Fred Weinberg, THE FOREMOST error expert in the world and the PCGS error expert prior to his retirement last year. He offered you, kindly and without memes, his expert opinion.
Generally lol
LOL. I'm sure one or two got through at one time or another.
His sole purpose is to try and take one down down to his level. It’s a miserable place to be and the only reason I’m entertaining/exorcising the little bambino is to watch him squirm around and spew hate. He knows his op question was a sham and now he’s said enough that we all know his purpose.
Enjoy the weekend...........come monday..........
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I don't specifically remember seeing those kindly posts. Perhaps they were lost among the myriad of posts levied at me by trolls swinging fast and furiously, unprovokedly, with both fists for daring to ask questions.
Why would someone feel that being banned from 1 forum out of the countless of millions of message boards on the internet is the end of the world, a punishment that is more than one can bear? It's mind-boggling and disturbing that a segment of people actually think that way with such a horridly skewed system of belief in what's important.