A Public Thank You to a fellow forum member! Some good news!

FrankinWI

A couple of weeks ago I won a nice PCGS MS66 Lincoln cent on Ebay from a fellow forum member. I sent a PayPal payment for the auction right away, and I get an email from the seller saying he could not accept the my payment because he just realized that the coin had some carbon spots on the reverse but would send the coin to me anyway at no charge. After a couple more email exchanges with me saying I’ll pay for the coin, and him refusing my payment each time, I told him I would donate the coin on receipt to my little collecting son. The coin arrived and my son was very happy with the coin for his collection, little carbon spots and all.

A couple of weeks later I see this same forum member auctioning off another nice wheat cent, I win the auction, send him a PayPal payment and the coin arrives today. Actually my coin, and three other coins are in the same envelope. The other three coins are each marked with “for Mark”. This forum member graciously gave my son three more coins for his collection. This really made my kids day.

I’m not going to reveal the name of the forum member unless he wants to reveal himself. With all the negative posts I’ve seen over the last couple of weeks I just thought I would share some good news for a change and to publicly say thanks for his generosity.

Frank

CLASSICS

you should go ahead and post his name, people like him are more rare than a ms70. what a wonderful thing to do, a true gentleman in ever sence of the word.

rkfish

cool......starting to sound like the "old days"

It's still the best game (and people) in town!

lordmarcovan

Nice to hear something positive for a change. But why not give credit publicly, unless you think the person would be embarrassed?

airplanenut

I say reveal his name- that was a nice story indeed

LucyBop

Lucy sends a big kiss to whomever it is! SMACK!!!!!!!!!

MrKelso

Great Job Secret Sender

DanC

<< <i>This forum member graciously gave my son three more coins for his collection. This really made my kids day. >>



What an OUTSTANDING thing to do!

Fostering fledgling numismatists. That's excellent.
You are right about the negativity. It has certainly diminished my enthusiasm of late. This is a great little story,
and while I can guess who it WASN'T - it'd be great to know who it WAS.

If any of the folks would like to get together and maybe pool some donated coins for the kiddies, I'd be happy
to throw some in. I think this sets a great precedent - one that we should pursue. Maybe members could let us know
when a birthday or special occasion might be coming up and we could send a little gift? Just a thought.

edit: added bold emphasis. C'mon guys... show us what you're made of. This is a terrific idea.

Elcontador

Thank you for sharing this piece of good news.

I found out earlier this week that a woman I've known for 24 years -- whom I know better than some family members -- went to the hospital for a routine medical procedure & they found ovarian cancer. She'll make it, thank God. Still, in light of this, news of a random act of kindness makes my day a little bit better.

DanC

^

This one needs to stay up top.

FrankinWI

I'm sure with the great detective skills this group has, the secret sender will soon be revealed!

I think it's a great idea to send out coins to young collectors for birthdays or other special days. Let's give up some of those old coins you no longer need to a young collector.

Frank

barrytrot

Ok, I'll throw out a guess as to the identity of the sender:

its4real

Am I right?

its4real

wasn't me- wish it was...

I sent my freebies to Blackhawk and a few others. But not to FrankinWI

MacCoin

thats pretty comman for this board. over the last 3 year I seen this happen a lot. this is the best bunch of people on the net.

when something like this happens to me. (it has more then once on this board). it just makes me want to do something for someone else. good deeds are made to pass on.

danglen

Based on the comments in this thread, I am starting a new thread titled Coins for Kids. I think this is a great bunch of people, and I'm happy my son talked me into joining this forum.

PhillyJoe

I like puzzles! My tarot card reader said I should concentrate on the letters "DSW" in the sellers aol address but I'm coming up blank as to the member's name

Joe

Russ

Let me guess, Larry (dabigkahun)?

Russ, NCNE

quattrocoins

Great story, Frank!
'specially after readin' Russ's "P.T.Barnum" post!
Some of the most friendly and generous collectors and dealers are right here!
edited to add a guess: Never mind. Too many, too hard!

Don

Honest and Generous sellers, and

FrankinWI

Joe - Those are some very powerful tarot cards!

Frank