The gift of caring

GDJMSP

A few weeks ago a small coin dealer's was broken into & robbed. The shop is owned by a husband & wife who have struggled to establish themselves in their community. They have a well deserved reputation for the ultimate in fairness & honesty in their dealings with their customers.

This robbery had put this small coin shop out of business for good. Then a small group of collectors from the Coin World Forum stepped forward and offered to help by making donations & offering to send collectible coins to help restock the lost inventory. Local collectors who were the customers of this shop stepped forward as well. The owners of the shop were overwhelmed & shocked that such a thing could & did happen.

One of the Forum members found an attorney who agreed to draw up the papers (gratis) to set up a Trust Fund at a local bank for the owners. Another member set up a web page to supply the necessary information for donations & inventory contributions. Almost everyone who has heard this story agreed to help out in some way in order to keep this small family business in operation. Even my 11 year old son offered to donate a part of his collection towards the effort - I nearly burst with pride !

In this day of hype & misinformation which is rampant among too many of the coin dealers & sellers - the coin collecting community cannot afford to lose one of those dealers to whom such things are unknown. Honesty & fairness are far too rare in this world these days.

I would ask that you spread this story of kindness & generosity to others in the hobby. In the hope that some may also wish to help. Please visit the following site for information - Small Business In Crisis

Russ

As a small business owner myself who went through this - twice - last year, you can bet that they'll be getting some help from me.

Russ, NCNE

DHeath

Me too. Thanks for the post.

FC57Coins

Count me in - I'll send something

ms71

I'll send something tomorrow morning.

ms71

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RKKay

I'm in.

GDJMSP

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Russ

TTT.

Russ, NCNE

Russ

TTT.

Russ, NCNE

jeffnpcb

I'll start digging today and ship out by Friday!! Thanks for the report!!

goose3

I'll looksee if I've got anything laying around here. Kinda sparse on stuff lately.

Cameo CC

We are glad to help. What needs do they have? Can some PM or Email me to let me know their present needs? I do not want to donate (money and coins) they already have or do not have a need for.

Todd

Bear

Im in. The check goes out to the Trust Fund in todays mail. Bear

Fairlaneman

USA coins or will anything work ? Do they have a slab business also ? Do not want to send slabs if they are not wanted or needed.

Thanks.

Ken

silverandvinyl

Count me in.Hope everything works out for the family.

GDJMSP

Thank you all for the replies and pledges to help. These folks were virtually wiped out - so anything - anything at all - would be of a great help to them. There is no specific list I can offer you as to the coins or types of coins they may need. But I can tell you they have a widely varied and very loyal customer base. Many people drive from out of state to visit this coin shop because of the Hardy's unrivaled honesty & fairness.

If you can spare one dollar as a donation - please do so. If you have a world coin - a US coin - a slabbed coin - a raw coin - anything and everything will be greatly appreciated. And it will not just be appreciated by the Hardy's. It will be appreciated by their customers even more so. For our help is all that has allowed this small family coin shop to stay in business - and without it - it would be the collectors - people just like you and me who would suffer the most.

Thanks again from the Hardy's for your generosity & thoughtfullness.

bgman

Put a package together that will go out tomorrow.

Randy