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Coin filled lucite toilet seat arrives - Caught in the act!

iras4iras4 Posts: 300
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Yes,

I was the lucky winner of the coin-filled toilet seat on eBay. Hid it from the wife while I was away at the Long Beach show...didn't want her to know about it prematurely.

While she was away, I skinned my knuckles and twisted by back & neck to impossible
angles while I installed the heavy seat and lid in the powder room. You can just imagine her expression when she first came in from work and used the powder room.

"That's NOT staying," she announced. I explained that it made a statement (exactly what that statement was I did not elaborate). Verdict is still out.

Since I read that Bowers & Meraena would pay One Million dollars for a 1913 Libery Nickel, I thought I'd check out the two polished and embedded Liberty Nickels in the seat for a date.


My wife snapped this one while I was checking the embedded coins for a 1913
Liberty Heat Nickel. There were two embedded...an 1898 and a 1901. No jackpot for me.

Wait, is that an axe she has besides the camera?

See this tableau at:


Caught in Act

Ira
Dealer/old-time collector
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  • tsacchtsacch Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭
    i am still lauging at the pic........love it.

    i am jealous and may need to get a seat like that.
    Family, kids, coins, sports (playing not watching), jet skiing, wakeboarding, Big Air....no one ever got hurt in the air....its the sudden stop that hurts. I hate Hurricane Sandy. I hate FEMA and i hate the blasted insurance companies.
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The pic says it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Doug
  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now thats Funny!image
  • barberloverbarberlover Posts: 2,228 ✭✭
    Ira, so your the one that outbid me !!!!

    The main reason i wanted to win it was to send the politicians a clear message every time i had to go!!!image Les
    The President claims he didn't lie about taxes for those earning less then $250,000 a year with public mandated health insurance yet his own justice department has said they will use the right of the government to tax when the states appeals go to court.
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Thanks for that image! I really am laughing out loud!
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  • lavalava Posts: 3,286 ✭✭✭
    I missed that on ebay, and I'm sure my wife would be thankful that I did. Neat item, kind of in the vein of items of "for the man that has everything." Since the coins are already encapsulated, this could pose a serious threat to PCGS and others if the idea catches on. I am going to start looking this weekend for a house with more bathrooms.
    I brake for ear bars.
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    Ira, That is a good looking seat you got there. Your ole lady should be proud to have graced it!!image
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I really am laughing out loud! >>



    Ditto! imageimageimage

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a great pic, Ira. By the way, now that we have a pic of you, I must also say that you have chosen a great icon, too! Uncanny! image
    Ahh, if coins could talk, tellers of tales gone by...
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    I think you should submit it to PCGS. I wonder if they could slab it!!image
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Great Photo!

    Now that should go into a registry set.

    ROFLMAO!

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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    You look just like your Icon. image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • joejewelerjoejeweler Posts: 589
    Hehehe.......great photo! Kinda sends the message that coins are in the crapper right now!!! image Wrong message to send right now i'd think....

    By the way....NOW'S the time to change your eBay user name from "iras4" to "iras1-2

    .....meaning, of course..... "Ira Stein.....the number 1 guy in the number 2 business". Ira's signing off now........he has some coin business to attend to: image

    If i had gotten that thing......lucite or no lucite......those coins would be toning right now! image

    Oh.....what did that thing go for anyway?
    The Ex-"Crown Jewel" of my collection! 1915 PF68 (NGC) Barber Half "Eliasberg".

    Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!

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  • AbesNeighborAbesNeighbor Posts: 705
    IRA, A CLASSIC!
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    LOL! Love those "slabbed" coins...image
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  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Instead of cabinet friction . . . er . . . uh . . . would they suffer from butt friction???
    Doug
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    CRACK 'em outimage--------------BigE
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  • joejewelerjoejeweler Posts: 589


    << <i>Instead of cabinet friction . . . er . . . uh . . . would they suffer from butt friction??? >>



    ......or possibly slide friction? BTW, whatever happened to "buy the coin......NOT the holder"? I think in this case the reverse was true....you got it, er, um.....ass backwards! image

    Geeze.....i sure hope Ira has a sense of humor here.........butt then...he DID buy the seat! All in good fun......

    Send these coins out to PCGS........bet they come back "cleaned" for sure. Butt, i could be wrong. In any case........any BB'd ones for AT ones could arguably be proven to have toned quite naturally.

    All in all, i guess you could say the coin market is really hot right now....."steamy" hot, and Ira is sitting on a windfall! image
    The Ex-"Crown Jewel" of my collection! 1915 PF68 (NGC) Barber Half "Eliasberg".

    Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!

    image
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Oh man, that ain't right. image
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  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    Too funny! I almost fell out of my chair laughing. This could be a hot new item for eBay:
    Unsearched Coin Toilet Seats. Who Knows What Rarities You May Find?
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think I will have all of my coins slabbed like that. Can you imagine a complete set of Morgans slabbed PCGS TS70? WOW!!
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  • bumpybumpy Posts: 139
    Nothin' says class...like coins for your a$$
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    Yabba dabba doo.

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  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Clankeye . . . . a new THRONE for CoinAlot!!!!
    Doug
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Are they kinda yellow toning?imageimage
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    That pic is hilarious!
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  • barberloverbarberlover Posts: 2,228 ✭✭
    Now you have all discovered the power of the true dark side.
    The President claims he didn't lie about taxes for those earning less then $250,000 a year with public mandated health insurance yet his own justice department has said they will use the right of the government to tax when the states appeals go to court.
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    That picture has got to be the funniest thing I have ever saw in this forum. It's priceless!!image
    Ira Rules!!
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Accu Crap? OOOHHHH!!!, I think I'm gonna be sick.
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    LMAO!!! imageimageimage
    Askari



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  • JRJR Posts: 476
    Absolutely hilarious! Ahhhhh.......the things we do for coins. Great picture. imageimage
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,988 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hello Ira!

    Just wanted you to know I'm jealous!!

    And if your wife decides it, you, or both have to leave the house, you're both welcome to hide out at my place here in California.

    -- Dennis
    When in doubt, don't.
  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    That was good, great picture! image
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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's so funny I can't believe it!!imageimageimage

    The seat looks better installed than it did on the eBay listing!

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Classic photo Ira image

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  • ElectricEyeElectricEye Posts: 2,354
    I am printing that photo on Kodak paper for framing and display in my office ~ it depicts an angle of the numismatic hobby that must be preserved for posterity... image
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    Ira needs to make that picture his Sig Picture!!image
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    That's a classic!

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "I am printing that photo on Kodak paper for framing and display in my office ~ it depicts an angle of the numismatic hobby that must be preserved for posterity... "

    You mean posterior?
    theknowitalltroll;
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Hahaha that's pretty neat and some roflmao replies. image
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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,544 ✭✭✭
    The expression on your face is priceless.image This an instant Coin Forum classic. Thanks for a good laugh. mdwoods
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  • MrSunshineMrSunshine Posts: 46
    Thank you image
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    Ira, you are a whackjob!!imageimageimageimageimage
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,918 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ira: When you told me you sometimes had to get down on your hands and knees to buy nice stuff, I could not picture it. Now, I have a clear picture of where you find your coins. image
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  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    Very funny photo Ira. I suppose that copper is MS-70 brown. Joe
  • ClarkOfKentClarkOfKent Posts: 1,285
    I knew it!!!! I knew I'd seen you somewhere before!

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  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    HA !! Checking out that FBL (full butt line) ...image

    Clark you've got way too much time and dangerous knowledge of photo art on your handsimage
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd say thats a FINE butt line. image
    theknowitalltroll;
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    The HepKitty is gonna kick your A S S !!!image
  • ClarkOfKentClarkOfKent Posts: 1,285
    I ain't afraida no HepKitty! image
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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Is that a die crack Ira is looking at?imageimage

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