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NEWSFLASH: From the Portland ANA, Coinlieutenant involved in pre-emtive strike against penny-pincher

BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
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We made a basket of wheat pennies for the young numismatist to choose from at the Portland show and a older collector came by and started looking thru the box they were in "to look for coins to fill holes in his set". Lieutenant told them they were for the kids and they were not for sale. This did not register. Repeat 2-3 times, guy would not take no for an answer, took two pennies and threw a nickel at John and made a break for it, John did all he could do to stop the kids from beating the old guy up---------LOL, John taught the kids not to fight------true storyimage-------------------------------------BigE
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  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wish I could have seen that. My son did get to pick from the group of coins. When did this little episode occur?
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  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    55, I think it was right after you left, thank God, you Son might have bitten his finger off-----------------------------BigE
    I'm glad I am a Tree
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Really a ludicrous scene. I would have gone over the table had the kids not been there. In retrospect, I would should have called security...

    After being on the other side of the table, I can now see why some dealers get frustrated as well. I have seen it both ways but this guy takes the cake...

    BTW,

    Thanks to BigE for the wheaties and 40% silver half dollars he put out for the kids. Very nice and eyes were lighting up all day.

    Oh yeah, and also Accented Hair Kennedy's in PCGS 68DCAM. He gave out about 25 of those.... image

    J

    siliconvalleycoins.com

  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John: That fiasco sounds like one of Lucy's patented "POW -- Right in the Frankies" moments image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The coinlieutenant really is an officer AND a gentleman.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Bizarre. There are some cheap people ou there. Should have let the kids pummel him.
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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The coinlieutenant really is an officer AND a gentleman.

    Nah.... I just have everybody fooled....image

    Thanx Robert...
    J

    siliconvalleycoins.com

  • TsimmerdownTsimmerdown Posts: 361 ✭
    Wow.. stupidity knows no bounds.
    Tim
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭


    << <i>The coinlieutenant really is an officer AND a gentleman >>


    bootcamp .....imageimage
    Great thing you're doing for the kids there...too bad you didn't have a can of pepper spray for the penny pincher...
  • JohnZJohnZ Posts: 1,732 ✭
    Yeah, but I got the coin I needed.

    BWHA HA! Hahahahahahaha,

    We ARE watching you.

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  • RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭
    John - Was it Boiler again??? That guy knows no bounds?imageimage
    Rick Kay
    Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats not fair! I never touched the wheaties! I just picked out all the Barber quarters and I only had to whip one eight year old kid to get the last one!image

    Seriously you guys had a great give away and made a lot of kids happy at the show. Probably started a few off on their coin collecting journeys. It was fun to watch the kids eyes light up when they got to pick a coin from a box of Indian head cents/Standing Liberty quarters/Barber dimes/Barber quarters etc.image

    Thanks for helping promote our hobby!image
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Huh....I missed seeing the IHC's.....it could have been 2 fights, one with the wheaties guy, one with meimageimage
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    Nice story...

    Dennis
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>took two pennies and threw a nickel at John and made a break for it >>



    I'm dying here! I can't stop laughing - I can barely type through the tears! This is for real? Was the guy drunk? High? A mental patient out for weekend break? This is a classic!

    Russ, NCNE
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Send the Penny Pincher to Dothan for next year's show (see Dothan thread for context) image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ,

    It was for real. It was almost surreal...

    And yes Rick, while it wasnt Boiler, I think that he paid the guy to go do it. Too chicken to face the kids by himself...

    image

    siliconvalleycoins.com

  • JohnZJohnZ Posts: 1,732 ✭
    image

    We ARE watching you.

    image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You left coasters have way too much fun!
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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