Generosity beyond and above ALL expectations...Mr. Cascio of course!

A little while ago, I sent Nick Cascio a heartfelt PM expressing my disbelief, I will say, as to his decision to remove his set from the 1965-Date Roosevelt Circ. strike set registry. I will not go into details of this PM, because it was between him and I, but I will say that I back his decision 110%. I was sad to see Mistercoinman & Whitefang depart as well, because I thoroughly enjoyed watching these 3 Gentlemen build their sets. An accomplishment that I am trying to do.
In my several requests to tell Nick to keep his set on, I stated to him that if he was to take down his set, to get the damn thing pedigreed, so as I may bid on 1 and own a part of his set. Well Nick responded and told me that I WILL OWN A PART OF HIS SET. I never thought that in a million years someone would go the extra mile for me in my little world of coin collecting, but Nick has made me a true believer.
He asked me for my address and said that he is going to send me a SPECIAL coin that he made. That was all he said. Well today I went to the P.O. to pick up my 1998-P PCGS MS68FB Pop (5/0) Roosevelt Dime, accompanied with a wonderful letter "Pedigreeing" my new dime. This is a coin that he personally made. I'm glad I wasn't driving, because I was floored and stunned in a blood rushing disbelief that someone would be so gracious enough to send me such an expensive coin.
Nick...words cannot even come close to how I feel towards you and the stunning gift you have given to me...All I can say is THANKYOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!
Your friend,
Paul B. Gunsallus
In my several requests to tell Nick to keep his set on, I stated to him that if he was to take down his set, to get the damn thing pedigreed, so as I may bid on 1 and own a part of his set. Well Nick responded and told me that I WILL OWN A PART OF HIS SET. I never thought that in a million years someone would go the extra mile for me in my little world of coin collecting, but Nick has made me a true believer.
He asked me for my address and said that he is going to send me a SPECIAL coin that he made. That was all he said. Well today I went to the P.O. to pick up my 1998-P PCGS MS68FB Pop (5/0) Roosevelt Dime, accompanied with a wonderful letter "Pedigreeing" my new dime. This is a coin that he personally made. I'm glad I wasn't driving, because I was floored and stunned in a blood rushing disbelief that someone would be so gracious enough to send me such an expensive coin.
Nick...words cannot even come close to how I feel towards you and the stunning gift you have given to me...All I can say is THANKYOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!
Your friend,
Paul B. Gunsallus
Later, Paul.
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rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
Class act!
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and I will be checking the mail box
TIm
Paul have you noticed Roosie Registry Set named "My Set"? Why do I feel so sure that it's a return of MrCoinmans set under another name?.... 1- GPA is about right, 2- position on the list is right on, 3- been known to list a set without using the MrCoinman name.
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That is so cool! What a kind and generous act on Nick's part.
While we are on the topic of kind and generous acts, let me "out" another board member: TAP444 (Tim). He recently offered me several dimes. I told him that I was not in a financial position to buy them all but I'd buy a couple. He quoted a very fair price for the two and then when I opened up the letter with the two dimes I bought I found all the dimes he had offered with a note that I could use the others for my collection. Another very kind act!
I know that flame wars break out on these boards and some people truly dislike others. But Nick and Tim (and many, many others) truly exemplify the spirit of generosity that most people on these boards possess.
Mark
Mark: You are right Tim is another one of those great gentlemen, and I have purchased many coins from him. I think you will find that Ron, and Mitch are two nice people to deal with also!!!
to me in creating these two works of art (my silver and clad Roosie sets). I love the
series and its time to hand off the Torch. My mentor was Steve Heller and the great
Roosie set he created was phenomenal in its time.
Paul, I was overwhelmed with your post and your gratitude is worth far more to me
then any other form of compensation I could have received for the dime anywhere else.
I hope it brings you pleasure for many years to come.
Your Roosie Pal
Nick
You know good food, fine wine, and how to make friends....but how am I ever going to teach you to buy some coins with "eye appeal?"
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
A while ago (perhaps 6+ months ago or so), I found a 1998(p) PCGS-MS67 Roosie in my coin inventory and sent it in to PCGS to add FB to the holder. When the coin came back MS67FB, it was obvious to me the coin was actually a MS68FB coin. Nick needed the coin for his collection, so we quickly arrived at a deal where he would buy the coin at a reasonable level for an MS67FB Roosie at the time, but, we added a provision that if the coin upgraded over the next year, he would toss me a $500 bonus.
Even though Nick had shut his set down AND ACQUIRED AN MS68FB 1998(p) DIME IN THE MEANTIME, he remembered to resubmit this 1998(p) dime which upgraded to MS68FB as expected. Not only do I see that he graciously gave this coin away to a good friend, but he also remembered to pay me the $500 bonus I was entitled to on this coin! Nick is a class act all the way - very few collectors or dealers out there would have done anything close to this! Thanks Nick for your integrity as well on our deal - much appreciated.
Wondercoin
<< <i>Class act
in total agreement with this.
I have had one or two deals with Nick and both were outstanding. On one deal he thought his shipping was too slow so a Very Pretty Roosie was included with the Merc he sold me. Never will this coin go another place than where it is right now.
Nice to see a good guy get some recognition.....
Ken
But now an interesting question. Now that I bought a pretty white clad 1969-D quarter from Nick for $22, does that mean his name will now become onlywashies?????
Now would you believe he actually owned a quarter?????
Wondercoin
If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
Please come back....you can do Mercs...you are the only one I'd sell my Merc set to....at ridiculous prices, of course!!!
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
09/07/2006
more Nick for me!
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
Later, Paul.
Later, Paul.