Ever just lost a few coins?

F117ASR

I was going through my collection recently and remembered that I used to have a at least 15 early 18th century coins. This included half cents, large cents, bust coinage, etc. Well needless to say but I cannot find a single one of them. I think they were taken from me a few years back. I have always wondered what happened to them because I lost them at my old home. Well I guess i'm out about $150 (today's money). The value of the coins doesnt bother me as much as who took them. They made my collection feel that much more interesting. Anyone ever lost track of coins and wondered what happened to them?

ziggy29

I have a couple of cleaned AU 3-cent nickels around here somewhere. I just haven't found them since our move.

XpipedreamR

Yes! I've been searching for a small assortment of some errors that have been missing for several months now. I still haven't given up...they have to be here somewhere!

Cladiator

I've never personally lost any but I just had a dealer contact me. I bought an AU 2 Center from him and he says he lost it. I guess it can happen.

LanLord

Being not overly organized, I lose everything at least once, sometimes twice. The good part is I spend so much time looking for what I've lost, I end up finding something I was previously looking for

UncleWiggly

Boy, everybody is nailing this one right on the head, um obverse.

Jerry

OKbustchaser

You've obviously never seen my desk (which is why I don't have a web cam) or you wouldn't even have to ask

Jim

atarian

i lost my 1864 2 center in my room 7 yrs ago when i moved here and i have yet to find it. however remember a while ago back when i said i found some coins in my upstair closets i wonder how long THEY were lost before i discovered them

Sunnywood

I once misplaced a rainbow-toned 1796 quarter PCGS AU58 ex Marvin Teichert, and couldn't find it for two weeks. It turned up on my piano, buried under some sheet music. I guess one night I must have been confused as to which hobby I was in the mood for ... (P.S. I no longer own the coin, thanks to Laura)

Best,
Sunnywood

Goober

I've had my family steal from me, that's why I don't allow any of them around the house.

haletj

For the Lincoln Memorial BU sets I'm selling, I swear I had one 2004-p single left, but I sold a set on ebay and couldn't find the 2004-p. I had to send them the set without it and then mail the 2004 once I got a whole new roll.

anablep

<< <i>Ever just lost a few coins? >>



No.

But I did drop change down a toilet once when it fell out of my pocket at a restaurant.












I did not retrieve it...

seanq

I've misplaced a proof 1938 Jefferson and a VF 1864 two-center with the very rare FS-001 repunched date. I cherrypicked both so I'm not out a lot of money, but more than once I've turned my desk and basement upside-down trying to find them.

I also accidentally threw away a clipped 1915-S cent after removing it and several other coins from 2x2s to scan. At least I assume I tossed it with the old holders, as it never reappeared.


Sean Reynolds

granddad

I used to own an auction company years ago. One night a regular sold me a bust half just as the auction was starting. Being busy, I put it in my shirt pocket for safe keeping. At the end of the night it was gone. Someone got a nice surprise in a box that night.

Have a Great Day!
Louis

tsacch

i lost a 1835 bust quarter in ACG ms 60.........took it to work and had as a pocket piece...........fell out. thats why i got the slab caddy....no plug intended.

ms70

Once I lost a coin that I sold on eBay! It took me almost the entire day that the auction ended to find it! The whole time it was within 2ft of
my computer. I hid it earlier when I went out because I was too lazy to put it back in the safe. I forgot where I had put it.

Steve27

I'm still looking for a nice 1914 Buffalo nickel, which I found in a roll of nickels, about 35 years ago. I think it was stolen from my desk draw when my parents house was robbed about 20 years ago. However, an 1879 Morgan, which I received from my grandmother at least 35 years ago, turned-up in my parents house a few years ago. So I'm still hoping to find that nickel (it has a lot of sentimental value to me).

wingedliberty

I don't remember ever missplacing any coins. I am a neat freak and that would be my worst nightmare.

fcloud

It took me 2 1/2 years to find the 1921-D half my wife gave to me as a gift. We moved and it was misplaced. I can't tell you how many times we searched for it.

razorface1027

Not so much the coins, it's the apparatus (magnifying glasses, tubes, microscopes...etc), that seems to "Sprout wings and fly away." However, if coins were missing, there'd be hell to pay.

WACoinGuy

I had a whole box of coins that I had misplaced for 2 1/2 years after moving into the new house. All my Whitman albums, proof sets, and several loose coins were in that box. I had a nice time going back and getting re-acquainted with them. It even motivated me to finish up my Whitman albums, which I had stopped around 1990. Now I have Whitman albums with uncirculated coins from the 1980s (since I was taking those new from circulation) and circulated coins from the 1990s. Oh well, at least those holes are getting filled in.

coinguy89

Once at a birthday party, I thought someone stole my standing liberty quarter, but it turned out that when they were looking at it, they dropped it under my desk and it fell back between my desk and my wall. Glad I found it, but alittle disappointed, that it fell on the ground.

ccrdragon

I've never lost a coin, but I lose the paraphenalia all the time. I have a 2 year old daughter that has found more hiding places for my loops, gloves, etc than you can possibly shake a stick at! She is the primary reason that I do not leave coins laying around any where in the house!

jacktheknife

Interesting thread. I was going through my set a few weeks back and realized that a 1930-S in 66RD that was listed was not in my safe. I searched and searched, but couldn't find it. When I had purchased the coin from Heritage I was buying a lot of coins from them. I wondered if it had been overlooked and never even sent to me. I contacted them, but no reply. I even gave them the cert # to see if they could help me figure out where this coin went. No reply. So, needless to say, I no longer have a 30-S listed on my set and I have no idea where the coin resides.

dimples

A year ago I found a capital plastics twentieth century type set in my closet that I had put together 30 years ago. I had thought I sold it 15-20 years ago. It now hangs proudly in my home.

mgoodm3

I lost a bunch of coins when I moved, nothing too valuable, found them 2 years later in a binder that i had forgot i put them in.

Shamika

Great timing.

Just last night I located a box of about 50 raw Lincoln and Jefferson proofs stuck in the top of my bedroom closet upstairs. I haven't a clue how they got up there, but I know I hadn't seen them in at least 2 years. Not in a million years would I have looked thre otherwise.

OHMoneyMan

<< <i>I was going through my collection recently and remembered that I used to have a at least 15 early 18th century coins. This included half cents, large cents, bust coinage, etc... Well I guess i'm out about $150 (today's money). >>



I'm sure you mean 19th century coins, since $150.00 is too cheap for fifteen early 18th century darkside coins.

To answer your question, though, I can't say that I have ever lost track of any of my money, the collectable kind or the spendable kind.

Peace,
OHMoneyMan

au58

I found a slabbed 1881-CC Morgan Dollar while cleaning out my car a couple of months ago. I didn't even know I had misplaced it. All I can come up with is that it must have fallen out of my bag when I had to hit the brakes or something.

Coinerww

i cant find my 1999 proof set.