Do you own any lost coins? (Updated as I found it!)
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I do, I think/hope. I bought a 1939 Rev 40 Jefferson 5c graded PCGS PR66 back in
October and cannot find it.
I have the paperwork that came with the coin and left positive feedback for the seller,
but did not enter it into my Excel inventory file, nor did I put it away. I track things
pretty carefully and am not in the habit of losing $500 coins. I'm 99% certain it is here
somewhere and has just made it's way into a box, or a pile of paper, or... ???
Any psychics out there that can help?
Ken
Edited to add: Oddly, an identical coin was lost in the mail on it's way to me several
years ago - the only claim I've ever had to file with the post office! It took me a year
before I found another and this coin is a duplicate for my set.
October and cannot find it.
I have the paperwork that came with the coin and left positive feedback for the seller,
but did not enter it into my Excel inventory file, nor did I put it away. I track things
pretty carefully and am not in the habit of losing $500 coins. I'm 99% certain it is here
somewhere and has just made it's way into a box, or a pile of paper, or... ???
Any psychics out there that can help?
Ken
Edited to add: Oddly, an identical coin was lost in the mail on it's way to me several
years ago - the only claim I've ever had to file with the post office! It took me a year
before I found another and this coin is a duplicate for my set.
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I'm going through some end-of-year stuff tonight, so maybe it'll turn up!
Ken
I have cleaned out my safes (at least once a year) and find hidden treasures that I got somewhere placed them in the safe and forgot about them.
About a half a year ago, I also found a small container with a half carat diamond inside that I never knew I had. Good thing I checked it for coins before I threw it out. The diamond now resides in a ring I wear from time to time.
Happily I slabbed a 7% clip of the same date/grade that is now in my set.
Even though I loved the coin I thought I better get rid of it before I really did lose it ... It was my only foreign coin ... I paid over 9K for it ... So, I sent it into the recent HWCA auction ... Not a dark sider I never knew much about the coin or it's history ... I just saw the coin in a shop and loved it from the start ... Imagine jusy buying a coin because you liked it .. Upon reading the write up on the coin by Heritage I said "Wow .. I never knew that" ... Well with the BP it brougt $29K ... I can only tell the new owner of the coin to keep his eyes on it .. It likes to wander off .. for months at a time ...
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Also being a collector of paper money, I often find notes stashed in my reference books. Somewhere I have a scarce star note worth about $200 stuffed in one of my books. That note I'm sure I will find some day...
Collector of US Small Size currency, Atlanta FRNs, and Georgia nationals since 1977. Researcher of small size US type - seeking serial number data for all FRN star notes, Series 1928 to 1934-D. Life member SPMC.
Now at PCGS for crossover.
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1938 - 1964 Proof Jeffersons w/ Varieties
<< <i>Do you own any lost coins? >>
Ha.
At any given time, about one or two percent of my numismatic holdings count as "lost" (as in "misplaced somewhere").
Usually they turn up later, but once in a while, one gets schlurped into the Twilight Zone.
There's hope in sight for me now, however, since I will have some workshop space at our new location, instead of having to work out of the living room of our too-tiny mobile home. (With my own space, I'll be able to be a bit more organized...hopefully). We bought an acre of land in November and are gradually getting settled- there is a nice sturdy outbuilding on the site that's already wired for electricity and all- the previous owner used it for a toolshed/workshop. I just gotta finish the interior and I'll have myself a mini-coinshop on the premises.
As a consolation for some of the lost coins of mine over the years that stayed lost in the Twilight Zone, I do have a pretty good-sized collection of "found" coins
(those which were lost by others and found by me, thanks to a certain handy electronic device).
A year later I found it in the pocket of the jacket that I keep in my desk at work for when it's cold in the office.
It's been driving me nuts, not knowing where it was. Apparently, I must have
received it the day I departed for a camping trip in October and placed it in a
secure pocket of my trusty black "coin show bag", which I took on the camping
trip that weekend (filled with other stuff). I was going to show the coin to my
brother, but just forgot about it - for 5 months!
Ken
Ya that bad I would miss that many but you have to understand the seat was eletric and the motor was about a half an inch off the floor so I couldnt fit my fingers very far under it. I just though I dropped them or forgot them. The best one was the orange and red streaked toned 1950D Unc I picked up for 10$ and sold last year for 80$
Byron
My first YOU SUCK on May 6 2005
when I cleaned out a car top sell.
Steve
It happens periodically unless you are extremely organized.
In my case most misplaced coins fall in the raw category ( awaiting disposition) and they are in hideaway places.
Occassionally, I put a coin in inventory before its arrival from auction or dealer and forget to remove it if it is returned or does not arrive ( auction error). I periodically review my inventory against my collection. Valuable coins are kept in the SD box.
I suggest that you code your inventory ( presuming you have one) for location. It is amazing how memories fade.
If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!