A difficult-to-believe, but true (and hopefully entertaining) story about reholdering coins....
coinguy1
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I believe I relayed this story once before, long ago, but another thread I just read made me think about it again and I thought it might make for fun reading......
When I was still grading at NGC, I received a phone call from a guy who said he wanted to send some NGC coins in for reholdering, because allegedly, the holders had gotten heated and warped in his barbecue grill.
I'd heard some unusual reasons/excuses for reholdering before, but nothing quite like that. I was curious to see if he was telling the truth, and if so, how it happened.
The coins arrived........
The holders were badly warped, discolored and smelled strongly of smoke, but the coins looked fine.
It seems that he kept his coins hidden in his barbecue grill.
It also seems that his wife, who was aware of that fact, got (presumably very) mad at him one day and decided to have a cookout .
When I was still grading at NGC, I received a phone call from a guy who said he wanted to send some NGC coins in for reholdering, because allegedly, the holders had gotten heated and warped in his barbecue grill.
I'd heard some unusual reasons/excuses for reholdering before, but nothing quite like that. I was curious to see if he was telling the truth, and if so, how it happened.
The coins arrived........
The holders were badly warped, discolored and smelled strongly of smoke, but the coins looked fine.
It seems that he kept his coins hidden in his barbecue grill.
It also seems that his wife, who was aware of that fact, got (presumably very) mad at him one day and decided to have a cookout .
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<-- runs to retrieve coins hidden in toilet tank
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.
Mark,
Thats call,Turning up the heat.
Brian
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Really fast.
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Becasue its worth it.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
So far, my wife has only thrown my jigsaw down the basement stairs, breaking it. So I got a better , more costly model. She is very scary! Am I an abused husband?
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
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Luckily, snakes can't hear a dang thing!
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
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Never want to be like papa
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<< <i>So... I am not alone! Everytime my wife gets truly peeved about something she perceives I have damaged, she threatens harm to my coins. I suspect that is why Alan Hager (Cursed be his name) invented the slab!
So far, my wife has only thrown my jigsaw down the basement stairs, breaking it. So I got a better , more costly model. She is very scary! Am I an abused husband?
Yes, you are. At least she didn't hit you with the jigsaw!
<< <i>Great story, but why would anyone try to hide coins on a grill? >>
If you were a burgler, where is the LAST place you would look for coins? (Well before reading this story! Hahaha!)
Jonathan
jom
God I'm gonna miss her.
<< <i>I don't think a grill is a good place to hide coins... >>
Ya think? lol
<< <i>My wife says if I buy any more coins, she's leaving me. >>
Well, now's your chance.
jom
About 7 years ago I was playing chess with my wife and was just dominating her. I was being a poor winner and laughing about it. She took that chess board and threw it across the room. We were still finding pieces under furniture for years and she still won't play chess with me.
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who do not.
I just went home to disconnect my BBQ unit.
Go that way.
Really fast.
If something gets in your way, turn.
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<< <i>Great story, but why would anyone try to hide coins on a grill? >>
If you were a burgler, where is the LAST place you would look for coins? (Well before reading this story! Hahaha!)
Jonathan >>
what if you were the HAMburgler?
The guy heard that heat can tone coins, he thinks hmmm, maybe if I just war them up a bit I can get the coins to turn a nice coler inthis NGC holder and make a little more money when I sell them...ooops I F$@!#d up, I warped the cases, not what am I going to do, I know I'll make up some lame ash story about hiding them in my grill and a mad girlfriend and see if can convince the people at NGC to reholder them for me, thank god the coins are ok, if my girlfriend finds out I did this she'll surely know I'm an idiot now..
Wives should not be threatening your property because she gets angry with you- how incredibly childish is that???
That's worse then the guy who took was looking at this slabs while taking a bath and found out they're not really all that waterproof.
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