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Have You Ever Lost, Or Mis-placed A Coin?

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I was putting together some of the latest purchases to take to the bank and put in the safe deposit box and couldn't find a coin. I had mis-placed a 1966 MS-67 Kennedy SMS Half. Not that expensive but a nice coin. I looked everywhere. Finally found it in a shipping box with a Vermont Commem I had bought. Had me worried for a while. I have never done anything like that before.
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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup. Sounds like a near impossible task but it happened twice to me. I had them out to image for eBay & since I was selling them didn't feel like going through the
    hassle to secure them just to unsecure them in a few days to mail them off. So, I hid them in my office & ultimately forgot where. Eventually I located them in time to ship. image

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • slipgateslipgate Posts: 2,301 ✭✭
    I swear I had a BU Oregon trail commemorative at one time, but I can't find it anywhere.
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭


    << <i>I swear I had a BU Oregon trail commemorative at one time, but I can't find it anywhere. >>





    Yes, an 1851-O silver three cent piece. Put it down somewhere on a table or arm of a chair and never found it again.
  • crispycrispy Posts: 792 ✭✭✭


    I had an 1883 dime (VF/XF) from Hawaii of which I misplaced.
    I did relocate it but it was half a year later and I had given it up for lost.


    "to you, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich..."
  • curlycurly Posts: 2,880 ✭
    I was tearing out some cabinets in an old house that I once owned and I found a 1915 Lincoln. It was a beauty with a ton of luster. I laid it on my fireplace mantle to look at it later and I haven't seen it since. I often wonder where it ran off to.
    Every man is a self made man.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am missing an XF/AU 1892 Columbian Commem from my father's collection.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • WorldTypeSetWorldTypeSet Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭
    Lost a Canadian 1910 nickel, it had fallen down behind some Proof Sets. Didn't find it until after I'd bought a replacement. Now I have two image
    Paul

    My World Coin Type Set
  • Freak1cFreak1c Posts: 714
    Yes ! I could not find my 1874 3 dollar princess for almost a week. I had to go to the bank several times and also check at home just in case it was there. It finally showed up. I must have lost a couple pounds through that.

    Freakimage
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Yes. I had a couple of raw 3-cent silver pieces a few years ago (I'd call both of them AU-58 details, lightly cleaned, net 50). I haven't seen them since we moved in 2003, so I'm afraid I may have accidentally thrown them out in the housecleaning while preparing for the move. Either that or they're in a pile of stuff in a box somewhere in the garage or in the closet, waiting to be found again...
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    I misplaced a couple holed bust halves and have been tearing up the place trying to find them lately (I don't really need them, it just bugs me so much that I could have misplaced them).
    Mr. Thigpen

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,924 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a fairly famous story amoung my coin dealer friends, but
    in June of 1986 (about 5 months after PCGS started up), I
    THREW AWAY in my vault-room tall trash can, one of the
    very first graded:

    1879 $4 Stella PCGS PR-65 !!!


    I assume the coin would be at least a point higher today, if not two.

    Also, it was a customers coin, and we paid him a bit over the fair market
    value for it at the time: $65,000 - ( paid him within 5 days of it missing )
    - we went thru lie detectors, police report, insurance report (they don't pay on
    "mysterious dissapearance")......


    It was my fault, and the only thing that made the pain go away was paying
    the customer immediately, and not dragging it out over 6 + months - which
    the customer offered us - but we wanted to pay for immediately, and get over
    it, and get on with business

    Am I close to the top value for "Tosser's??


    Fred
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    This is a subject that none of us should admit to, and certainly nothing to be proud of. As long as we agree that this is just between us, I can admit to suffering such a lapse of memory. In March of 1991, I entered an 1837 V2 No Stars Liberty Seated half dime into my database, and thus presumably into my collection, but it has not been seen since. I have no other record, such as from whom I purchased it, how much I paid, or the grade, yet I do have the specific information entered that it was an 1837 V2 (Large Date) Liberty Seated half dime. I honestly do not know if I actually had the coin and misplaced it, or if it never existed. The Navy used to say that the only thing worse than losing a piece of Uncle Sam's equipment was finding it again after the paperwork was processed. Maybe if I delete it from my database, it will turn up. image
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭


    << <i>It's a fairly famous story amoung my coin dealer friends, but
    in June of 1986 (about 5 months after PCGS started up), I
    THREW AWAY in my vault-room tall trash can, one of the
    very first graded:

    1879 $4 Stella PCGS PR-65 !!!


    I assume the coin would be at least a point higher today, if not two.

    Also, it was a customers coin, and we paid him a bit over the fair market
    value for it at the time: $65,000 - ( paid him within 5 days of it missing )
    - we went thru lie detectors, police report, insurance report (they don't pay on
    "mysterious dissapearance")......


    It was my fault, and the only thing that made the pain go away was paying
    the customer immediately, and not dragging it out over 6 + months - which
    the customer offered us - but we wanted to pay for immediately, and get over
    it, and get on with business

    Am I close to the top value for "Tosser's??


    Fred >>



    Ok, you win.
    Mr. Thigpen

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ouch!
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I lost my pocket piece. Found it in the couch about 6 months later.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Then, there's the story of the $150,000 gold coin that was misplaced in a golf shoe.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It's a fairly famous story amoung my coin dealer friends, but in June of 1986 (about 5 months after PCGS started up), I THREW AWAY in my vault-room tall trash can, one of the very first graded: 1879 $4 Stella PCGS PR-65 !!! >>



    Where was the landfill where the trash in this office went?

    The "Gold Rush" is on!!!!!
  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    I have never lost or misplaced a coin. I misplaced my loupe for a few days and that drove me nuts.
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    I doubt anyone is going to top Fred's story. That would make me cry. Should that coin come off the pop report? image

    I haven't lost any, but a couple years ago I bought a coin from a board member who then couldn't find it to send to me. We were exchanging emails daily and I could tell he was getting a little frantic but he found it after about a week of searching.

    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.

  • TahoeDaleTahoeDale Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭
    I feel for all of you, intensely, but it does make me feel better.

    Lost/forgot about a small piece of luggage in a taxi, on the way to airport from LV show last October. It contained 2 coins I had picked up at the show--

    1912-D lib nickel in MS 66, and 1902 Barber half in MS 66. I called all the cab companies, as I did not know the name of the one we traveled in, but no response. The nickel is NGC, and toned. The Barber half is blast white, and PCGS graded.

    Then, this year, I was going thru my inventory, and saw a reeded edge half on the list that I had not seen in over a year. Scoured the house, and emptied 3 safe deposit boxes, and still no coin.

    I had consigned the coin to a dealer in June, but he showed me where he had returned it unsold. Then, at December Baltimore show, I saw one that looked like mine, in a dealer's case. I asked to see it, and sure enough, it was my coin.

    The dealer told me I had consigned it several months ago.

    Maybe we need to put holes in all our coins, and string them around our necksimage
    TahoeDale
  • MORGANHUNTER2MORGANHUNTER2 Posts: 4,473 ✭
    I once left a brand spanking new $100.00 on the bar in my house, went to the garage to work, came back in, saw the bill gone, asked wife where da money, she looked ? at me said what money...


    That was last week- and it has happened 3 other times, I'm beginning to wonder which animal can get into the bar and grab 100 dollar bills.

    I still think it's the wife, and I'm still out 400.00



  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304


    << <i>I once left a brand spanking new $100.00 on the bar in my house, went to the garage to work, came back in, saw the bill gone, asked wife where da money, she looked ? at me said what money... >>



    image !! Don't mess with that animal....I'd wager those hundred dollar bills turned into several nice pairs of shoes...but that is of course mere speculation on my part :0)
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,924 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Simi Valley Trash Dump, north of my office,
    in the San Fernando Valley.............................

    It's been there now for almost 20 Years !!

    I do have a PCGS color photo of the coin, in the
    original 1st Generation holder; had them send me
    a photo of the coin just in case it was stolen and
    it showed up; but it turns out I threw it away......

    Fred
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    LordMinivan is probably firing up the detector and heading for the Simi Valley Trash Dump as we speak.image
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  • LALASD4LALASD4 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭
    Yes, and they are still missing!
    Coin Collector, Chicken Owner, Licensed Tax Preparer & Insurance Broker/Agent.
    San Diego, CA


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  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I am pretty organized, but I still lost a few coins over the years of collecting. The only raw coin I lost turned out that I sold the coin and forget to remove it from my database.image

    None of the encapsulated coins I lost have ever been found. Only coins I ever lost were XF/AU Capped Bust Half Dollars. My guess is that I forgot to remove them from my database when I sold them, but...image

    After reading about Fred W's loss I feel a lot better about my own situation.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>
    I do have a PCGS color photo of the coin, in the
    original 1st Generation holder; had them send me
    a photo of the coin just in case it was stolen and
    it showed up; but it turns out I threw it away......

    Fred >>



    Fred,

    I am never sending you another coin EVER AGAIN. image

    I threw away a couple of nice Lincoln clips, a 1915-S and a 1936-S, which I was going to trade someone. I have a scan of four coins, I'd asked him to pick which two he wanted, put the two rejects back in my collection, and never found the two to send.

    I've also misplaced a 1938 Jefferson proof which I cherrypicked at a show as a busines strike, and a very rare 2-cent RPD in VF. My cost on them both was maybe $10, book value is much higher, and the agony I've endured searching two houses for them is...


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • morganbarbermorganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
    I could not find my most valuable coin, a PCGS 1885-CC Morgan in 63PL for weeks. I knew I wouldn't lose it, and There have been workman in the house. I was sure that I wouldn't even leave it out. Last week I found it in one of those darned "special places" where you put things so "you will always know where they are".
    I collect circulated U.S. silver
  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have friggin coins stashed everywhere in several locations.......never lose it all I figure !
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  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭
    The last time I did an inventory was 1/28/2005 and all these came up missing.
    The 1999 Silver Proof set I remember I returned because of some toning ( I wish now I kept it since they go for over $300)
    The rest were probably proof sets I cracked opened to submit something from and didn't update my records.

    I did lose a cameo Franklin I was going to submit a few months ago. It was on my desk, but I could never find it and even dug through the trash looking for it.

    0.00 1957-P Proof Set in blue set 11/7/2004 21.12 0.00 -21.12 HOME
    0.00 1958-P Proof Set in plastic Holder 11/7/2004 28.91 0.00 -28.91 HOME
    0.00 1959-P Proof Set with CAMEO Quarter 11/7/2004 18.61 0.00 -18.61 HOME
    0.00 1960-P Proof Set in holder with Cam 5 PR 10/31/2004 27.00 16.00 -11.00 HOME
    0.00 1961-P Silver Proof Set in Plastic Ho 11/2/2004 7.50 0.00 -7.50 HOME
    0.00 1963-P Proof Set in Capitol Holder 1, PR 5/21/2004 8.32 0.00 -8.32 HOME
    0.00 1963-P Proof Set in Whitman holder 11/21/2004 9.75 0.00 -9.75 HOME
    0.00 1964-P Unopened Proof Set 12/5/2004 12.57 0.00 -12.57 HOME
    0.00 1964-P Unopened Proof Set 11/21/2004 9.12 0.00 -9.12 HOME
    0.00 1964-P Unopened Proof Set PR 10/31/2004 12.95 0.00 -12.95 HOME
    0.00 1967- SMS Set 11/21/2004 9.40 0.00 -9.40 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/23/2004 11.91 0.00 -11.91 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/19/2004 9.35 0.00 -9.35 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 10/25/2004 8.94 7.00 -1.94 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/14/2004 8.33 0.00 -8.33 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 12/19/2004 7.88 0.00 -7.88 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 12/8/2004 6.68 0.00 -6.68 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/14/2004 6.07 0.00 -6.07 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/18/2004 5.99 0.00 -5.99 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/19/2004 5.73 0.00 -5.73 HOME
    0.00 1969-S Proof Set 11/15/2004 5.50 7.00 1.50 HOME
    0.00 1972-S Proof Set 10/28/2004 8.77 0.00 -8.77 HOME
    0.00 1972-S Proof Set 12/19/2004 3.80 0.00 -3.80 HOME
    0.00 1973-S Proof Set 11/19/2004 6.58 0.00 -6.58 HOME
    0.00 1974-S Proof Set 12/14/2004 6.84 0.00 -6.84 HOME
    0.00 1979-S Proof Set 0.00 0.00 0.00 HOME
    0.00 1979-S Proof Set PR 10/31/2004 7.87 0.00 -7.87 HOME
    0.00 1993-S Proof Set PR 1/20/2003 14.56 22.00 7.44 HOME
    0.00 1994-S Proof Set Silver PR 1/16/2003 34.99 42.00 7.01 HOME
    0.00 1996-S Proof Set PR 1/20/2003 14.55 12.00 -2.55 HOME
    0.00 1999-S Silver Proof Set PR69DCAM 3/22/2004 249.13 240.00 -9.13 HOME
    0.00 2000-S Proof Set Silver PR 12/26/2002 34.16 45.00 10.84 HOME
    0.00 2001-S Proof Set Clad 25c 2/27/2002 22.00 22.00 0.00 HOME
    0.00 2001-S Proof Set Silver 1/6/2003 90.00 75.00 -15.00 HOME
    0.00 2002-S Proof Set Clad PR 3/19/2003 20.30 30.00 9.70 HOME
    0.00 2002-S Proof Set Silver PR 12/31/2002 33.20 75.00 41.80 HOME
    0.00 2003-S Proof Set Silver (No quarters) PR 9/23/2003 16.38 15.00 -1.38 HOME
    0.00 2003-S Silver Proof Set PR69DCAM 3/30/2004 31.95 40.00 8.05 HOME
    0.25 2003-S 50 State Quarters Clad Proof S 6/18/2003 10.13 20.00 9.87 HOME
    0.25 2003-S 50 State Quarters Clad Proof S 6/18/2003 10.13 20.00 9.87 HOME
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Another one I remember - a Missouri civil war era banknote. I'm sure it is in the computer room somewhere
    but I just don't know where. Been missing for a few years now. I have looked in all the logical places without success. I'm sure it is just mixed up with some papers somewhere. (yes the room is a mess) image
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Relayer, don't be surprised if you see a Tree following you around--------BigE
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  • MikeJessie1MikeJessie1 Posts: 374
    Somewhere around here I have a 1999 silver proof set I cant findimage
    How much for that one
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Went looking for my South Africa proof set last week and the darn thing has walked off. More than likely other stuff took a strool with it also. I hope to find it quicker than the Lincoln Book that took 15 years to find.

    Ken
  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    It would be difficult to top Fred Weinberg's story, but perhaps it is appropriate here to retell a tragic and heartbreaking anecdote of the loss of a very rare coin. Since it happened to others, I will not mention any names to protect the innocent (or embarassed).

    When the 1837 LM-3/V5 Capped Bust half dime was first discovered, the 'discoverer' wanted to share his incredible find with other half dime specialists. The discovery coin was carefully brought to a major show where the other collectors would be gathered, and it was studied and discussed over dinner. After the meal, the group left the restaurant and began to walk back to the hotel, at which time the owner of the coin realized that he had inadvertently left it at the restaurant! He ran back to the eatery and was horrified to see the table cleaned and set for the next diner. He asked the maitre de, the waitress, and the bus boy, but no one admitted seeing the coin. Perhaps they thought it was some kind of tip. A reward was offered, plus a great deal of pleading and whining, but the discovery coin was never retrieved. Later, a few additional examples were discovered, but the coin remains an R6 today, with fewer than 20 examples known.
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,233 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It would be difficult to top Fred Weinberg's story, but perhaps it is appropriate here to retell a tragic and heartbreaking anecdote of the loss of a very rare coin. Since it happened to others, I will not mention any names to protect the innocent (or embarassed).

    When the 1837 LM-3/V5 Capped Bust half dime was first discovered, the 'discoverer' wanted to share his incredible find with other half dime specialists. The discovery coin was carefully brought to a major show where the other collectors would be gathered, and it was studied and discussed over dinner. After the meal, the group left the restaurant and began to walk back to the hotel, at which time the owner of the coin realized that he had inadvertently left it at the restaurant! He ran back to the eatery and was horrified to see the table cleaned and set for the next diner. He asked the maitre de, the waitress, and the bus boy, but no one admitted seeing the coin. Perhaps they thought it was some kind of tip. A reward was offered, plus a great deal of pleading and whining, but the discovery coin was never retrieved. Later, a few additional examples were discovered, but the coin remains an R6 today, with fewer than 20 examples known. >>

    Ouch. Almost makes me cry.
  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭


    << <i> I THREW AWAY in my vault-room tall trash can, one of the
    very first graded:

    1879 $4 Stella PCGS PR-65 !!!
    >>



    Reading that made my stomach hurt.
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  • coinnut86coinnut86 Posts: 1,592 ✭✭✭
    I was always told that my uncle bought me my birth year (1986) proof set, except I could never find it. But since I never ever saw it, I think the story was made up so I didn't feel "left out" since all of my sibblings got one. And since I never saw it, I never really lost it, and so I bought one late last year image
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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've lost or misplaced or have sent coins to the wrong buyer. I have had checks and money orders appear that I forgot to cash or send or I would have forgotten to send a refund............I really don't want to go into much detail about them. If I did, people would think I was looney or something. But all in all, I have been very fortunate to have dealt with some very understanding, great people over the years.

    Leo

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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just found one of my personal trinkets that was put in the wrong box. See my I found it! post.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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    I once found a 1984 Lincoln DDO cherry picking from my change jar and got it mixed with the ones that I was rolling and did not realize it until after I had taken the rolls to the bank.image Hopefully, it made it to another collector....... -Dan
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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    I had an original 1938 proof set disappear for several years once. And I walked off and left a William the Conqueror penny in my hotel room one year after the Chicago International show.
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    I tore the house apart looking for the 1921 Walker my wife gave me for a Christmas gift. I didn't have a clue as to where I put it. It just showed up one day when I wasn't looking any longer. I had slid down next to a stack of paper. As the stack became smaller the coin was found. Don't you just hate when that happens.

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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    One particularly strong buying month, the lots I won and paid for immediately in a public auction had not been delivered to me. I was going nuts trying to find them among several safe deposit boxes. When I noted I had made no assessment notes on them and no VAM numbers assigned in my spreadsheet, I concluded that I had not received them. When I ccalled the auctioneer, I got a big Whoops. It had been the better part of a year and they had them sitting in their limbo.
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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,344 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have lost several over the last 40 or so years.
    All but two have shown up. I'll find them some day.image
    Larry

  • RedTigerRedTiger Posts: 5,608 ✭
    One lost coin that bugs me is a love token on a seated dime. Tonight I was looking for a small portable electric space heater. Not there. The missing heater is more distressing, because it is chilly tonight, and it is the size of a three big phone books. It happens often enough, hopefully both the love token and the heater will show up before h*ll freezes over.
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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    misplaced yes but just for a short while
  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No coins of note, no, but I just had a big "whoops" with my safe deposit box keys. The bank had changed my box on me, and I hadn't even separated the two keys yet, and they slipped between the outer fabric & the lining of my coat. I spent the weekend tearing apart my house & cars looking for them, as I'd already sold & taken payment for a number of things inside. I was ready to have the bank drill the box when I found them.
    mirabela
  • SmallSizedGuySmallSizedGuy Posts: 503 ✭✭✭
    Items I have misplaced over the years:

    $1 1878 8TF MS-64ish
    $1 1880-CC Rev 78 MS-63ish

    I had these set aside to send in for grading. Lost them about 10 years ago. I have no clue where I put them.

    I also collect paper money and have misplaced two nice notes. Lost them about 3 years ago, and I'm still looking for them.
    Jim Hodgson



    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.



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