I was on the airplane, quietly reading my QDB Commemorative Encyclopedia....

Longacre

... when the flight attendant says to me, "hey, I have a bunch of those Bicentennial quarters. Are they worth anything?". Well, I was going to laugh and snicker, and make a snide remark about "damn moderns". However, Longacre is no fool. I knew that this lady was the only person standing between me and the free flowing cabernet sauvignon at 35,000 feet. So I gritted my teeth, tried to smile, and replied, "those coins are pretty common due to the high mintages and the fact that so many people tended to save them; I don't think they're worth more than face value."

Then she mentioned that she had an "old silver dollar that her mother gave her" from the 1800's. She said that someone told her it was only worth a few dollars, and that she couldn't believe that something so old would have so little value. I gave her one of my best sympathetic looks, and I told her that I understood, but some some silver dollars are just not worth much. Throughout the flight, she always seemed to be interested in what page I was reading in the book.

PS. I think being nice paid off. She gave me the last hot fudge sundae.

curly

There ya go, nothing wrong with being nice to people.

DNADave

Rekon that ever happens to Cammie?

Barry

<< <i>There ya go, nothing wrong with being nice to people. >>


That's because he didn't go to dealer school

Barndog

Thanks again for another interesting story, Mr. Bowers.

RYK

I have now heard it all:

Longacre is reading coin books in public to attract babes...and he scored (a hot fudge sundae)! If Mrs. Longacre finds out about this, he might have to find a less cool hobby.

xbob

In my more casual collecting days I put aside Bicentennial quarters. So did my mother and grandfather for me. I had about 700 of them and noticed circulated rolls going for almost double on eBay. So I guess some people do save them just because they're different. Or they are looking for a doubled die for that year.

When I got back into "real" collecting coins, I put mine on eBay. I got about 1.5X face so I guess that's not bad for circulated modern coins. I did search them first. No DD's.

ColonialCoinUnion

I don't mind reading a coin book when I'm in a window seat, but I've always been self-conscious reading one on the aisle.

Coinhusker1

<< <i>...
PS. I think being nice paid off. She gave me the last hot fudge sundae. >>



Man, flying first class must really suck.

cointagious

<< <i>I have now heard it all:

Longacre is reading coin books in public to attract babes...and he scored (a hot fudge sundae)! If Mrs. Longacre finds out about this, he might have to find a less cool hobby. >>

mozeppa

<< <i>I have now heard it all:

Longacre is reading coin books in public to attract babes...and he scored (a hot fudge sundae)! If Mrs. Longacre finds out about this, he might have to find a less cool hobby. >>




as quoted by RYK ...(while he pushes his glasses with the tape in the middle back up and adjusts his pocket protector)

crispy

<< <i>I have now heard it all:

Longacre is reading coin books in public to attract babes...and he scored (a hot fudge sundae)! If Mrs. Longacre finds out about this, he might have to find a less cool hobby. >>





I wish I'd known this would have worked when I was single.

Perhaps an "I'm a Top Pop" tee shirt.

AgMe

<< <i>

<< <i>I have now heard it all:

Longacre is reading coin books in public to attract babes...and he scored (a hot fudge sundae)! If Mrs. Longacre finds out about this, he might have to find a less cool hobby. >>





I wish I'd known this would have worked when I was single.

Perhaps an "I'm a Top Pop" tee shirt. >>

Millertime

I think he skipped the part about joining the mile high club.

ziggy29

<< <i>Then she mentioned that she had an "old silver dollar that her mother gave her" from the 1800's. She said that someone told her it was only worth a few dollars, and that she couldn't believe that something so old would have so little value. I gave her one of my best sympathetic looks, and I told her that I understood, but some some silver dollars are just not worth much. Throughout the flight, she always seemed to be interested in what page I was reading in the book. >>

How do we know that "someone" wasn't an unscrupulous dealer trying to rip an 1893-S for common-date Morgan money?

pharmer

I'm surprised the TSA even let a devout, practicing Bowersite iman to fly, much less with such a captivating tome sure to bring flight attendants to a swooning standstill. They need to keep a closer eye on these fringe religions.

VTCoins

How do we know that "someone" wasn't an unscrupulous dealer trying to rip an 1893-S for common-date Morgan money?

Or an unscrupulous collector?

mgoodm3

<< <i>I think he skipped the part about joining the mile high club. >>




Come on, we're talking coin collecting here. We have to take baby steps. We must embrace the extra hot fudge sunday, maybe tomorrow an extra moist towelette.

RYK

<< I think he skipped the part about joining the mile high club. >>

Come on, we're talking coin collecting here. We have to take baby steps. We must embrace the extra hot fudge sunday, maybe tomorrow an extra moist towelette.

And on the return trip, exchanging unopened proof sets?

Longacre

You guys are BAD. It was just a hot fudge sundae, honest.

PS. I can just imagine the babes that QDB gets... he WROTE the book.

Millertime

<< <i><< I think he skipped the part about joining the mile high club. >>

Come on, we're talking coin collecting here. We have to take baby steps. We must embrace the extra hot fudge sunday, maybe tomorrow an extra moist towelette.

And on the return trip, exchanging unopened proof sets? >>



Exchanging something anyways.