Ever have to physically defend your coins?

coinmanic

Has anyone tried to steal your coins, where you have had to defend yourself and the coins with a weapon or other means?

a039

I took them back from the dealer after his offer.

tahoe98

<< <i>I took them back from the dealer after his offer. >>




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coinmanic

<< <i>I took them back from the dealer after his offer. >>

dizzyfoxx

<< <i>I took them back from the dealer after his offer. >>



....and was the dealer's eye black & blue?

MrHalfDime

Fortunately I have never had to physically defend myself or my coins, but I was once quite worried that I might have to do so. I attended the FUN Show in Orlando a couple of years ago, and one evening I stayed late for one of the auctions. Well after 11:00 PM I walked out of the convention center (the 'new' one, across the street from the original Orange County Convention Center), and was faced with the long walk back to the hotel across the street. I had with me a considerable value (at least to me) in half dimes for "Show & Tell", plus my purchases from the show. This was no simple walk across the street, however, as anyone who has attended the FUN Show in recent years can attest. The street is International Drive, a four lane highway. The walk totals approximately 2 miles, which I do daily, but usually not at midnight. There is an elevated, covered, and partially lit walkway for most of the distance, but along the way it occured to me that no one knew where I was, and that if anything untoward happened, they would likely find me in one of the dumpsters in the alleys below me. By the time it sunk in that this was perhaps not a good idea, I was about half way to the hotel, so I elected to proceed. Next time I will surely opt for a short but presumably safer taxi ride.

Incidentally, this was the same year that there was an armed robbery of one of the dealers at the Clarion Hotel (?) right in front of the convention center.

RYK

No, I let them fend for themselves.

Hyperion

Lol a039



anyone dumb enough to risk getting stabbed or killed for a piece of metal is pretty foolish, IMHO.


ok, all you crusty, old-man, "I'm as tough now as I was in '42", knuckleheads can come in with your gun stories now!

RWB

No, but several of the gold Stellas got angry with the copper and aluminum Stellas and tried to beat them up. I had to move them to different safe deposit boxes.

ocon4008

One can only hope.....

I haven't shot someone in anger since 1968.

Of course then it was permissible; I was 8 and we were playing cowboys and indians.

notwilight

No but I was unable to defend myself when I was mugged in college. I had no coins with me but lost my high school ring and a few cheap things. In a similar situation I would no expect different results today. --Jerry

Elcontador

The closest thing approaching this that ever happened to me was last year, in Montevideo, Uruguay, two punk kids tried to steal my daypack. I fought with them. They didn't get anything, but it was ugly. I knocked one guy on his a** and I had some stitches on my rt. eyebrow.

lathmach

I have to physically defend my Seated Quarters every time I show my collection to another Seated Quarter collector.

Ray

MrHalfDime

Whenever I meet with other JRCS members, particularly those who collect the Bust halves or Bust dollars, I find myself continually defending myself for collecting "... those itty bitty baby busties", instead of a larger, "real man's coin". I suppose that is not what you really meant, however.

ricko

"ok, all you crusty, old-man, "I'm as tough now as I was in '42", knuckleheads can come in with your gun stories now!"

Ah the metrosexuals have chimed in...... ROFLMFAO..... Cheers, RickO

PerryHall

<< <i>"ok, all you crusty, old-man, "I'm as tough now as I was in '42", knuckleheads can come in with your gun stories now!"

Ah the metrosexuals have chimed in...... ROFLMFAO..... Cheers, RickO >>



Some people just choose to be a victim.

WTCG

<< <i>Fortunately I have never had to physically defend myself or my coins, but I was once quite worried that I might have to do so. I attended the FUN Show in Orlando a couple of years ago, and one evening I stayed late for one of the auctions. Well after 11:00 PM I walked out of the convention center (the 'new' one, across the street from the original Orange County Convention Center), and was faced with the long walk back to the hotel across the street. I had with me a considerable value (at least to me) in half dimes for "Show & Tell", plus my purchases from the show. This was no simple walk across the street, however, as anyone who has attended the FUN Show in recent years can attest. The street is International Drive, a four lane highway. The walk totals approximately 2 miles, which I do daily, but usually not at midnight. There is an elevated, covered, and partially lit walkway for most of the distance, but along the way it occured to me that no one knew where I was, and that if anything untoward happened, they would likely find me in one of the dumpsters in the alleys below me. By the time it sunk in that this was perhaps not a good idea, I was about half way to the hotel, so I elected to proceed. Next time I will surely opt for a short but presumably safer taxi ride.

Incidentally, this was the same year that there was an armed robbery of one of the dealers at the Clarion Hotel (?) right in front of the convention center. >>



Don't take this personally, but the only "danger" encountered during the walk was a product of paranoia. There was no immediate danger since you were never acosted or confronted by another person.

I have walked that same path late at night and aside from it being a little lonely I have never felt any immediate danger.

Bear

Well, there was the time when Mrs Bear

tried to pay the newsboy, with one of my

Brasher Doubloons.

I had to send her to her room, with no

salmon for dinner.

derryb

Only when the wife is looking for some change for the snack machine at work.

cladking

I had a dream once that I was crossing a busy street outside a bank with
a paper bag full of brand new quarters when the bottom split out and they
went everywhere.

Some time later I was crossing a busy street outside a bank and carrying
a large paper bga full of quarters. I remembered the dream and then put
my other hand on the underside of the bag to physically defend them from
spilling all over.

I mean, how many coins are you going to scoop up before the light turns
green or everyone wants to "help".

Cladiator

<< <i>Whenever I meet with other JRCS members, particularly those who collect the Bust halves or Bust dollars, I find myself continually defending myself for collecting "... those itty bitty baby busties", instead of a larger, "real man's coin". I suppose that is not what you really meant, however. >>

Yeah no kidding. Those guys are like the guys with the big giant trucks. You know, compensating for something.

On a more serious note. I stick right next to Barndog at shows and I always feel completely safe

commoncents123

Know what would be an ideal combination? John Doe's Gun and Coin shop. Who would rob it?

TennesseeDave

I have a gun carry permit through the State of TN. because I am a Correctional Officer.If someone tries to steal my silver,they will likely get some lead instead.

ElKevvo

I've had to protect them from my wife who views rolls of coins as rolls of change. She has a couple of times spent stuff that she should not have...like giving the boy across the street my mint wrapped roll of Montana quarters for watching our cat while she was gone. She told me she thought the wrapping was neat.

K

bigMACnoCheese

I had to defend the purchase of 3 St. Gaudens before the purchase of the diamond 3 years later.

I still own them both. My defense wasn't that well understood. Maybe I should have let her touch them.

3 St. Gaudens = $2100 today = $12k
1 Diamond - 10k today = $10k

melvin289

<< <i>Know what would be an ideal combination? John Doe's Gun and Coin shop. Who would rob it? >>



There is a coin and gun shop in Charlotte, NC, I believe the name is Hyatt's.

On another note in keeping with defending one's property. When I was a young Melvin289, a coin dealer once told me that coin shops and coin shows were prime places to be under the srutiny of less than honest people. He said when leaving to always be aware of your surroundings. To see if anyone is watching, following, leaves in a car the same time you do. To watch and see if anyone is following you. They may not do anything then but will know where you live. This was in the late 60's before home security systems and such. In my humble opinion it was and still is good advice. An ounce of prevention......

Ron

IGWT

<< <i>Don't take this personally, but the only "danger" encountered during the walk was a product of paranoia. There was no immediate danger since you were never acosted or confronted by another person.

I have walked that same path late at night and aside from it being a little lonely I have never felt any immediate danger. >>



MrHalfDime's concerns were reasonable given armed robberies in that area in the past. Better safe than sorry, and that's why I take a shuttle bus instead of walking at night. I think that last Jan. FUN was the first when the buses ran late into the night during auctions.

fiveNdime

just once.
took the cops with me too. the ex had kicked me out and they were among the few items i was able to remove (albeit not ALL of them )

the rest had already been spent on drugs...