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ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
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.....after buying a hot dog at a coin show you glance at the change and see a pristine RB 1877 IHC. What would You do??image ****Complication added in thread****
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    ....eat the hot dog.
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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Then, carefully, ask if they have change for a dime.

    Preferably all cents.
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    Alltheabove76Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭
    The last time that occured was at a coin show in 1879.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Eat the hot dog. Having seen the prices of those recently, they are not of interest to me at those levels. In other words I would not pay a 5 figure price for such an item. I'd rather have a really choice copper-nickel "white" cent, an 1864 Bronze and a nice Proof from the 1900s and still have a lot of money left over.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>.....after buying a hot dog at a coin show you glance at the change and see a pristine RB 1877 IHC. What would You do??image >>



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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Then I would dip it in Sriracha sauce. The hot dog, not the coin.
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 23,112 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The last time that occured was at a coin show in 1879. >>



    The hot dog wasn't invented until 1893.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,481 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The last time that occured was at a coin show in 1879. >>



    No actually I saw one circa 2000 that was wonderful.

    This is not a Mint State coin, but I sold this one years ago. It was tad over graded at AU-58, but still nice for a lot less money.

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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,788 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Then I would dip it in Sriracha sauce. The hot dog, not the coin. >>


    The Sriracha sauce might be more scarce than the coin in the near future.

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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,664 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Then I would dip it in Sriracha sauce. The hot dog, not the coin. >>


    The Sriracha sauce might be more scarce than the coin in the near future. >>






    Ain't that the truthimage



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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like Sriracha sauce.. why would it be getting scarce?? Cheers, RickO
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,788 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like Sriracha sauce.. why would it be getting scarce?? Cheers, RickO >>



    The plant in So Cal has been shut down by the courts, after much legal wrangling between the owner and the neighbors. Apparently, the strong small from the factory is somewhat of a nuisance to the neighbors.
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    DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Walk over to PCGS and submit it for grading.
    When in doubt, don't.
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    lostincoinslostincoins Posts: 4,278 ✭
    First I would look at the fethers to see if it was an overseas issue, Then I would order 2 more dogs because I am a big guy, and would of course use the sauce... It is sad that things like that happen. Out here in wisconsin we had a dirt circle track that was there for 50 years people built houses near it then complained about the sound and got it closed down, sad.
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wake up.
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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ask for mustard

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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭
    Look around to see if Scott Travers is at the show. image
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Then I would dip it in Sriracha sauce. The hot dog, not the coin. >>


    The Sriracha sauce might be more scarce than the coin in the near future. >>



    ...image
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    stealerstealer Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I like Sriracha sauce.. why would it be getting scarce?? Cheers, RickO >>



    The plant in So Cal has been shut down by the courts, after much legal wrangling between the owner and the neighbors. Apparently, the strong small from the factory is somewhat of a nuisance to the neighbors. >>


    Fear not. According to my Asian buddies the case has been dropped by the court. Keep chugging image
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    Apparently, the strong smell from the factory is somewhat of a nuisance to the neighbors.

    ...and we certainly wouldn't want to offend!!!!!!!!!!! imageimage
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I like Sriracha sauce.. why would it be getting scarce?? Cheers, RickO >>



    The plant in So Cal has been shut down by the courts, after much legal wrangling between the owner and the neighbors. Apparently, the strong small from the factory is somewhat of a nuisance to the neighbors. >>



    They need to move production to that rock in the Pacific Japan and China are fussin' and a feudin' over!
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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    >>>Walk over to PCGS and submit it for grading. <<<

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would carefully check it to see if there was "COPY" or "MADE IN CHINA" anywhere on it.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trash your hotdog and go across the street for a good lunch. Take a friend. Hell, take a cab. . image
    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I like Sriracha sauce.. why would it be getting scarce?? Cheers, RickO >>



    The plant in So Cal has been shut down by the courts, after much legal wrangling between the owner and the neighbors. Apparently, the strong small from the factory is somewhat of a nuisance to the neighbors. >>

    Not closed just they need to fix the smell there are putting out. They said it will be fixed in the next two or three mo.


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    CoinCastCoinCast Posts: 508 ✭✭✭
    Considering the price of the food at most convention center, you probably still came out behind on the deal. image

    It would be a seriously good find.

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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭
    I'd throw the dog in the trash, sell the coin, and buy a better lunch with the profits. Don't want to end up like Virgil Brand.


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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...I would immediately grab the commercial size bottle of yellow mustard and violently squirt it all over my shirt and pocket-protector (intentionally disguising myself to look like an experianced coin dealer)...then walk and talk the bourse floor till it was sold image

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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK. Two Days Later.. Rick Snow posts reporting an 1877 IHC has "gone missing" from inventory. ..
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,420 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>OK. Two Days Later.. Rick Snow posts reporting an 1877 IHC has "gone missing" from inventory. .. >>



    I would return it to Rick if he has a pic to identify it as being his coin.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yup. But to those who already sold it...you'all got some 'splainin to do.
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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭


    << <i>Yup. But to those who already sold it...you'all got some 'splainin to do. >>

    Why? There's nothing wrong with selling a coin found in the change you received from the purchase of a hot dog.
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    I would clean off the Sriracha sauce and return it to him. If Rick says it is his. I trust him.
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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting side-bar. Within the last few years, ANA received a gift of over 150 1877 1c. . image

    Also, I have no doctoring friends who use sriracha sauce. Watch for a surge in sales after this thread. Law of Unintended Consequences and all that: . image
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting side-bar. Within the last few years, ANA received a gift of over 150 1877 1c. . image

    Also, I have no doctoring friends who use sriracha sauce. Watch for a surge in sales after this thread. Law of Unintended Consequences and all that: . image >>



    Sriracha imparts a wonderful red brown patina to Copper....

    just kidding. just kidding.
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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well say he was in line in front of you at a 7/11 3 miles away and you got that in change, it would be a sure bet that
    it belonged to him................now if he was'nt in line in front of you and you got that in change the odds would be astronomical.

    Now back to the coin show bourse floor and you buy a hot dog and recieve it in change, you have to calculate how many 1877 IHC
    may be in attendance and how many that may or may not have walked through the door x the number of tables x the number in
    attendence and determine the numbers of varibles, such as hot dog sales and estimated consumption of mustard & sriracha sauce.

    With all that worked out I would show the change find to Rick and abide by his determination on whether it was his or not.

    And in the future I would go across the street and buy a cheesburger and avoid (hypothetical) occurances such as these image

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    lostincoinslostincoins Posts: 4,278 ✭
    I am going to his shop the first part of Dec. so I would show it to him to see what he thinks. If he said it was the missing one I would give it back, just how I do things.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hypothetically speaking, I'd use my iPhone to snap a picture, post it here and have everyone guess the grade.
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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭
    I was hoping somebody would explain why "you'all got some 'splainin to do" if I sold a coin I received in change.
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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was hoping somebody would explain why "you'all got some 'splainin to do" if I sold a coin I received in change. >>



    ...I'm pretty sure that I could explain that entire situation to any explanation-seekers with one finger; sky high image

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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭
    Ok- go ahead. I'm listening.
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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Ok- go ahead. I'm listening. >>



    ...my right hand...my middle finger...sky high. Any questions???

    Erik

    Edited to add: just so I am clear...the above would be my own explanation to anyone who would question me for selling a coin that I found in my change.
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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭
    Ok- thanks.
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    michiganboymichiganboy Posts: 1,246 ✭✭
    So is this a hypothetical or real? Either way I would sell it since its not my area of interest.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,420 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So is this a hypothetical or real? Either way I would sell it since its not my area of interest. >>


    The thread title says hypothetical so I'm guessing it's hypothetical.image

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    ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,417 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I like Sriracha sauce.. why would it be getting scarce?? Cheers, RickO >>



    The plant in So Cal has been shut down by the courts, after much legal wrangling between the owner and the neighbors. Apparently, the strong small from the factory is somewhat of a nuisance to the neighbors. >>



    Don't understand why that happened. The City where the plant is based gave them all sorts of financial incentives to set up the plant in their municipality.

    The one I think is funny is that there used to be a four block long area which is downwind, in back of the Scattergood Sewage Treatment Plant in El Segundo, where no housing of any sort was allowed to be built. Five years ago, the area got re-zoned. You now have custom built - expensive - houses built right up to the Scattergood plant's fence. When they let the stink out of the plant at night, these people need to keep the windows of their homes closed.
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,293 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wish people wouldn't always segue away from what a thread is supposedly about...

    Oh well....

    For the "hypothetical", if it is hypothetical it is also not very likely, hence I, personally, don't spend much time thinking about it.
    If it did happen, it is no longer hypothetical and then it could get interesting. However, again, if it is hypothetical it is also unrealistic and not, imho, worth me trying to play a game with.

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    droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The hot dog wasn't invented until 1893. >>



    The idea of serving sausages on rolls predates the 1893 World's Fair. But the term "hot dog" was coined about that time.
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