Why coin dealers cry.....

From the dealer-to-dealer network:
"Went to appraise what is left of a 50 year collection. The old fellow was
confused and had been taking his collection apart, keeping the holders, and
throwing the coins in the garbage. She doesn't know how much he had already
thrown away, but found his complete set of Indian cents empty. That was his
pride and joy. All of his paper money is gone. A good portion of a Morgan set
is gone. A Walker set is gone. What she dug out of the garbage that day was a
set of silver eagles from 1986-2010, half a dozen proof eagles, a couple
dozen Morgans, and some gorgeous full step early Jeffs. That disease is just
messed up."
"Went to appraise what is left of a 50 year collection. The old fellow was
confused and had been taking his collection apart, keeping the holders, and
throwing the coins in the garbage. She doesn't know how much he had already
thrown away, but found his complete set of Indian cents empty. That was his
pride and joy. All of his paper money is gone. A good portion of a Morgan set
is gone. A Walker set is gone. What she dug out of the garbage that day was a
set of silver eagles from 1986-2010, half a dozen proof eagles, a couple
dozen Morgans, and some gorgeous full step early Jeffs. That disease is just
messed up."
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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I feel bad for the person.
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<< <i>Truly unfortunate but if he enjoyed the collection for half a century, what the hell.
Some silver lining is better than none.
Sad story, the decay of the brain as you get older is frightening to think about. I'll take death at 75, please. >>
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<< <i>Truly unfortunate but if he enjoyed the collection for half a century, what the hell.
Some silver lining is better than none.
Sad story, the decay of the brain as you get older is frightening to think about. I'll take death at 75, please. >>
Let's see how you feel once you approach your 74.5 year birthday!
that's life in a nutshell right there.
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<< <i>Truly unfortunate but if he enjoyed the collection for half a century, what the hell.
Some silver lining is better than none.
Sad story, the decay of the brain as you get older is frightening to think about. I'll take death at 75, please. >>
Too bad as I know many folks older than 75 who are intelligent and remain capable people.
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Some silver lining is better than none.
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Even trash can have a silver lining.
This just serves to highlight the fact that nothing lasts forever. Coins suffer
attrition and even our minds can go before our bodies. It's a complicated world
and the only thing that lasts are pyramids.
Very tough disease. My dad had it in the last six months of his life.
Someone digging in the landfill 100 years from now will be very happy.
ticket but often check the "used" tickets they find. It's not unusual to find
winning tickets among them. My theory is some people were born without a
mind and this is one of the reasons lottery sales are so good. I've never heard
of a major score until early last year one friend found lottery tickets falling out
of a bag with an empty six pack. A couple of the tickets were $500 winners!!!
Apparently somebody spent all his money for a chance to make money and con-
solation in the event he lost. He got the consolation as evidenced by the dead
soldiers but missed the fact he won.
Odds are good he needed the money.
The world's a sad place once you weaken.
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RIP Mom- 1932-2012
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<< <i>Truly unfortunate but if he enjoyed the collection for half a century, what the hell.
Some silver lining is better than none.
Sad story, the decay of the brain as you get older is frightening to think about. I'll take death at 75, please. >>
Let's see how you feel once you approach your 74.5 year birthday!
My thoughts exactly.
<< <i>I think the dealer was crying for the wrong reason. >>
Doubtful
I've seen it personally myself. She was often unable to finish a sentence without forgetting the end.
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<< <i>Truly unfortunate but if he enjoyed the collection for half a century, what the hell.
Some silver lining is better than none.
Sad story, the decay of the brain as you get older is frightening to think about. I'll take death at 75, please. >>
Too bad as I know many folks older than 75 who are intelligent and remain capable people. >>
Hey, I resemble that remark.
A bit too early to hang things up at 75!
My father-in-law bought a new car at the age of 87...he's the optimist in the family.
<< <i> Why coin dealers cry..... >>
It makes family and friends cry too. So sad.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
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Was an emotional wreck at a recent grand opening of a local WalMart store.
Where is this at? Time to pull out the detector and find that landfill!
For a period of time, he was transported back in time, and trapped in a POW camp in Yugoslavia. The memories of the experience overloaded his mind and put it all into the present. The guards were upset about something, and they executed the man next to him, and splattered him all over my dad. My dad was only 19 at the time. He was frantic that my brother and I had somehow been captured also and were in the same camp. The camp had been a stable area for the Germans, and the POW's were stored in the stalls. In the hospital bed, he would be writhing in pain from the fleas and bedbugs that were in the straw.
We found that just rubbing a basic cream on him caused his mind to believe the fleas were not biting him anymore.
Thankfully, that passed, and the last 3 days of his life, he was on a cruise ship.
<< <i>My dad lost it shortly before he passed. He had been in the US Army and captured in Northern Italy.
For a period of time, he was transported back in time, and trapped in a POW camp in Yugoslavia. The memories of the experience overloaded his mind and put it all into the present. The guards were upset about something, and they executed the man next to him, and splattered him all over my dad. My dad was only 19 at the time. He was frantic that my brother and I had somehow been captured also and were in the same camp. The camp had been a stable area for the Germans, and the POW's were stored in the stalls. In the hospital bed, he would be writhing in pain from the fleas and bedbugs that were in the straw.
We found that just rubbing a basic cream on him caused his mind to believe the fleas were not biting him anymore.
Thankfully, that passed, and the last 3 days of his life, he was on a cruise ship. >>
If my mind goes, I hope I spend my last three days a big coin show. I also hope I score some really nice coins that I could not afford in real life.
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