Back when I was like 12 I had my mother order me a 2000 proof and mint set. When they came in the mail they sat on my moms desk and she told me to get them. I took out the proof set to look at it forgetting about the mint set and then a few days later I remembered it and I couldnt find it anywhere. My mom said she would pay to replace it but I never got a new one. Oh well.
I misplaced a 1972 DD cent.It has been missing for a year and a half.
1997 Matte Nickel strike thru U "Error Collector- I Love Dem Crazy Coins" "Money, what is money? It is loaned to a man; he comes into the world with nothing and he leaves with nothing." Billy Durant. Founder of General Motors. He died a pauper.
Yes, many times. Anything of value is in the SDB. I try to be careful with unslabed coins. I was away on business this weekend and my wife took all the coins on my desk to the grocery store. Hopefully they were just my pocket change.
When I was working at ANACS in the early 80s, I dropped a three cent silver piece. I called somebody over to look behind me to make sure I did not roll back over it, then pushed back and started looking for it. Couldn't find it. Had Mike Fahey help me look. We couldn't find it. Moved furniture around and still could not find it. Figured it might have gone down between the edge of the carpet of the wall, and started to figure out how to pull up wall-to-wall carpeting. Said the heck with it and went to lunch. Drove home and ate, worrying about it. Drove back to headquarters and looked some more. No luck. Somebody suggested that I look in my shoes. No dice. While putting my shoes back on, I thought to look in my pant cuffs. Bingo. TD (Will somebody please explain to the young'uns what pants cuffs are?)
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.
<< <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 >>
That's quite a whopper Fred and one that's tough to beat. If it was two grades higher at a PCGS PR-67 today, the price list shows a cool $1m.
My 1909D Half Eagle disappeared a couple of years ago.... searched and searched for it..... about six months ago, I pulled out a storage box of ammuntion to look for a specific caliber I had stored... while moving the small boxes - there it was....how it got there, I have no idea. Cheers, RickO
I have been missing a $5 Indian for several years. I had it out of the bank before we were going to take a trip to Florida. I hid it somewhere in the house and have not seen it since. I really hid it good!
Yes, and it still haunts me! I had a beautifully toned raw 1853 3 cent silver piece in MS64 or better. It flat disappeared and I have never seen one I liked as well as that one AND I was only invested in it at $95. I hope no one snarfed it from me during a coin show and tell. It probably fell into the cushion of a recliner I had, which I replaced before I knew the coin was gone. Grrr! Pete
"Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet." Louis Armstrong
<< <i>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. >>
Not if I find it.
Many times.
I accidentally spent an error coin once that I was supposed to ebay for my dad. I am o' so disorganized. I just put it on my desk and when I went to out to breakfast the next morning, I saw this ugly looking SBA dollar on my desk and decided to take it along for a tip. I did not realize what had happened until I returned and looked for the coin. It was a 980 SBA dollar(The 1 in the date was completely not there because of grease on the die. Only a $20-$50 coin I think, but just the fact that I spent it irked me for a long time.
Out of a $1000 bag of junk silver dimes I found a 1916-D in AG and a 1942/1 in VF. Somehow they inadvertently got tossed back into a bag of junk silver. Took a couple of days of looking through some bags, but we did find them.
And I agree, Fred wins.
I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector. Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
About 8 years ago, common silver coins went missing from my desk. I had 8 or 10 and over a couple of weeks they were gone. I keep a couple of credit cards on the desk and they disappeared as well.
Getting concerned, I started searching and found everything in a neat pile on the floor between my desk and the closet. Seems that my new kitten "Fester" had a penchant for any small item on my desk.
I found the raw 1877 20c about 6 months later. Dust bunny farm behind the stove. .
chump change .
One fall evening, while not totally in touch with all my mental faculties due to preparations for an Electric Hot Tuna concert (with G.E. Smith) at the Beacon in NYC, I stashed a raw MS63 1796 25c in my apartment because I couldn't get to the bank first.
Sat AM . . . . . .
But I had not thrown out my garbage. .
Now I only have 1,000 sq.ft. and 7 standard stash locations. Take it from a pro. No one's gonna want to stick their arm into two weeks of "pending" underwear. I know that's an image that may take a while to fade, but this is for the greater good. .
5 days later I got up the courage to call my partner. I had only checked the freezer three times by then. Drawers had come out of dressers TWICE. Ad nauseum and truly deeply physically nauseating.
His voice firm and strong over the pretty-well-quelled quavering, he reassures me and reminds me of the coin weenie's mantra "It'll turn up. It'll turn up. It'll turn up"
Seven week later, home end-of-FUN Saturday night, my honey comes over for pizza, chocolate-dipped strawberries and champagne. The next morning the pizza is on its way into the microwave, and as I take the next-to-last plate off the stack, the '96 gleams on the bottom one.
The coin...? 100K. The chest bump my partner and his tablemate shared that I could hear all the way from FLA...? Priceless. .
CHUMP CHANGE!!!!!!!
Ken Bressett tells of visiting at the home of an old friend, the owner of the Childs 1804, who had promised Ken he'd take a few things out of the bank along with the Muscat and Oman piece so they could play with them before lunch. Post-prandial goodbyes are said. . . . . . . . . . And . . . . .
And ....
About 18 months later......
A call from the owner. Embarrassed and upset, scared...
"Ken, I went to the bank today, and the 1804 $1 wasn't there. I remember the last time I had it was the last time you were here." "Have you looked on top of the china cabinet in the dining room? That's where you put it before lunch"
Yup. .
I'm imagining a chest bump heard all the way from Brattleboro. .
But there's a big difference between misplaced and lost. .
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
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. >>
Seven and a half years later, I'm still missing these four items.
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.
Was contacted several years ago by a dealer about 2 early date LC's I had ordered on approval. Told him I had never received them so he said he'd do the USPS paperwork and for me not to worry about it. About 3 years later I was cleaning out my desk and found the 2 LC's in the back corner of a desk drawer. Don't remember ever getting them, let alone putting them in the drawer. Contacted the dealer and he said keep them, he had been reimbursed by USPS.
I live in my own world. But it's OK, they know me there.
I have misplaced a couple of top pop varieties before. Went to a coin show wearing cargo shorts that I rarely wear just for a couple of hours...returned home and hung the shorts back up. Winter came and combine that with the fact that I rarely wear those shorts anyway...I had no idea where the coins were for several months. All I knew is that they had to be in the house somewhere. Several months later I decided to clean out my closet and reorganize everything in it...that is when I found the coins in the pocket of the seldom worn cargo shorts.
"If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64 Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
<< <i>I have misplaced a couple of top pop varieties before. Went to a coin show wearing cargo shorts that I rarely wear just for a couple of hours...returned home and hung the shorts back up. Winter came and combine that with the fact that I rarely wear those shorts anyway...I had no idea where the coins were for several months. All I knew is that they had to be in the house somewhere. Several months later I decided to clean out my closet and reorganize everything in it...that is when I found the coins in the pocket of the seldom worn cargo shorts. >>
Now this is a great thread!!!!!! ****candidate for thread of the years 2006-2013****
Well, don't know if foreign coins or ex-spouses count into this:
mine left (for good) about five years ago, and mysteriously missing were a 1910 S $10 in 63, and much more rare a raw (proxy MS63 also) 1863 GB florin - the near twin of which just sold for over 40k USD. A number of patterns, etc. also disappeared….
Just two months ago I won a pattern Panamanian coin from ebay, and that disappeared not to be seen since despite repeated systematic ransackings of the house.
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
I misplaced an unopened mail order package - a $75 coin. Then 6 months later it turned up in a place in my desk where I had left it and forgotten the location. I was for sure I had lost it and glad to find it. It was during a period of time I was in a new job plus had new girlfriend.
...as a matter of fact I just learned that I mis-placed an uncirculated 1914-D buff nickel! I'm going nuts huntin' for it!
"government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
Reading these replys reminds me of another loss. Back in 1969/70 while stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX. I put together a Mexican Type Set, sets of several of the minor coins and a set of 1 Peso coins. 40+ years later after a divorce and several work related relocation's, I still have everything except the set of 1 Peso coins. I know I didn't sell them, but have no idea where they are now.
I live in my own world. But it's OK, they know me there.
Yes, I came across a PCGS graded MS62 High Relief Saint that I had won in an auction and misplaced with some filed correspondence. Had completely forgotten about the coin until I found it by accident.
Comments
1997 Matte Nickel strike thru U
"Error Collector- I Love Dem Crazy Coins"
"Money, what is money? It is loaned to a man; he comes into the world with nothing and he leaves with nothing." Billy Durant. Founder of General Motors. He died a pauper.
I try to be careful with unslabed coins.
I was away on business this weekend and my wife took all the coins on my desk to the grocery store. Hopefully they were just my pocket change.
Said the heck with it and went to lunch. Drove home and ate, worrying about it. Drove back to headquarters and looked some more. No luck.
Somebody suggested that I look in my shoes. No dice. While putting my shoes back on, I thought to look in my pant cuffs. Bingo.
TD
(Will somebody please explain to the young'uns what pants cuffs are?)
<< <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 >>
That's quite a whopper Fred and one that's tough to beat. If it was two grades higher at a PCGS PR-67 today, the price list shows a cool $1m.
A great loss to be sure, however, there's another landfill prize out there with coins that are worth even more. A Bitcoin wallet with 7,500 bit coins is in the Docksway landfill site near Newport, Wales. At the $1,000 per Bitcoin rate today, that's a whopping $7.5 million sitting in the Docksway landfill.
BTW, I was actually looking to reply to a more recent thread but Google led me here so here it is.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
Pete
Louis Armstrong
<< <i>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. >>
Not if I find it.
Many times.
I accidentally spent an error coin once that I was supposed to ebay for my dad. I am o' so disorganized. I just put it on my desk and when I went to out to breakfast the next morning, I saw this ugly looking SBA dollar on my desk and decided to take it along for a tip. I did not realize what had happened until I returned and looked for the coin. It was a 980 SBA dollar(The 1 in the date was completely not there because of grease on the die. Only a $20-$50 coin I think, but just the fact that I spent it irked me for a long time.
Bob
And I agree, Fred wins.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
<< <i>Have You Ever Lost, Or Mis-placed A Coin? >>
Coin?
Oh yeah! All the time. At my age, I'm lucky if I can find my glasses!
Coin?
How about an entire box of Morgans, Peace and SBA Dollars? I've been looking for those for a couple of days now...........
The name is LEE!
Getting concerned, I started searching and found everything in a neat pile on the floor between my desk and the closet. Seems that my new kitten "Fester" had a penchant for any small item on my desk.
chump change .
One fall evening, while not totally in touch with all my mental faculties due to preparations for an Electric Hot Tuna concert (with G.E. Smith) at the Beacon in NYC, I stashed a raw MS63 1796 25c in my apartment because I couldn't get to the bank first.
Sat AM . .
But I had not thrown out my garbage. .
Now I only have 1,000 sq.ft. and 7 standard stash locations. Take it from a pro. No one's gonna want to stick their arm into two weeks of "pending" underwear. I know that's an image that may take a while to fade, but this is for the greater good. .
5 days later I got up the courage to call my partner. I had only checked the freezer three times by then. Drawers had come out of dressers TWICE. Ad nauseum and truly deeply physically nauseating.
His voice firm and strong over the pretty-well-quelled quavering, he reassures me and reminds me of the coin weenie's mantra "It'll turn up. It'll turn up. It'll turn up"
Seven week later, home end-of-FUN Saturday night, my honey comes over for pizza, chocolate-dipped strawberries and champagne. The next morning the pizza is on its way into the microwave, and as I take the next-to-last plate off the stack, the '96 gleams on the bottom one.
The coin...? 100K. The chest bump my partner and his tablemate shared that I could hear all the way from FLA...? Priceless. .
CHUMP CHANGE!!!!!!!
Ken Bressett tells of visiting at the home of an old friend, the owner of the Childs 1804, who had promised Ken he'd take a few things out of the bank along with the Muscat and Oman piece so they could play with them before lunch. Post-prandial goodbyes are said. . . . . . . . . . And . . . . .
And ....
About 18 months later......
A call from the owner. Embarrassed and upset, scared...
"Ken, I went to the bank today, and the 1804 $1 wasn't there. I remember the last time I had it was the last time you were here."
"Have you looked on top of the china cabinet in the dining room? That's where you put it before lunch"
Yup. .
I'm imagining a chest bump heard all the way from Brattleboro. .
But there's a big difference between misplaced and lost. .
<< <i>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. >>
Seven and a half years later, I'm still missing these four items.
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.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
<< <i>I have misplaced a couple of top pop varieties before. Went to a coin show wearing cargo shorts that I rarely wear just for a couple of hours...returned home and hung the shorts back up. Winter came and combine that with the fact that I rarely wear those shorts anyway...I had no idea where the coins were for several months. All I knew is that they had to be in the house somewhere. Several months later I decided to clean out my closet and reorganize everything in it...that is when I found the coins in the pocket of the seldom worn cargo shorts.
Now this is a great thread!!!!!!
****candidate for thread of the years 2006-2013****
mine left (for good) about five years ago, and mysteriously missing were a 1910 S $10 in 63, and much more rare a raw (proxy MS63 also) 1863 GB florin - the near twin of which just sold for over 40k USD. A number of patterns, etc. also disappeared….
Just two months ago I won a pattern Panamanian coin from ebay, and that disappeared not to be seen since despite repeated systematic ransackings of the house.
Well, just Love coins, period.
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
Have You Ever Lost, Or Mis-placed A Coin?
...as a matter of fact I just learned that I mis-placed an uncirculated 1914-D buff nickel!
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