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Great story, though.
<< <i>We have had people occasionally finding: Carson City Dollars, Seated Liberty and Bust type coins, rare dates (including a 1916D Mercury dime), and AU+ coins. >>
"Grandpa would go through his pocket change every night and toss
any silver into an industrial drum in his barn silo. He didn't trust
the banks, but he sure trusted that silo!
And he didn't care what the coin was, as long as it was silver!
One evening he might have a pocket full of common-date 1964
Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes.
The next night it might be Capped Bust half dollars in Mint State,
Lafayette silver dollars, Proof 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial
halves, pattern coins from the 1800s, French colonial billon pieces,
or early Massachusetts silver shillings.
Into the drum silo it would go at the end of the day!"
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"Grandpa would go through his pocket change every night and toss
any silver into an industrial drum in his barn silo. He didn't trust
the banks, but he sure trusted that silo!
And he didn't care what the coin was, as long as it was silver!
One evening he might have a pocket full of common-date 1964
Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes.
The next night it might be Capped Bust half dollars in Mint State,
Lafayette silver dollars, Proof 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial
halves, pattern coins from the 1800s, French colonial billon pieces,
or early Massachusetts silver shillings.
Into the drum silo it would go at the end of the day!"
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That is hilarious. Nothing like picking up those MA shillings, 1800s patterns, and proof commems in pocket change. Haha.
Don't buy the story… Buy the farm.
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
Findley Ridge Collection
About Findley Ridge
<< <i>Grandma might have put some ____ in grandpa's pancakes.
Don't buy the story… Buy the farm. >>
That picture reminds me of a video I saw yesterday of a cat in a Shark Suit riding a roomba around in the kitchen.
Link
The name is LEE!
RIP Mom- 1932-2012
<< <i>SILVER IS ON THE RISE. It has more than DOUBLED in the past two years. Don't miss your chance to profit. >>
Look at the Kitco graph that is used in the picture.
It's from January 2011 (Silver price: $36)
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"Grandpa would go through his pocket change every night and toss
any silver into an industrial drum in his barn silo. He didn't trust
the banks, but he sure trusted that silo!
And he didn't care what the coin was, as long as it was silver!
One evening he might have a pocket full of common-date 1964
Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes.
The next night it might be Capped Bust half dollars in Mint State,
Lafayette silver dollars, Proof 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial
halves, pattern coins from the 1800s, French colonial billon pieces,
or early Massachusetts silver shillings.
Into the drum silo it would go at the end of the day!"
>>
I thought this story sounded familiar
people are much more willing to be very unsatisfied after they get their coins. Despite the fact that they know ahead of time there is
a chance they won't get anything special, when people get their coins in the mail, search through them and realize it's all just junk 90%,
they think: "Hummm...these must have been searched! I've been duped!" They then proceed to leave rather unfavorable feedback on ebay.
Could contain anything! We guarantee you'll get
at least 1958 and 1957 Wheat cents in this unsearched
hoard, but who knows --- our customers have reported
finding 1909-S V.D.B.'s by the roll, Uncirculated cents
from the teens, Proof Indian Head cents, off-center
large cents, English gold sovereigns from the 1800s,
Indian Peace medals, Trade dollars, even the occasional
high-grade Athenian silver owl!
<< <i>Wow, 46 lots sold. I have enough junk 90% sitting around to run a listing like this in my ebay store. I would be able to sell at a much more competitive price too. Sadly I dont have the colorful story behind mine....yet.... >>
I have an idea for you, take your coins and put them in old rusty tin coffy cans from an antique shop. Then smash them a bit and then dig a hole about a foot deep and put them in and cover. After this is done let me know and I will as to search your property with my metal detector and will find them and then you can sell them with a story.
<< <i>two bad in-GREED-ients in these types of "listings" first, the seller is trolling for idiots, the second is any potential buyer is hoping to strike it rich and will absolutely be disappointed, anyone that actually expects to find anything good in these lots should find a new hobby, as well, any seller that doesn't expect unfavorable feedback from this tripe should find a new scam. >>
Any of you guys remember tugging on your dad's leg at a carnival where you could "GO FISH". Dad would reluctantly pull out some change and give it to the guy. And then you's see the prize and say, "Dad, this is dumb". And that was that. No more "go fish". But, the show goes on. You pay your money and put your pole over a curtain and someone attaches a "prize" on the other side. We didn't care. It was fun playing "Go Fish". So with that said, I cannot say much else except "Buyer beware". A person may get lucky and pull a lunker. Probably not, though. Even so, it's a nice acreage.
"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
http://www.american-legacy-coins.com
What gets me is why a buyer would think that the seller wouldn't glance over the coins as they "randomly" fill each order.
And what are the odds that it's not fully searched and sorted then a few interesting but problem pieces salted into the lots.
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Could contain anything! We guarantee you'll get
at least 1958 and 1957 Wheat cents in this unsearched
hoard, but who knows --- our customers have reported
finding 1909-S V.D.B.'s by the roll, Uncirculated cents
from the teens, Proof Indian Head cents, off-center
large cents, English gold sovereigns from the 1800s,
Indian Peace medals, Trade dollars, even the occasional
high-grade Athenian silver owl!
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Dennis:
Are you selling these?
I'll buy a couple of lots!
Throw in a Red Book so I can research my finds!
BHNC #203
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Could contain anything! We guarantee you'll get
at least 1958 and 1957 Wheat cents in this unsearched
hoard, but who knows --- our customers have reported
finding 1909-S V.D.B.'s by the roll, Uncirculated cents
from the teens, Proof Indian Head cents, off-center
large cents, English gold sovereigns from the 1800s,
Indian Peace medals, Trade dollars, even the occasional
high-grade Athenian silver owl!
>>
Dennis:
Are you selling these?
I'll buy a couple of lots!
Throw in a Red Book so I can research my finds! >>
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"Your free Red Book could be any edition! Many buyers will
receive a soiled 1982 hardcover that my dog chewed on,
but some have reported New condition 1947 first printings,
leather-bound Limited Editions, autographed editorial copies
signed by R.S. Yeoman and Kenneth Bressett, and rare
error bindings!"
It's fun to mock these kinds of auctions. Only very, very
rarely are they anything remotely close to what they claim
to be ("unsearched," "don't know what it is," "don't have
time to sort through all this weird 1800s stuff," etc.).
But I do fondly remember an eBay seller from Pennsylvania,
10 to 15 years ago, who was the real deal. This guy appeared
to be shoveling stuff out of some estate or hoard that he'd
gotten hold of. Great bulk lots of old U.S. and world
coins, tokens, sets, etc. I bought one lot that had gold coins,
Proofs, low-mintage moderns, British silver commemoratives,
rare medals, etc. Bought a few such lots from him before he
apparently started getting overwhelmed by processing orders
and putting stuff up for bid and managing his sales. The final
lot I won from him was a 5,000-coin bag of Wheat cents for
a little over face value. Took forever and a dozen emails to
actually get the coins. His auctions trickled off after that, and
I wonder if he finally just threw his hands up and sold the
rest of his "junk" (but what wonderful junk it was!) to some
lucky local flea-marketer.
"Two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe; and I'm not sure about the universe."
-Albert Einstein-
Mistakes are natural. But repeated mistakes without reflection are something else. That may be the “stupidity” he was referring to. In research, he admitted uncertainty openly. “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” This shows humility. Even a Nobel laureate accepted doubt. That humility makes the quote less cynical and more observational.