What were some of the most memorable stories since you joined this forum ?
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The SaintGuru Smithsonian trip thread comes to mind.
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Mr. Hall leaves PGGS.
Bongo Bongo!
The big banning event.
Yap money hunt. Golden Dollar collection. Bongo Bongo always made me laugh!
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Edited to add a couple more.
I recall an extensive puttied Stella thread though the details are fuzzy.
That was epic...
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
Coinalot & Bongo Bongo !
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
I'll go along with Coinalot.
Paradisefound became immortal with this coin.
And we reached over $12,000 on gofundme for our friend Joe.
I miss Bear, ant the others
Yes! gyocomcd was (and presumably remains) a gifted and hysterical writer.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
How true. One time, unique poster.
The guy who paid something like $70K for the top pop FB MS 66 1953 S Franklin, and eighteen months later, the coin was a pop 2 and the guy sold said coin for $35K.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Wheat cent hoard
LIBERTY SEATED DIMES WITH MAJOR VARIETIES CIRCULATION STRIKES (1837-1891) digital album
How about the guy that brought his vacuum cleaner into the bank lobby to get those "hard to reach areas" under the coin counter?!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
I received some help from BBS administrators. They don't shut me down or close my account. On the contrary, they told me what should I do. They are kindness! And I was moved. I will come from time to time!
For me it was, of course, the short-lived "Carr" 1964-D Peace Dollar thread.
"since you joined this forum" for me has to be a certain Zodiac killer expert. I sure made a splash on that thread.
That along with Mr. Insider2 joining
Wheat cent hoard for me as well. The Omega threads are a close second.
I always loved the story about the guy who threw away the Stella. I won’t mention him by name.
When qlicker got bammed. Not sure which time. ;-)
Early 2010. Plus grading. Secure Plus. The Sniffer and fingerprints. End to the copper color guarantee. Game changers.
Lance.
On!y been here for a little over a year now, I like the "what makes coin dealers drink" thread(s)
The IWOG vs LucyBop (bright vs toning) threads, for sure.
peacockcoins
There are a few for me:
I was thinking the same thing, somewhere in some stinky and filthy SoCal landfill one of the greatest numismatic treasures of the US mint in Philly exists in an ignominious fate for the ages.
Crazyhounddog, wheat cent hoard, omega man, Hansen thread in no particular order
Good reading ahead...
Lots of searches coming...
Maybe a belongs to a different thread of infamous short timers. GregtheGreat comes to mind.
BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out
Braddick and the "Interview with a Coin Doctor" debacle tied to the GMarguli "Blue IHC MS70" debacle.
Not a story but very informative.
@Insider2 ‘s quizzes.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1010824/insider2-s-quiz-list
The forum member who was caught gassing washington quarters in their slabs; he received full absolution from the forum masses and his past was buried.
The member who accepted donations from us for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, then decided that he was victim number one and spent the money on himself.
There have been many worthy movie plot- lines over the years
Commems and Early Type
Over the years, there have been many good threads....The Coinalot stories were really good, the advent of CAC produced some awesome discussions (still does), the Omega thread, Bongo Bongo was interesting....and the now rare commentary, but at one time extensive, the elimination of the Open Forum really caused a stir. Some really interesting times here....
Cheers, RickO
I think the most notable "story" ever was the 9-11 donation endeavor that was lead by @wondercoin . That truly showed this forum at its best. Showing the forum at its worst was probably the threads about "disagrees."
Airplanenut's annual auctions to benefit Pancreatic cancer research brought us all together...well at least for once a year.
Boom who gathered funds here and supposedly took it to New Orleans disaster victims.
I’ve quite enjoyed seeing the response here to CHD’s tragedy. I have a belief that most people are fundamentally good. This sort of stuff reminds me that it might be true.
MadMarty and his rubber chicken
There was this one about a lovely lady, who was bringing up 3 very lovely girls.
agreed, that disagree fiasco was something else
"Stella Toss" - I resemble that story!
(and I always thank the person who brings it
up here, once or twice a year)
It is what it is
It was what it was
Scotty with his 1804 dollar, fun read.
Please post a link I want to see this.
Anyone remember who that was? Probably deleted the thread by now, but it was great reading.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Not sure how it began, other than complaining? – but the mob mentality that eventually pushed hard enough on eBay along with PCGS support (due to law suits and other nasty stuff with other third party slabbers) to eventually ban all other third party slabs from being listed on eBay except for PCGS, NGC and ANACS.
WS
The Kansas anarchist who threatened to kill a few people on here.
The story of board members who were able to handle a 1974 aluminum cent at a eastern coin show. There were even pics posted at the time. At least one of those involved is still active here.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
That’s the one I vote for and the crazy old open forum
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I’m glad you can laugh about this.
Reminds me of the story where someone threw away a hard drive with $127 million of Bitcoin.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/20/man-lost-127-million-worth-of-bitcoins-and-city-wont-let-him-look.html