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i think im gonna be sick...
aballein
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a friend of mine showed up at my house today with a collection of coins that i didnt know he had...nothing too spectacular about 80 steel pennies, 60 mercs, couple SLQ's, LOTS of darkside stuff, and then he showed me something that literally made my stomach turn...A FRICKIN 1886 SEATED QUARTER WITH A GIANT HOLE IN IT..someone thought it would make a nice necklace i guess...I honestly wanted to kill someone as soon as i saw it...again i say, i think im gonna be sick....
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All The Way - And Then Some
I collect Modern Commemoratives
and anything Franklin.
In other words, if it didn't have the hole in it, the coin wouldn't have been there, in which case you would have felt a lot better, right?
<< <i>Perhaps that's how he could afford it to begin with.
In other words, if it didn't have the hole in it, the coin wouldn't have been there, in which case you would have felt a lot better, right? >>
Depends. Did he know the 1886 is a better date? Sometimes stuff like this slips into a flea market junk box. If he bought it specifically because it was the only 1886 quarter he could afford, that's one thing. But I still want to travel back in time and slap the person who did this silly. If you want to deface an 1886 coin, use a Morgan.
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<< <i>Perhaps that's how he could afford it to begin with. In other words, if it didn't have the hole in it, the coin wouldn't have been there, in which case you would have felt a lot better, right? >>
Depends. Did he know the 1886 is a better date? Sometimes stuff like this slips into a flea market junk box. If he bought it specifically because it was the only 1886 quarter he could afford, that's one thing. But I still want to travel back in time and slap the person who did this silly. If you want to deface an 1886 coin, use a Morgan. >>
I feel bad when I see any coin that has been defaced. Necklaces, bracelets, Corum watches, etc. I guess it's the purist in me.
Collecting since the 1980's
Morgan Dollars Circ. Strikes
- Basic Set - Varieties - Prooflike Basic Set - Date Set
- Carson City - Early S Mint Short Set - Mintmark Type Set
Morgan Dollars Proof
- Basic Set - Varieties
Peace Circ.
<< <i>I feel bad when I see any coin that has been defaced. Necklaces, bracelets, Corum watches, etc. I guess it's the purist in me.
Well, to some degree, me too. I'm not going to shed tears for a 1996 clad quarter or anything, though. But the scarcer the coin, the more seeing one ruined is like a kick in the gut.
There was a 1909-S VDB Lincoln in AU on the Bay a while back that had been put in an old fuse box.... 3 clear spots on the reverse where the contacts had melted the metal. ANACS certified it AU details (no net grade) with "environmantal damage."
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
I guy told me that he wanted me to look at his silver coin collection. He said he had an entire wheelbarrow full of old silver coins, some dating back to the mid 1800's. Then he mentioned to me "they are all bent."