Have you ever bought/sold a coin from/to someone only to realize after the fact that they were famou

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HTubbs
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Famous in the coin world at least. I had two instances over the past two weeks, bought a coin from Ron Guth, and sold a coin to Jay Parrino.

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  • Bayard1908
    Bayard1908 Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭✭
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    I bought some Obama coins from Montel Williams.
  • edix2001
    edix2001 Posts: 3,388 ✭
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    I found some pennies on the ground where Paris Hilton was leaving a restaurant.
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  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I typically leave fame out of it, but if you said Longacre or RYK bought from you, that'd be somethin' big.

  • MidLifeCrisis
    MidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>I found some pennies on the ground where Paris Hilton was leaving a restaurant. >>


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    Ah, one of those celebrities that is famous because she says she is...

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  • MidLifeCrisis
    MidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>I typically leave fame out of it, but if you said Longacre or RYK bought from you, that'd be somethin' big. >>


    I've bought from RYK!!!

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  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>I typically leave fame out of it, but if you said Longacre or RYK bought from you, that'd be somethin' big. >>


    I've bought from RYK!!!

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    You Suck ! image

  • MidLifeCrisis
    MidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I typically leave fame out of it, but if you said Longacre or RYK bought from you, that'd be somethin' big. >>


    I've bought from RYK!!!

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    You Suck ! image >>


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    Hey, can I count that as my first Official "YOU SUCK" award? image
  • UtahCoin
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    Yes....
    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.
  • cinman14
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    << <i>I found some pennies on the ground where Paris Hilton was leaving a restaurant. >>



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  • nicetoning42107
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    Yes, a while ago on eBay. Bought something from someone who turned out to be J.T. Stanton as i found out later as they contacted me to let me know the coin shipped and had the name J.T. Stanton at the bottom. i have forgotten what the eBay handle was.
    A lie told often enough becomes the truth. ~Vladimir Lenin
  • BBN
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    Sold a coin to a Frank Viola about a year or so ago. Don't know if it was the same as the former Minnesota Twins pitcher.

    Positive BST Transactions (buyers and sellers): wondercoin, blu62vette, BAJJERFAN, privatecoin, blu62vette, AlanLastufka, privatecoin

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  • edix2001
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    << <i>Yes, a while ago on eBay. Bought something from someone who turned out to be J.T. Stanton as i found out later as they contacted me to let me know the coin shipped and had the name J.T. Stanton at the bottom. i have forgotten what the eBay handle was. >>



    -- savannah0904


    I sold JT Stanton's personal stash of "JT Stanton for ANA" Gallery Mint Museum tokens.
    member, Greater Houston Coin Club - Edwin's Coin Cabinet
  • Broadstruck
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    I've purchased a few books from Ron Guth on EBay.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • mikeyg
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    << <i>I bought some Obama coins from Montel Williams. >>




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  • KentuckyJ
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    > I typically leave fame out of it, but if you said Longacre or RYK bought from you, that'd be somethin' big.


    Not just big ... that would be dope!
  • commoncents05
    commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
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    I sold a coin to a person on eBay names Charles Brown, but I don't think he looked like this:

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    -Paul
    Many Quality coins for sale at http://www.CommonCentsRareCoins.com
  • MidLifeCrisis
    MidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>Not just big ... that would be dope! >>


    Some Kentucky slang with which I am not familiar... image
  • BBN
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    << <i>I bought some Obama coins from Montel Williams. >>



    You mean "History in your hand"? Isn't that what John Holmes used to experience every morning when he took his morning whiz?image

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  • droopyd
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    I've sold some stuff to a Michael Jackson.
    Me at the Springfield coin show:
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    60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
  • Leonidas
    Leonidas Posts: 653
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    Just to Eric J
  • ProofArtworkonCircs
    ProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
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    I bought an English proof set from L. W. Hoffecker in 1953. I didn't know who he was then.
  • jdimmick
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    I sold a coin to a US senator , and sent it to his office in DC once

    jim
  • PerryHall
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    << <i>

    << <i>I bought some Obama coins from Montel Williams. >>



    You mean "History in your hand"? Isn't that what John Holmes used to experience every morning when he took his morning whiz?image >>



    Until he died from AIDS.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • YaHa
    YaHa Posts: 4,220 ✭
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    Yes, I have bought many coins from the United States Mint.image

    Oh yes, and return some to the United States Mint also, I don't know if you call that a sale.image
  • Tdec1000
    Tdec1000 Posts: 3,852 ✭✭✭
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    I sold a very scarce Canadian Half to Dr. Fey last year on ebay. He is the co-author of the pocket VAM guide. I also sold a bunch of Lincoln rolls to Charles Daughtrey of Coppercoins. He is a brilliant individual who knows a great deal about cent varieties.
    Awarded the coveted "You Suck" Award on 22 Oct 2010 for finding a 1942/1 D Dime in silver, and on 7 Feb 2011 Cherrypicking a 1914 MPL Cent on Ebay!

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  • CarlWohlforth
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    I too sold a coin to Jay Parrino. It was a generic gold coin, PCGS certified, way back when gold was very cheap. He suggested I be a buyer rather than a seller of gold and he also gave me one of my very favorite catalogs: "The Knoxville Collection." All in all I think I came out on top of that transaction. image
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  • kryptonitecomics
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    Not that I know of......but I have bought and sold a ton of coins in the past 10 to 15 years so I would say it's likely image
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  • rgCoinGuy
    rgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭
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    Last week my PCGS renewal package came in a priority mail envelope.

    The same day, a professional looking box with the name Ron Guth on the return address, also arrived.

    My first thought was PCGS must be giving out some type of renewal bonus.

    It turned out I had bought a Toned German Coin from Ron Guth off ebay, without realizing it until it arrived.
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • SeaEagleCoins
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    << <i>I typically leave fame out of it, but if you said Longacre or RYK bought from you, that'd be somethin' big. >>




    I sold a coin to Longacre... a common date RAW Morgan Dollar...image

    But don't tell anyone...it's a secret...image
    Re: Slabbed coins - There are some coins that LIVE within clear plastic and wear their labels with pride... while there are others that HIDE behind scratched plastic and are simply dragged along by a label. Then there are those coins that simply hang out, naked and free image
  • jessewvu
    jessewvu Posts: 5,087 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    check this out
  • ProofArtworkonCircs
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    I have sold a few coins to Mr. Mallis (the M of VAM) and Ken Bressette.

    edited to add:

    Oops, I have forgotten the original question. I did know who the above two gentleman were at the time of the transactions.
    Mr. Hoffecker still qualifies though.
  • seemyauction
    seemyauction Posts: 3,655 ✭✭
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    Have you ever bought/sold a coin from/to someone only to realize after the fact that they were famous?


    Yes
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  • PerryHall
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    On two occasions I bought a slabbed gold coin and when it arrived it had the Bass pedigree on the label. Both were nice coins and the dealer never mentioned the pedigree and didn't didn't appear to charge any premium for it.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • dan383
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    About 6 weeks ago I sold a 2008-w rev. of 07 MS70 to

    Jimmy Carter , shipped to Colorado .............

    The same Jimmy , I don't know...



    Danimage
    Fishing is not a matter of life and death.......It's much more important than that........
  • renomedphys
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    Long ago I sold an NGC MS64RB 1926-s Lincoln to Jamie Hernandez

    Empty Nest Collection

  • rld14
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    I bought an SLQ from JH Cline at Baltimore, and he signed my book! image
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  • lathmach
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    << <i>I've sold some stuff to a Michael Jackson.....droopyd >>




    Really? What was it, Nose Restorer?

    Ray
  • hrhomer
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    << <i>I've sold some stuff to a Michael Jackson. >>



    Probably this guy

    Joe
  • SaorAlba
    SaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I sold a set of Russian gold to someone famous back in 2001. 'Nuf said.
  • mommam17
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    I sold a commem to Greg Bingham. Super nice guy.
  • stman
    stman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I bought a coin from Dog97 once.image
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  • Mowgli
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    << <i>I bought some Obama coins from Montel Williams. >>



    You win!
    In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
  • yellowjacket
    yellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
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    I asked a gentleman at the Baltimore Show his opinion about a possible Morgan die variety. After thirty seconds of review he announced definitively, "It's post-mint damage." I asked him how he could so quickly figure this out. And he educated me with his polite answer.

    "By the way," I asked, "what is your name?"

    "John Wexler." he responded. image

    Oh, I've heard of you....

    Garrow
  • tahoe98
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    << <i>Famous in the coin world at least. I had two instances over the past two weeks, bought a coin from Ron Guth, and sold a coin to Jay Parrino. >>




    .........let me guess. you sold some formative years lincolns with arthritic finger varieties to them?image
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  • HTubbs
    HTubbs Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭
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    << <i>

    << <i>Famous in the coin world at least. I had two instances over the past two weeks, bought a coin from Ron Guth, and sold a coin to Jay Parrino. >>




    .........let me guess. you sold some formative years lincolns with arthritic finger varieties to them?image >>



    Heh, not quite. image I bought a German coin from Ron Guth, and sold a half cent to Jay Parrino.
  • InYHWHWeTrust
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    Paul Newman won one of my ebaY auctions in 2006 (address NY, NY)
    Do your best to avoid circular arguments, as it will help you reason better, because better reasoning is often a result of avoiding circular arguments.

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