I shipped 1 oz gold coins instead of 1 oz silver coins. Think I'll ever see those again?
jessewvu
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Long story, short outcome. I put two 1 oz gold coins into a PCGS box full of 2010 Proof ASE's graded by PCGS because I needed to sell them to help pay some taxes and pay off some credit cards. I somehow shipped the two gold coins out to eBay buyers over the past two months who purchased the 2010 ASE's. One was a 2006 20th Ann MS70 in PCGS plastic. The other was a 2006 20th Ann MS69 First Strike. I sent an email out to everyone that purchased them from me since December of 2010, with a reward of $250. Think I'll ever see them again? I seriously doubt it. 
It's totally out of character of me to do that as I inspect everything I ship out, but selling the ATB coins for friends and family along with another large portion of my personal collection caused a bit of a frenzy. It'll take me a while to get over this mistake.
The only good thing is they are in my PCGS registry set, so if the buyer is dumb enough to not crack them out and resells them, and the buyer just happens to try to put them into a registry set, I should get an email from PCGS asking me to remove it from my set.
It's totally out of character of me to do that as I inspect everything I ship out, but selling the ATB coins for friends and family along with another large portion of my personal collection caused a bit of a frenzy. It'll take me a while to get over this mistake.
The only good thing is they are in my PCGS registry set, so if the buyer is dumb enough to not crack them out and resells them, and the buyer just happens to try to put them into a registry set, I should get an email from PCGS asking me to remove it from my set.
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I hope they turn up one way or the other for you.
Are you sure you did not misplace them in your house or SDB?
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<< <i>So sorry to hear that jessewvu.
I hope they turn up one way or the other for you.
Are you sure you did not misplace them in your house or SDB? >>
Nope, I've looked everywhere in my basement. The one unknown is my two year old son, but he's never grabbed anything off my desk except a piece of candy and a few Kennedy half dollars he put in the shredder. I'm pretty good about keeping track of stuff now that I have very little left, except for this....
As far as taxes go, I'm not going to write them off because they were personal, not business, and I can't say I'm 100% sure I sent them out, but I'm 99% sure I did. I personally don't think anyone should write something like this off, why should the government pay me for my mistake?
AND, this is completely unrelated to the vacuum incident. Although I have been back after talking to the bank manager
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Someone sent me two Gold Coins once, one more than I bought and I returned it to them.
There are still good folks around. I hope it works out.
BidAsk, your and tool go get a life instead of keeping year old notes of nominal mistakes. I'll make sure I never do business with you heaven forbid there should be s mistake and I think others are thinking it, just not saying it and ignoring it, but, you are making a fool of yourself and losing customers buying and selling just a FYI.
seriously, I would be PO'd at myself, but there's not a lot you can do but take a loss. Sorry to hear this...
I have shipped the wrong coin quite a few times, wrong president, wrong mint mark, wrong year, wrong grade, but never wrong metal. I think that you would have seen the difference. So I'm going to go on record saying that I don't think you've shipped them, they are somewhere that you put them for safe keeping, and they'll show up. I looked for 3 months once for an 1820 MS65 large cent. I thought sure I knew what box it was in but it wasn't there. I searched every PCGS box that I though it might be in. I searched all the SDBs and all the places where coins might end up when not in the right place. finally I found it in a box with a bunch of NGC coins--because it was in an NGC holder. I somehow forgot it was in an NGC holder (it has a green bean, which probably distracted me) and I didn't bother to look at the NGC coins.
I think your gold coins will show up.
the only other possibility in my mind would be a shipment of multiple coins where the gold was hidden behind a silver coin when you were packaging but even that you generally have to pick up one at a time. Or did you ship an entire blue box to someone? If so, that's who probably has them and if not, I'd say keep looking.
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<< <i>Jesse,
I have shipped the wrong coin quite a few times, wrong president, wrong mint mark, wrong year, wrong grade, but never wrong metal. I think that you would have seen the difference. So I'm going to go on record saying that I don't think you've shipped them, they are somewhere that you put them for safe keeping, and they'll show up. I looked for 3 months once for an 1820 MS65 large cent. I thought sure I knew what box it was in but it wasn't there. I searched every PCGS box that I though it might be in. I searched all the SDBs and all the places where coins might end up when not in the right place. finally I found it in a box with a bunch of NGC coins--because it was in an NGC holder. I somehow forgot it was in an NGC holder (it has a green bean, which probably distracted me) and I didn't bother to look at the NGC coins.
I think your gold coins will show up.
the only other possibility in my mind would be a shipment of multiple coins where the gold was hidden behind a silver coin when you were packaging but even that you generally have to pick up one at a time. Or did you ship an entire blue box to someone? If so, that's who probably has them and if not, I'd say keep looking.
--Jerry >>
Have to go along with Jerry here, dont give up on this idea Jesse. The same kind of thing happened to me, sending out silver dollars I could not find a nice 1894, turns out I had hidden it elsewhere. Just like your gold coins, the expensive ones we tend to set aside. You will find them, so get that horrible sinking feeling out of your system
<< <i>If it makes you feel any better, last week I spent two days tearing apart my inventory to locate a coin ready to be shipped. In the end, it was exactly where it should have been, but in my haste, I missed it about 5 times. >>
I have done the same thing as Jeremy a bunch of times! it sure sucks!
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Even an honest person would be tempted with two additional decimal points to the right.
Hope you sent to someone who suddenly recalls receiving the wrong color bullion.
Good luck.
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I shipped it on, sent the seller a scan of my post office receipt for shipping/insurance, and never heard a thing even after a gentle reminder email a couple weeks later!
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Jeremy
an aerosol can of cling free. The safe was already locked and hidden and I had
the wife and kids waiting in the car. Well, forgot all about that 2oz of scrap until
several months later when I thought it was time to send some gold off to the
refiner. Hmmmmmmm.....where the heck was that scrap? Did I already send if
off in the last batch????
Well, since I retired we don't use the cling free anymore and the gold just sat there
for well over a year.
Wife found it cleaning that closet out a couple of weeks ago. What the heck is this?
as she hands me a baggy of gold!
Moral, look in all your hiding places!
Hope you find it Jesse!
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I wouldn't feel bad about writing it off, assuming of course you are also reporting any gains.
Good luck...
Look which ones gave you the most glowing feedback...that might be a clue.
They might very well still turn up. Can't tell you how many times I've put something away & then had no memory of doing it. Happens when I've got a lot on my mind & busy with lots of different things. Try to forget about it & you may suddenly open a drawer & there they be.
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If you did ship these coins out I believe you will get them returned to you.
There are a few exceptions to this, but overall I think most of us resist that evil guy on our left shoulder and
do the right thing.
If you did send them out and the buyer hasn't already contacted you, I would expect that they will not come forward
If you did mistakenly shipped out two slabbed AGEs instead of two slabbed ASEs wouldn't you have two extra slabbed ASEs in your inventory?
<< <i>On the other side of the situation, I once received a $300 coin that was addressed to me, but the packing slip had another person's name/address. I had purchased a coin from the seller which I received the day before. I contacted the seller and asked if he'd like the errant coin returned to him, or I could forward it on insured if the seller would reimburse the shipping costs. The seller said the buyer was in a hurry so he'd be very thankful if I forwarded it to the correct buyer and he would reimburse me.
I shipped it on, sent the seller a scan of my post office receipt for shipping/insurance, and never heard a thing even after a gentle reminder email a couple weeks later! >>
Same type thing happened to me. One day I walked to the mail box and saw a package addressed to me, which I thought was pretty weird because I hadn't purchased anything lately so I was a little puzzled. I opened the package and inside was a ngc ms65 Bay Bridge Comm. I was a bit confused, but once I looked at the return address I realized it was a board member that I had purchased from before. Somehow he got me and another board member confused and the package went to me. So I contacted him and told him I received a coin that I didn't ever purchase, and then I mailed the coin to the right person and everyone was happy.