Re: Lost Coin Found
- From: ackthpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 30 Jan 2006 11:30:32 -0800
Koba 7 wrote:
> Hi! Never posted here before. Looks like a great group.
>
> Back in the late 80's I picked up an AU 1932-S quarter for somewhere
> around $75. A nice coin with good luster. As many of us do, I lost
> interest in coins for awhile but I got reinterested in the late 90's. I
> noticed a significant jump in prices for early Washington quarters. I
> looked all over for the 32-S. Couldn't find it anywhere. I went through
> everything I had that had anything to do with coins. Nowhere to be
> found. I finally just concluded that I must have sold or traded it away.
> Oh well. Last week I was moving after 15 years in the same place. I
> found an old Ziploc container behind the TV. I thought it contained old
> small bicycle parts. I was a half a second away from throwing it in a
> trash bag. But something made me stop and open the container. Wow! I was
> shocked to find the 32-S in an envelope in the container. Also, I found
> an Eisenhower dollar blank planchet that I had forgotten about. How
> neat! I have no recollection of putting the coins in the container. (I
> used to smoke a wee bit of pot, perhaps that will help explain the
> memory loss.) Anyway, the 32-S had toned a bit in a very attractive
> manner. It is a gorgeous coin that now Trends for $300. I am quite glad
> I refound it!
I'm trying to find my Franc 1872(?) MS63+ 1 franc. You didn't see it
behind the TV, too, did you? I mean to slab the rascal before anything
untoward befalls it.
.
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