The Shield nickel with rays is one of those really cool coins that I want to add to my humble little type collection. Recently, a lot of 4 shields (one with rays!!!) was listed on the big auction site. Absurdly horrid photography combined with the seller's inability to spell "nickel" gave me a chance. I bid about half what I estimated the 1867 w/rays was worth and got the whole lot uncontested. The USPS lost it. I got a refund but I really wanted that nickel.
I know the feeling. I once won a nice love token that was lost in the mail. It was one of a kind. I got a refund but was still disappointed.
Who knows, maybe it will show up yet. It is, after all, the holiday season, with all the extra strain on the postal service...
That possibility has occurred to me, although the seller is about 4 hours downstate from me and it's been almost a month in transit.
Sounds like the seller was a sore loser because he didn't get what he wanted for the lot.......He supposedly sent it.......did you get a 'tracker'? More fish in the sea, dear friend. You'll have another shot at a different lot........maybe one that's truely meant for you.
Seller might have sent it to the North Pole for Santa to deliver, ho-ho-ho, could happen! Keep the faith, it may show up later rather than sooner. Merry Christmas.
I once had a delivery notice a pkg was "left on porch". I have a nice big porch and often get pkg's there. After a number of times, day after day complaining, it was not found. The postal delivery person stopped by and showed me it was at my front door that I never use behind the storm door and sure enough there it was between the doors. There is no porch at my front door.
Had similar happen. Said delivered. A month later I found in the garden next to my front doorstep. It must have fallen off the front step. And until I rebuilt the doorway and replaced the sill that door hadn’t opened in 10 years. I still basically only use it a couple times a year anyone from New England knows go to the back or side door especially on an old house. Nobody uses the front door
The seller claimed he sent it Priority Mail but when pressed he admitted he sent it First Class. No tracking, no delivery confirmation, no nickels. I'll have to wait for the next one.
I have been lucky enough never to have lost a coin, token or medal in the mail, but I heard a sad story about one. The finest known 1873 Indian Cent with the doubled "LIBERTY" which was on the cover of one of reference books, disappeared in the mail. To my knowledge, it has never turned up in numismatic circles.
