CoinTalk mentioned on The Moth Radio Hour

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Never heard of moth radio. Sounds like something I'd listen to on the late night drive home from a date back in the old days. Back in dem days we had Long John Nebel on WOR radio (NY).

 

Here's a link to a transcript of the whole thing, which may save you some time. Just pull it up and then use the search function by entering: "cointalk.com"...
https://themoth.org/lifes-a-mystery

Spoiler alert below!!!

Here is a teeny-tiny snip from the story. I only include it for the yellow highlighted part. I was initially a little offended, but laughed anyway. Not that the age bracket isn't accurate, because it is. But... the audience laughed? Ouch! ;-)



Anyway, thanks for sharing it @Peter T Davis ! :-D

 

Okay... which of us was it? Fess up!

 

60 year old coin collectors..... so that's the new way to insult a 16-year-old? LOL, I don't know very many people who are exactly 60 and collect coins.

 

Sixty?? We do have some young-uns on board!

 

58 here going on 13!

 

So... what is this 1943-S doubled die, presumably a cent from the context, that's supposed to put a kid through college? I guess it was the 1943/2, which even in MS68 would pay for half a semester at the cheapest state school. The dealer must have been thinking of the bronze, but even after sending him images he still said they had something. I guess the moral of the story is never trust a dealer.

 

60 year old collectors? That lets me out.

 

Wishing I were that young again, but still "collecting", when locating Gold within a close amount to Greysheet!

 

@KBBPLL Where can I find info on the 1943/2 cent? Never
heard of it till now. Checked PCGS and they don't list it in
their price guide. How long has it been known? I don't
remember reading about it in the Numismatist in the last
45 years. Any help please.

 

Wow, Long John Nebel, a blast from the past! My friends and I listened to him on WNBC (I grew up in suburban Connecticut.)

I vaguely remember one broadcast where he sliced a vegetable (I think it was a carrot), and using his guest's amazingly sensitive microphone, recorded it screaming . Good stuff, thanks for the jog to the noggin'

 

Multiple morals can be drawn from the story (both positive and negative). Here are just six examples of morals (lessons / applications) which are accurately germane to the story and more in tune with actual life experience without reaching toward hyperbole:

It's good to get a second opinion.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't believe everything you hear.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Be careful who you trust.

Not all who look like (or claim to be) experts, really are.


BTW: I have a VERY long list of dealers/sellers I trust -- and for good reasons! (Some are right here on CoinTalk!) There are certainly some dealers who are not trustworthy, but let's not throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water. Just exercise discernment. I'm thankful for the tens of dealers from whom I have purchased coins. They do a wonderful and needed service to collectors. Plus... LOL!... if it were not for dealers my collection would be mighty. Mighty SMALL!

 

It was a tongue-in-cheek, snide remark I guess. I didn't intend to slight all dealers. Maybe "don't put all your eggs in one basket" was what I was going for there. Or never trust just one dealer.

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1943-2-s-1c-ddo-fs-101/37822 is listed, maybe I should have said 1943/2-S to be more clear. FS-101. $20-25 from the other guy seems accurate if it was around VF, which isn't specified in the transcript.

 

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1943-2-s-1c-ddo-fs-101/37822 is listed, maybe I should have said 1943/2-S to be more clear. FS-101. $20-25 from the other guy seems accurate if it was around VF, which isn't specified in the transcript.[/QUOTE]
I'm surprised that PCGS even recognizes that. I can
barely see it.