Good news, bad news

I'll start with the bad news....

I am sitting in my backyard drowning my sorrows tonight with a drink and cigar.



What do I have to be sorrowful for? As I was reorganizing my collection I discovered to my horror that I have misplaced my coin of Carausius.



Talk about a bummer. Not sure how it happened, though I won't give up on it just yet.

Now for the good news:

I found this coin I don't even remember ever purchasing, and I certainly never recorded as part of my collection....



The discovery of a siliquae I had forgotten all about, although nice, is also a bit tempered by the misplacement of the Carausius.

Here's to hoping I find the misplaced coin, and hopefully I learned a good lesson as to why a collector should always be organized, and never let things get out of hand.

 

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I've got a coin currently MIA as well. A 13th century Genoa denaro, which I personally cleaned somewhat so it's a bit more sentimental to me. I know it's in its light pink paper flip, and I absolutely have no good lead on where it might be besides perhaps in a pocket or something, but it's been several years so I doubt my pocket theory. I eventually bought a better one but for me it doesn't truly replace the lost one. Now I'm sad too, thanks Sallent

 

Lost one nice coin for another nice coin.

I'm sure the Carausius will turn up.

 

I misplace stuff all the time! I think it happens to a lot of us at least that's what I tell my wife as she's the organized one in the family. I wish I could get her into the coin world but she doesn't want any part of it, other than trying to control my spending. good luck to you up there!

 

@Sallent @ValiantKnight

I'm sure they'll probably turn up. Just give it time.

FWIW, I had some of my medals go missing for almost two years. What can often happen is that you have one place where you always keep certain coins, and all it takes is just one time that you put it somewhere else. Maybe you were in a rush or maybe you had something else on your mind. The point is that when you went looking for it later on, it wasn't in the place it should be. It will probably turn up...just not where you'd expect.

Chris

 

My personal record was four years between noticing a coin was missing and finding. Best wishes.

 

That is a perfectly fine way to mourn the temporary loss of an emperor. Great choice on the Perdomo.

 

Hopefully that Carausius will turn up soon. In the meantime, don't lose the Gratian, it looks like a nice one.

I have a VRBS ROMA that vanished 4 years ago that I still think about. Its empty envelope still awaits it.

 

It’s always in the last place you look. Well, yeah, because once you find it why would you keep looking?

Best of luck. It will turn up soon.

 

This one was missing for a few years when it turned up under the clothes dryer, of all places. I figure that it fell out of my breast pocket when I bent over to feed the dogs (their bowls are in the laundry room) and the flip containing the coin slid under the dryer.

I'm sure your Carausius is somewhere in your possession and that you've simply misplaced it. It'll turn up.

 

Hopefully it will turn up. I had a little greek coin go missing and gave up on it- only to find it in a the sofa cushions when we moved about 8 years later!

 

I had a coin roll off my desk a few years ago.... Still back there somewhere.

 

Probably a bit of useless info, but years ago someone lost a Queen Mary groat, couldn't find it anywhere. Suggested they look in their coins books just in case they'd accidently left it inside the pages when they were trying to I.D it. Eureeka! There it was. I got rewarded by a Queen Mary groat in the post!!

 

I lost a Constantius II Fel Temp type that dropped on the floor and rolled into a crack between the floor boards, never to be seen again. That's it so far. Sucks, but better than losing a Caesar elephant denarius or a Tribute penny.

 

I have two daughters, a five year old who is very well behaved, and a three year old who gives Dennis the Menace a run for his money. A couple months ago the younger one snuck into my office and found my stash of Greek silver fractions. Evidently they are the perfect size for barbies, because it took me days of looking through her toys to get them all back!

 

Last year, my then 7 year old, grabbed three coins from my desk which I was in the middle of researching. I noticed the coins were missing and asked my child about it. He said he was playing "hide the pirate treasure" by the lake in the back. I ended up digging out of a hole filled with dirt and sand an As of Caligula, a Denarius of Vespasian, and a sestertius of Marcus Aurelius. Thankfully the coins appeared to have suffered no damage despite their little adventure.

Now, I know he is no responsible for the disappearance of this coin (Carausius) because ever since that incident I keep my office locked, and he is now more aware about the value and the importance of these coins. I do remember seeing the coin about two months ago when I brought ito home from the bank to examine it more closely, so I'm sure it's got to be somewhere in a corner of the office, or between papers somewhere, or maybe inside of a book as someone suggested. I have to look very carefully for it.

 

When you find it, let us know so that we can rejoice with you, like the woman in Luke 15:8-9.

 

Here's hoping you find that Carausius!! And I remember that siliqua well - hands down the nicest coin of Gratian to ever pass through my store.



Gratian, AD 367-383
AR Siliqua, 16mm, 2.2g, 12h; Trier mint, 367-378
Obv.: DN GRATIANVS P F AVG; Pearl diademed draped cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: VRBS - ROMA; Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre // TRPS•
Reference: RIC IX 27f Trier

 

Your coin oughta turn up sooner or later, just be observant when throwing away trash (inspect bags and under flaps of cardboard boxes, etc.)

I had lost a high grade silvered follis of Maximian I was in the process of cleaning because I was drowning my sorrows with a strong 6-pack! It's probably hiding somewhere stupid in my big cluttered garage.

Another time I realized I was missing a minuscule tetartemorion after vacuuming my office, so the gold pans were dusted off and I had to pan-down the vacuum paydirt to find it!