A Tale from the coinshop

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Corn Man, Aug 1, 2020.

  1. Corn Man

    Corn Man Well-Known Member

    Was buying some BU lincon cents for my albums at the local coin shop and a guy comes in with the biggeat smile on his face. My dealer goes and greets him with a casual "How you doing today?" The guy goes "Never better I just found the king of quarters in my change!" My coin dealer smiles back and says "well lets look at it" The guy then pulls out this crusty 2002 louisiana state quarter. My dealer looks at it with the straightest face ive ever seen. My dealer asks "How much were you looking for it?" The man still with that big smile says "Two Grand" My dealer ask "Where in gods green earth did you get that number?" The guy pulls ups a etsy listing for a quarter for 2k and my dealer says "Get in Contact with the seller Ill sell him 4 rolls for half that." The guy gets pissed off and storms out the store calling my coin dealer ingnorant after my dealer told him it waa just a quarter. Me and my dealer looked at each other and start laughing. Its a shame these bogus etsy and ebay listings fool people.
     
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  3. clint1970

    clint1970 Active Member

    Ha,, that's funny,,,:wideyed:
     
  4. JeffC

    JeffC Go explore something and think a happy thought!

    But there had to be something (although probably of no value) that made him think that it was special. Wonder what it was.
     
  5. Corn Man

    Corn Man Well-Known Member

    I forgot to mention it in the story he saw the date it enteted the union and thought it was that old.
     
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  6. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    Nope! The real shame is the stupid people who believe them. ~ Chris
     
  7. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    True. If they can be bothered to look at a listing online they should be smart enough to take another minute or two and look for more information
     
  8. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    Oh, they're plenty smart enough . . . they just don't want to know the truth.
     
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  9. Corn Man

    Corn Man Well-Known Member

    Yeah ive seen it alot with those tv call in networks BUY YOUR UNCIRCULATED 2020 SILVER EAGLE SET FOR 1000$ WAIT SLASH THAT WE HAVE A SURPLUS WE ARE NOW SELLING IT FOR 299 CALL NOW
     
  10. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    Very true and of course some are just flat out lazy scam attempts.
     
  11. Corn Man

    Corn Man Well-Known Member

    Then their kids either spend it or go take it and get 20 bucks at a pawnshop
     
  12. Corn Man

    Corn Man Well-Known Member

    Heres one
     

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  13. Mike185

    Mike185 Well-Known Member

    Esty strikes again!!!! Lol
     
  14. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The first time it's funny, the tenth time not so funny, the 50th time not funny at all. And it just keeps happening. Think about it. How many times have we had to tell someone here that no they don't have a copper 43 cent, or 69 S DDO, or 1982 D small date copper, copper nickels dimes and quarters etc. And how many of them have then argued telling us we don't know what we are talking about. It stops being funny pretty quickly.
     
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