I dropped a coin in the store...

I held the coin up to see it better, and it fell onto the glass top. It was a one ounce Libertad and it was loud. I looked over at the store owner, and he was looking at me. I said " I will take this one".

I think it was the right thing to do. I will no longer raise a coin to my head in a coin shop.

Suninjune

 

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meh. wasn't it a bullion coin?

 

Kudos to you! Good instinct.

 

I'd say if it was just a bullion coin no harm no foul, good on ya though for purchasing it!

 

I guess that really depends on the situation. If you know the owner, a simple apology would do it. Did the coin scratch the glass display?

 

With such a sound, I thought I broke the glass at first. No damage was done to the glass or the coin that I could see.

 

It's what I do.

 

I think you did the right thing.

 

Agreed. - well done.

Reminded me of a customer in a coin shop that was handling a good proof coin from Hong Kong with his bare hands after removing it from the capsule. The dealer was horrified. Mine you - it's a coin that's worth more than 1.5k USD and it's not a small sum of money. At least the customer was happy to buy it.

 

I agree that you did the right thing by buying it. However, if you didn't I do not believe the dealer should have any right to be upset. A dealer should provide some kind of surface for you to hold coins over. Most dealers I know will pull something out to put under my hands if I ask them if I can take a coin out of its flip.

So, if its just bullion and dropped on glass, there should be no marks on it but its great you stepped up to buy it, regardless if the dealer was partially at fault as well.

 

Yeah, buying it shows you're being cool about things. Coin should be ok. Hopefully you didn't chip his glass top. I've dropped a few bullion coins here and there... fortunately, onto carpeting. And, they were only buffalo rounds

 

Butter fingers..........

Ya did the right thing.

 

Butter fingers...Yes, and poor eye sight as well. That's why I had the coin two feet above the glass to begin with

 

Kudos to you. :>)

 

Good decision, OP. Maybe you should carry around a magnifying glass (one of those huge ones with the handle) in the future so you can observe the coin on the counter.

Also, welcome to CT.

 

Thank you for the welcome NorthKorea, I do have a magnifying glass for my two roman coins. Julia Mamaea, and Otacilia Severa. I will take it to the coin shop next time.

 

This reminds me of a time when a friend and I were at the Long Beach Coin Show several years ago. He was looking for a proof Jackie Robinson commemorative coin. We found a dealer who had 2 or 3 of them. My friend asked to see one and the dealer handed it over to him (it was in the OGP).

My friend took the "jewelry" case, that the coin comes in, out of the box and wanted to get a good view of the reverse. So he starts trying to take the coin out but is struggling with it. The dealer sees this but let's my friend continue.

All of a sudden the coin pops out forcefully and starts spinning towards the hard concrete floor. Watching it was like the slow motion effect you see in the movies. My friend and I were frozen and we didn't really move until we heard the capsule hit the floor.

My friend picked it up and the capsule had small chip from where it hit the floor. I was thinking OMG!!! He's going to have to buy the coin now. The coin itself was fine and he put it back in the case and then the case in the box.

He handed it back to the dealer and then asked to see one of the other Jackie Robinson coins he had. My friend bought the other coin. What really surprised me is that the dealer didn't say anything about the dropped coin and sold the other coin to my friend without a word.

 

Bullion or not, had the coin been damaged, there absolutely would have been a foul. Now, as Medorman pointed out, if this dealer did not provide a protective surface in case of a drop, it could go either way, but bullion does not mean damage is automatically acceptable. With that said, I agree that the OP did the right thing by purchasing it.

 

Ouch. So... did you insist that this friend walk several feet behind you for the rest of the show? Reminds me of the time I taught a friend to play blackjack at the casino. Brought him there for his first time and, at 3rd base, he took dealers' bust card to win his $5 bet, resulting in my loss of $300. I have never gone back there with him.