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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1743972, member: 5233&quot;]Within each of your respective collections, there is undoubtedly coins of great value and beauty.&nbsp; But, I would imagine that everyone of us also has a coin (or coins) that we have acquired over the years (or decades) that have a special story that is worth a greater value to the owner of the coin than it could ever fetch if listed for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it would be fun to share some of those stories...so here is one of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I first began collecting coins when I was in the 6th grade or so, that would have been around 1996.&nbsp; Not long after I started collecting, I found this little coin shop called &quot;Al&#039;s Stamps and Coins.&quot;&nbsp; It was a smaller shop owned by an older gentleman (Al) who was semi-retired and used the shop to make a little extra money and hang around with his regulars (also older semi-retired guys...and me) and tell crazy old stories.&nbsp; In a lot of ways, it was like a scene from Cheers...except in a coin shop rather than a pub.</p><p><br /></p><p>Al&#039;s shop didn&#039;t have the best inventory, and some of them were problem coins (which he sold very cheap), but it was a fun place.&nbsp; It was where the base of many of my sets came from.&nbsp; As a young collector, I tried to collect everything...but my main focuses were Lincoln Cents (like everyone) and Morgan Dollars.&nbsp; By the time I was in the 8th grade or so, I had pieced together a set of Lincoln&#039;s minus a couple of the keys.&nbsp; When Christmas rolled around, my parents wanted to help me with one of the key coins so they stopped by Al&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Christmas morning came, I went to open my presents.&nbsp; One of them was a small box.&nbsp; I unwrapped it and opened the box and a 2x2 flip fell out and landed on the carpet.&nbsp; Seeing it was a Lincoln, I reached down and picked it up and this is what I found:</p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Dscn5628small.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was so excited to read the 1914-D on the package.&nbsp; I just couldn&#039;t believe it.&nbsp; I was so excited...I didn&#039;t even look at the coin.&nbsp; After a minute or two, I began to calm down and started to examine my new prize in detail.&nbsp; Then all of a sudden, my excitement turned into panic as I looked at the coin...because I saw this:</p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/date.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This wasn&#039;t a 1914-D, it was a 1952-D...this must be some terrible mistake I thought.&nbsp; Al wouldn&#039;t rip my parents off, this is wrong.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t believe it.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know what to do.&nbsp; My parents standing there so happy to see me excited...I couldn&#039;t tell them what it really was...could I.&nbsp; Then, after what seemed like an eternity, my parents just busted up laughing.&nbsp; What I thought was a terrible mistake just turned out to be a cruel joke.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, they instructed me to look inside the little box and under a piece of paper taped to the top was another 2x2 also taped to the top.&nbsp; Inside that 2x2 I found a real 1914-D...it was heavily worn and had some damage, but it was a real 1914-D.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/1914-DLincolnCent-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I still have the mislabeled coin in the 2x2 it came in and I wouldn&#039;t sell it if someone offered real 1914-D money.&nbsp; It is a special part of my collection that means a lot to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure others here have similar stories and it would be fun to hear some of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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