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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okbustchaser, post: 2403646, member: 72642&quot;]Several over the years.&nbsp; I have a marked tendency to leave things sitting around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing that compares with this story from Fred Weinberg, though...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>June 1986 - PCGS had been certifiying</i></b></p><p><b><i>coins for about 5-6 months.</i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>I had a customer&#039;s Proof Gold (8 pcs.), including</i></b></p><p><b><i>a PCGS 1879 $4 Stella, PR-65 then.</i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>Long story short - It&#039;s been in the Simi Valley</i></b></p><p><b><i>Trash Dump (here in the San Fernando Valley)</i></b></p><p><b><i>since - wow - just realized it&#039;s been almost 30 years!</i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>I paid the customer $65,000 for it the next week. </i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>Today - a no-doubt PR-66</i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>And, yes, I was the one who threw it in the trash can here</i></b></p><p><b><i>in my office....for those that want the full story (I need to</i></b></p><p><b><i>use hand-gestures, backround info, full story)...just come</i></b></p><p><b><i>up to my table at the ANA this Summer and I&#039;ll spill all the details.</i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>I&#039;ve told the story to others over the past three decades, and</i></b></p><p><b><i>I&#039;m over it, so I promise I won&#039;t get a tear in my eye when</i></b></p><p><b><i>I re-tell it.</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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