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Message:: [QUOTE="stoster38, post: 1799513, member: 11827"]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.[/QUOTE]