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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2776486, member: 83956&quot;]This is the coin that was received in U.S. Customs in New York in February, never to be seen again. If you see this coin for sale anywhere, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s been counted as lost, and I have received my money back from the Spanish seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I’d much rather have the coin than the money, because it’s going to cost me some bucks to replace it at the price point I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me tell you how stupid I am and offer a cautionary tale for others who might make the same mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once upon a time I had a “good” version of this coin. Then in January I was scrolling through VCoins and saw a VG version at an attractive price. Being a man of limited means, I thought, “I’ll just sell my current denarius and use that money to buy this one.” So I put my denarius on eBay and sold it right away at a fairly low BUY IT NOW price. I figured I’d be out about $30 to upgrade the coin, which was fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I have neither coin. Stupid, really, since even on my limited budget I had plenty of money to buy the new coin and receive it before putting my old one on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson learned: You never possess the coin until you possess the coin. You&#039;d think that would be a simple principle, wouldn’t you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I’m in the market for a replacement, but it’s probably going to cost me about 50% more than what I had intended to spend even to find a budget version of this denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>So post your lost coins, your Aeneas denarii, or your stupidest coin mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641427[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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