Stuff like this happens to me more often than I'd like to admit...

Lol, what a great thread. Glad to know I'm not alone. I felt like my house is one of the few remaining where 90% silver coins are routinely found in couch cushions!!

 

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I know how you feel Lord M. I've had several valuable coins disappear never to be seen again. I'm still looking for a St. Gaudens in the couch cushions. I had to laugh though when I saw the one hiding in the lid. I thought, you should be a magician! With a little practice you could make all sorts of things disappear. Work your way up to the Eiffel Tower!

 

Oh yes, I remember that very well. Ended up selling cheap on ebay too.

Yeah, that coin continued to make history long after Caligulas death.

 

@Fred Weinberg accidentally threw away a $4 stella, I believe.

 

I've dropped a few uncleaned coins that I never was able to find. One fell out of my hand while I was attributing it (LRB), rolled across the hardwood floor and into a crack between the wall and the floor. I tried a pair of needle-nose plyers to try and pry it out but it was nowhere to be seen. Eventually gave up since it was maybe a $10 coin of Valentinian II.

 

SOMEBODY needs to drink a shot, I'm thinking.

 

I think many have these stories. My experiences are that coins tend to bounce a long way on carpet. Drop one here, later find it 12 feet away. Its happened dozens of times to me and honestly I have no idea how many coins I've lost. Most recently I have lost a very nice Balbinus. Cant be sure exactly where it went, but I think I shipped it to the wrong person (who has yet to come forward). If anyone see's it on Ebay....

 

My first personal one-to-one numismatic mentor, when I transitioned from a casual collector to a very serious academically focused one, was a gentleman who once owned a complete set of $4 Stellas, and is/was a Farran Zerbe Award winner (the most prestigious ANA award), the late great John Eshbach. A true giant of the field.

 

I'm glad @lordmarcovan found it - we've already nailed down the terms of trade once again so soon Constantine will be coming home.

On the bright side the $$ LM sent helped me secure that BRUTTIUM, Rhegion Litra out of the x6 Collection which I might not have pulled the trigger on otherwise.

 

If you have one of these coin-swallowing banks in the house, it might be to blame for missing coins - they've been known to sleep walk when hungry

 

I’ve not had such a bad experience with small coins. Any ones I drop go on the hardwood floor beneath my desk where they stick out like a sore thumb. This guy might be a contender for a coin on the carpet one day, but at least I’ll know when I’ve found it!

 

Remind me to keep that thing away from my denarii.

 

Neither fear nor fret, your Lordship! It's part of the aging process. As we mature like fine cheese we sometimes become a bit less adept at things that never challenged us before. It's called the fumble factor. I can only speak for myself when I share this of course.

 

And like fine aged cheese some of us get sharper! Well, maybe not me...

 

Ooohhh, I like that gold! Looks like it might be nicely toned!

 

@Alegandron That cointain is a nice way of holding that coin!

 

Next time, less of the wine & sex !!!