Was it yours? Did the person take it? Did they know? It's your fault not theirs for you not keeping it in a safe place So you do nothing! Just learn from your mistake.
Is the person into coin collecting? Do they care enough to keep it safe? There are many factors on how to respond to such an incident. Maybe it was just a mistake. Hey.. Mistakes happen.
In the long run, so what? There will be 10 million across the 5 designs, of which there will be 500 million Ps and Ds and maybe Ss. So maybe 1 in 250 will be West Point. A fun curiosity find, not rare and valuable...
At this point the only W cents are the proof and reverse proof non-circulating (except for this one)...wont be 10 million I don't think.
You don't do anything. It was a gift and it was theirs to do with as they pleased. But if you give them any other coins do a better job of explaining why they shouldn't be spent.
What can anyone buy with a cent these days??! I'm guessing it was in a pile of change. Such are the risks of gifting coins. Not everyone wants to collect. And not everyone cares about mint marks. Years ago, my late great aunt was afraid to give kids her old coins for that very reason, but she worked something out with our parents so we wouldn't go and spend dimes from 1913 and such. I still have them and I was never temped to spend them, but that won't be true for everyone, unfortunately.
No, he's in his second childhood and he just watched Alice In Wonderland, "Off with his head. Off with his head." lol
