What's the Dumbest Thing You Ever Did to a Coin

I couldn't save Lincoln either!

 

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I was wondering if polishing a coin with a microfiber towel would leave marks so I tried it on a Peace dollar. But rather than trying it on one that I paid about $15 for I tried it on one I paid about $100.

 

Ouch...

 

dumbest oh I was dumb.. was 1995, I had a roll of new shiny 1995 cents 15-20 of them with "liberty" very clearly doubled, like fake DblD 55 wheats.. that doubled. (better then most examples i've seen since) Showed them to a friend... told him someday they could be worth a fortune... and proceeded to chuck em into a compost heap... the fact I was drunk at the time was no excuse and not getting them out the very next day was even dumber... as far as I know they still there (my brother has the house and still dumps his lawn clipping in that very spot)

 

Sounds like you need to get drunk again and dig them out.

 

Uhhhh, metal detector????

 

95 Zincoln's I doubt there is anything left...

 

Oh so true

 

I put a silver dime on a train track and never saw it again, dumb huh.

 

In the 3rd grade, I lost an average circulated 44-D Walking Liberty half dollar on the school playground.

 

The dumbest thing I ever did to a coin was sell it: a 1922 Lincoln cent, no D, XF reverse, that I found in my parents' cash register when I was about 12 years old. Sold it to my father for college expenses, then sold it to settle my dad's estate about six years ago. Dumb, dumber and dumbest thing.

Steve

 

I was in the 7th grade when my father gave me a silver dollar (I don't remember which one or what year). I was so excited that while walking home, I was showing off to a girl I was walking with (that I really liked). She asked to see it and I let her hold it. Next thing I knew, she tossed it. I looked for it for over a couple of hours and never found it. I told my father about it and he told me that he thought the girl palmed it and never threw it. I don't show my coin collection to anyone now..

 

In my 'idiocratic' daze I cleaned an Au-Unc 1920-D SLQ with baking soda!
At a Houston Money Show, many moons ago, J.H. Cline still offered me $75.00 for her.
I still have this coin as a reminder.
J.T.

 

The good old days. Nothing better than some good old Comet and an old toothbrush to shine up the copper in the mid 1960's. Yep I did it. Been there Done that. Stupid Me!!!! Luckily nothing of value.

 

I would be very surprised if there is one collector that started collecting when young that didn't destroy a coin or two.

 

I guess most every "early childhood collector of coins used the eraser trick" I know I did. I don't have any of those copper cents now, kinda wish I did for the memories.

 

so it was YOU I bought that Coin from??? (just kidding)

 

My father received an XF 1917-S obv half in change on a trip we took out West. It was a beautiful coin, with a few dark speckles on the eagle's breast. I kept if for years without doing anything to it. Finally, I decided to give it a quick baking soda and water scrub to get rid of the speckles. They did go away, but so did about $500 worth of value! I sold it as quickly as I could. I would say that was one of the dumbest things I ever did to a coin. Notice I said "one of." There have been plenty of others.

 

I have no clue how many Wheatie Cents I sat on edge to shoot with a B-B gun and put lil round pings in them. Now I picture 1909 S V.D.B. being one of them even though chances are like Publishers clearing house winners the night mare is still there. and for the record I didn't put my eye out.