Here is a story that I bet you won't believe. It all began when I walked into one of my local coin shops (I have 2 main ones I go to), looked through Morgan & Peace dollars, and found an 1879-O that looked cleaned with F-12 details. I looked at it and the only thing I thought it was good for was to guess how many times older the coin was than my cousin who works in the shop. I walked out with a multitude of things but not it. I went back a few days later and the coin had gotten sold. Today, I go into the shop and want to look at the silver dollars. I usually look for high quality ones, as I try to sell worn examples for less than $27, more around $22 for common dates if possible. I looked through them, and I saw that exact same coin! I was looking to buy a silver dollar, and after going through what they had, which also included a low-end MS 1925 Peace and a low-grade 04-S Morgan, I ended up choosing the 1879-O. I was thinking to myself like "How could I end up with a coin that I saw in the shop not only after neglecting to buy it the first time, but after it appeared in the shop again?" Is it just me, or are people crazier than I think? If they didn't give it to anyone, the person who bought it had to have lost money on the ordeal.
Are you sure it was sold, or maybe it was collecting dust and not getting interest so they got new coins in and moved it back to the vault. Then they sold the newer inventory and put it back on the display?
This is actually true! If that same coin was sold and ended up in the shop again, it must've been a gift that the person then sold.
I really doubt it. There are times that the shop is completely out of the ones in the bin (that's usually the culls), and they didn't put it in a flip. I'm pretty sure that someone did something foolish with the coin after buying it.
Does the store have a return policy? I know the pawn shop I occasionally visit advertises 30-days no-questions-asked returns. (They had what looked like a good 200 ounces of silver bars and rounds out today, at something around $29/ounce I think.)
I may have won that one, but I've got some that will knock this one clean out of the park! LOL Anyways, there is simply enough numismatic stories circulating here to drive someone crazy. Since coming to this site, I've definitely felt like a part of it all the way!
