I could have cried.

I have a good friend. I have yet to meet him in person. He lives in
France and we met each other several years ago over the phone through
our jobs. We have stayed in touch with letters, emails, etc. and are
always making plans to visit one another but never seem to get around
to it. He knows that I collect coins. He knows nothing at all about
coin collecting. So I was suprised when I recieved the Christmas
package from him with this year with a small note. which said, I found
this in a shop here and I know you like to collect coins, so I bought
it for you this Christmas, it was pretty dirty but cleaned up nicely
with the polisher on my dremel. I did not want to open the box up but
finally did anyway.... a nice shiny.....cleaned....1846 seated liberty
silver dollar.

Capri wrote:
.... it was pretty dirty but cleaned up nicely
with the polisher on my dremel. I did not want to open the box up but
finally did anyway.... a nice shiny.....cleaned....1846 seated liberty
silver dollar.

Oh no... my heart goes out to you. Even with the cleaning, the '46 is
a
great piece to own. This makes me want to write an ode to friends of
coin collectors; explaining what we do and what they should (and
should not) do with coins they find for us.

Les
http://life-of-coins.blogspot.com

On 28 Dec 2006 20:30:25 -0800, "Capri" wrote:

I have a good friend. I have yet to meet him in person. He lives in
France and we met each other several years ago over the phone through
our jobs. We have stayed in touch with letters, emails, etc. and are
always making plans to visit one another but never seem to get around
to it. He knows that I collect coins. He knows nothing at all about
coin collecting. So I was suprised when I recieved the Christmas
package from him with this year with a small note. which said, I found
this in a shop here and I know you like to collect coins, so I bought
it for you this Christmas, it was pretty dirty but cleaned up nicely
with the polisher on my dremel. I did not want to open the box up but
finally did anyway.... a nice shiny.....cleaned....1846 seated liberty
silver dollar.

I wouldn't fret over this coin - The great chance is that it is a
common Chinese made fake. They are quite common with this date. If
you could image the coin and post it somewhere I'm sure someone could
give you confirmation either way.


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