I am a stupid, lazy procrastinator

[seedyrom]

I am lazy.
Well ... not lazy per se. I am time poor.
So whilst I like collecting coins, I'm more a hoarder at this point. I buy coins, stash them, and will "one day" get around to giving them the time they deserve.
That is, by looking at them, potentially grading them, selling off excess etc.

But for the time being, I am just putting them in storage and not thinking too much about their care.
I have them in their mint packaging, and effectively am hoping for the best.

I was putting some coins away on the weekend, and came across an issue.

I'd bought a 2017 silver eagle to go into my Dansco album for my silver eagles ... but classic procrastinator ... hadn't gotten around to it yet.

I'd bought from someone online ,,, and it was in a plastic holder.

Unfortunately I'd assumed that people wore white gloves when handling coins for collectors. Obviously not, as you can see not only the coin toning a bronze colour where the plastic holder is open and exposed to the elements ... you can also see part of their fingerprint which has etched itself in to the tarnishing.



Where the holder is open, the coin has started to degrade quite badly.




So, don't be a procrastinator like me.
Look after your coins, cause this one is a loss.




Now ... I have these in a safe place. Away from light. I have one of those moisture absorbing kits down the bottom.
Is this useless?

[JeffH]

will "one day" get around to giving them the time they deserve.

That sounds a little like some of McDucks's history. He gets stuff faster than he can organise it.

P.S. your images don't show for me.

P.P.S. I bet I am a better procrastinator than you!

[Unicorn]

Poor old McDuck ...... I'd put this one in an old thread way back ......

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[JeffH]

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[keldaw]

I am one of them too ,
last week my self and my wife were removing some 2014 Anzacs from their 2 x 2 s because I had too many of them ,and were going to cash some in , so she was doing one book , I was doing the other one , about 70 coins in all , next day took them in to town to cash them in , great , we forgot it was the book that also held one of my mule dollars also . the one that I got of ebay for $ 550.00 , now gone forever , someone will be lucky one day . that would have to be my biggest mistake ever .
  so would I be a stupid , lazy procrastinator also     ,, kel ,,

[Unicorn]

Oh No Kel!!!!! That's terrible. You must be gutted.  :-/

[keldaw]

i cant understand how I did not see it , even if dawn did it she would have to seen it I would think , but while we have the lady clean the house , we sit out the back under the awning and have a coffee , so we were just talking and did not take any notice until later on in the week , when I was going through my books and trying to make more room in the u know what .  .     ,, kel ,,

[Hercules]

Thanks for the heads up, Kel. Which security company does your bank use?

[Goldseeker]

Oops!

[keldaw]

Thanks for the heads up, Kel. Which security company does your bank use?

I don't really know Hercules , my bank is credit union Australia , they must come at night time maybe ??

[keldaw]

Oops!

that's more than a big oops Bruce . I cannot understand how I could be so stupid . truly I must be going crazy .

[keldaw]

I just bid $ 180 .00 on the 1988 3 coin set ,
an I guy asked me was the bid $ 180.00 or $ 180,00 thousand dollars
just because I put a comma instead of a dot after the $ 180
what would you answer that question with  ??

[jens coins]

Kel I would retract your bid and start again

[keldaw]

I just got in touch with him , through the page and his answer was 

    [I was only joking ]

 and I said , [ anybody with half a brain would know it would not be $ 180000.00 ] for a coin .

 and then I made another bid , this time $ 180.00

[Hercules]

Thanks for the heads up, Kel. Which security company does your bank use?

I don't really know Hercules , my bank is credit union Australia , they must come at night time maybe ??

Thanks, Kel. The reason I asked is because I'm planning to go on a big mule hunt over the next few weeks. Please find out which security company they use, so I can narrow down the search for it. :winkextra: