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Mudd's Bag of coins

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I just got off the phone with my Sister...She and her Husband are coming over to the MudPuppy estate for a weekend of fun and frivolity on the sunny sands of West Michigan...anyway...I've known my BIL for over 40yrs, and my Sister for 57....His mother worked at a Midwestern small town bank, long ago, he mentioned when she retired, she gave him a canvas sack full of silver coins that she found stuffed in a corner of the vault back in the 70's...said she paid face value for it and hauled it home for some reason...

So today, just this morning, not an hour ago, when they called to ask what they should bring, besides beer, I thought about that 'bag of silver' story and asked them about it....They said, "Oh yeah? That big heavy bag?" "Weighs 50lbs!" "We still have it in our safety deposit box taking up all sorts of space" "Theres rolls of uncirculated coins from the 1800's in it, still in the rolls from the mint!"

(Understandably to all my friends here, I got a raging numismatic viagra thing going on right now...)

So I said, "Well, bring it on over and I'll have a look and pay you face plus a little for your trouble, and to partially defray the expense of your upkeep!"

I dont know if they will do it..but by god, I'm locked in on the idea...my BIL knows nothing about silver, has no emotional connection to this stash, He has made a fortune in the World and is set for Life....

If he brings it, I will time my offer appropriately, all nonchalant, late at night when everybody is all boozed up on the back deck and not thinking straight...I might possibly get that sack of silver for a little more than the price of a lumberyard sandbag! Just to toss in the back of my car, for 'Winter traction' you know:laughing:

Worse case, I can always sleep out in their shed and be their pool boy if my other 'Get Rich Quick' schemes dont pan out...which knowing me, is definitely a high probability outcome...

The Pirate in me says: "Whats wrong with you? Just kill him and steal it!"...but like I said, I've known this guy for over 40yrs..that would just not be cool, even for me...He's been a decent husband to my Sister...

All I know is, I cant leave the house today or even take a squirt with this raging numismatic boner going on! Thats gotta be worth something for my trouble besides free beer right? :laughing:
Mud
 
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I gotta take a breath and settle down and pitch this right if I have any chance to score on this at all! My BIL is pretty smart and savvy, if he gets a sse of my intentions, I'll never get that sack...We used to play RISK all night together, so I know how he thinks and he does me...I gotta play it cool!

I've been a very good Uncle and BIL to this outfit though, you cant image the late night calls and pleas for Ol Mud to show up and make trouble go away...my Sister has 6 kids, but I've dealt with everything from bats in the kitchen to recalcitrant worthless suitors of my nieces...plus, I've kicked the stone cold !!!! out of bullies that were preying on the both of them since gradeschool... I've always dropped what I was doing and delivered results with no recompense...

I just went to the bank and pulled some cash...just in case.. a guy has to be ready to do the deal, 'strike when the iron is hot' and all...so I think I'm ready on my end, 'Be Prepared' right?...I'll keep y'all posted...If you dont hear from me by Sunday, Its on account of I'm busy cataloging some coins!

Its like the Atocha wreck in a gunny sack from what they are saying!..I gotta play it real dumb though, which should be no problem.....My BIL is quite a few notches up the IQ ladder than myself, like about 50...I know this, and so does he, although we have never acknowledged this mental discrepancy face to face...He likes money, like real money, the paper kind, I gotta make him think he is taking advantage of me, then I can get one over on him for once!...

Sort of like 'Jack and the Beanstock' thing going on here...I want HIM to think he's the bean seller, and I'm just dumb old Jack, so the waves of silverdom glory are stacking up nicely here for poor old Mud maybe! Everyday I get up and paddle out, sooner or later, I'm gonna catch the right swell! :laughing:.
Mud
 
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MUD, DO NOT LEAVE US HANGING, I want to know the outcome. If you need help toting that bag, just holler, I promise I can be there QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Man you've got restraint not just killing him off and all :laughing: thankfully you still have some facilities working in that noggin atop your neck :)

Sure hope he brings it over and you get a bag full of silver with a gold coin or two or three at the bottom :lol:
 
LOL! If that raging numismatic Viagra thing don't subside in 4 hours you gotta see a doc. Or look at a picture of Hillary, that should do it. :lol:
Hope it works out for you Mud! Look forward to seeing pics of that stash.
 
This reminds me of a story from my youth. My grandparents' neighbor drove a truck for Coke. He retired in the 70s-80s time frame and he and his wife and child lived in this little house eating half sandwiches, consisting of one piece of meet and some cheese, for lunch every day... You get the image in your head? Anyway, after he and his wife passed and his daughter moved into a home, she was mentally disabled, a man sold off the house and liquefied their assets. Apparently he had over a million in Coke stock and had a stock pile of silver coins that he collected in the 60s. BAGS AND BAGS of it. The person who did the liquidation hauled off the silver and payed the estate face value. My cousins and I each got a small bag of coins, about 100.00 worth but the real money was gone with the wind.

Mud, my advice to you is offer your BIL a fair price for the coins with a good profit to you for your troubles. We should always do right by family, rich or not.

BCD
 
Wow, what an opportunity! Don't blow it, Mud! Breathe, breathe...

Tell him something stupid, like you're trying to put together a montage of coins from birth years of family members. :laughing: "yep, great aunt Bernice would have loved this 1862 quarter, now we can memorialize it for her..."
 
Get a scale and pay say 15 percent under melt, and don't even look at the dates until he leaves. He will be getting way more than he thought and worse case scenario you make 15% and have a fun few hours looking up coins hoping for a SCORE...
I think he would agree that would be a fair deal...
That's how I buy coins here.
 
Pics my man, pics! I hope you understand we are vicariously living out silver themed fantasies through this journey of yours (and ours!).

My mother in law mentioned some old coins her brother had, she brought them out and there rolling around amongst the Mercury dimes and buffalo nickels was a 1877 trade dollar... I fondled that thing like I was on my first date. (Trembling fingers and all)

Good luck, and don't forget the pics!
 
I hope this thread is some kind of earlier joke that I missed .. To actually consider trying to take advantage of your own family members for financial gain just blows my mind . Then you have a bunch of fellow forum members encouraging this behavior. I sure hope this is all tongue and cheek and not actual reality :roll::roll::wow:
 
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I hope this thread is some kind of earlier joke that I missed .. To actually consider trying to take advantage of your own family members for financial gain just blows my mind . Then you have a bunch of fellow forum members encouraging this behavior. I sure hope this is all tongue and cheek and not actual reality :roll::roll::wow:
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Shoot, my family uses me like a plow mule...

I'm all for it!

<°)))>{
 
This really sound like a once in a lifetime experience to see that much "old" silver in great shape.

It's not about Mud taking advantage of hid BIL. His BIL sounds to be of normal intelligence and might be pretty educated too. He can see Mud coming!!

All my BIL brings me is anguish and silly episodes! ;)

Keep us posted Mud.
 
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