his_princess's blog post

Yeah....so.... Sunday when Poohbare was bopping around ebay, he came across two unopened rolls of silver dollars from a Carson City bank. The bank failed and closed up in 1907. There were no silver dollars produced between 1904 and 1921, so we know the rolls contain dates from 1904 and earlier. At the time he found these auctions, they had 13 hours left.

So.... the next 13 hours passed in a ... let's go with "greatly heightened state of anxiety" as Poohbare proceeded to stare with grave intensity at the coins visible at each end of these two rolls and did a bunch of research to try to figure out clues as to what years at least those four coins were minted. And shared every discovery. woot?

Meanwhile, he continued to check the status of the auctions, stalk the various bidders, make disparaging remarks about their bidding habits, what they've bought, and their family lineage. *snicker*

Finally, in an act of sheer desperation told him "PICK ONE! Pick a roll, bid up to $4,500 and just buy the damn thing!" hoping this would put an end to it all. He picked. He bid. He won. While he paid less than the max amount, an end was not put to it all. *sigh*

He is now grumbling that the coins did not arrive today. Mind you, they were only marked as "shipped" early this morning and they are coming cross-country. Darn snail mail!

Oh, did I mention the agonizing that's gone on with "Should I keep the roll intact? Should I open it? I shouldn't open it. But what if there's a _____ in there? It's worth $______." You get the picture.

Poor man. Even he has started laughing at himself when I give him the long suffering look he's seen umpteen times in the last two days.

HP the martyr