this story would almost be comical if were happening to someone else..

About a year ago I bought a coin...a seemingly harmless coin and quite attractive...little did I know that it was a cursed coin !!!!

The story starts about a year ago when I saw an attractive, raw 1942 Walking Liberty Proof half Dollar at a Stacks sale...............

Being the concientous collector that I am, I checked with other sales and decided that a $400 chance bid was an intelligent if not even conservative bid..after all, the catalog description said " a choice Gem example--remarkably free of hairlines and contact marks"

Low and behold..I won the coin...after fees and shipping the cost was closer to $480. When I received the coin ( the evil temptress) I marveled at the lines and beauty of her and packed her off to NGC for grading. Alas she came back in a bodybag as "altered surface???" This gorgeous lady stared up at me and with her feminine wiles whispered to my brain "look how beautious I am, don't they know that I am a gem--there must have been a mistake" Listening to her voice in my head, I decided that yes, there must have been a mistake...I will send her in again for another look.

The days ticked by, although she was away in Sarasota, my thoughts turned to her often--even daring to hope that they would not only find her slab worthy, but also a gem 65 or better..and dare I hope???--maybe even a cameo !!

I am ashamed to say that I was a stalker..I constantly checked for her whereabouts...received, scheduled, quality control...I kept tabs constantly on her location...finally I received word that she was on her way home to me!!!

Tearing open the box at the first red light I hit, I stared with dumbfounded confusion...yes she was slabbed>>but only as a PF64 !!

Jumping forward, as time has been known to do, my passion ebbed for my beauty...at times I could hardly stand to look at my lovely lady trapped within her capsule and labeled so under appreciated. Again I admit with all shame and humility, that my heart was stolen by another..........

To win this new beauty would require a greater dowry than I had available...so I was forced to part ways with my old love (and several other old friends from my buff collection) to gain the proper payment for my new heart's passion.

My old love was listed in ebay, asking for a new home, and was promptly scooped up by a new admirer after fierce competition for her. I mailed her away and the story should be over...but it's not---

Six days had passed since remittance had been made via paypal...and news arrived to me from her new owner...he was not pleased with her "the crone looks nothing like the glamour shots taken of her and posted in the listing". Away at the time, I returned to find this and 3 other messages from her new owner--each angrier than the one before.

I immediately responded that I was away and was not ducking him and offered to remedy the problem...I logged onto paypal and found that a dispute had been filed and the $1500 I had raised to purchase my new love had been Frozen !! I now not only faced the return of this vile vixen, but since the sale for my new hearts desire was ending...I would lose her too !!!

In the end the gentleman and I reached an accord...my account at the evil empire Paypal has been unfrozen, I arranged for him to keep the maddening Harpy who once held me enthralled..with a partial refund in acquiescence...but I did lose out on the coin that I wanted--in which I endeavored to raise the money for in the first place...

I am not one to wish ill on anyone, but I hope she gives her new beaux at least a taste of the hell she put me through...and I pray with gratitude that she will never darken my doorstep again.....

As requested by several of you..a picture of the evil succubus..