I was twelve years old when the release of the 03 O's occurred. My dad brought a bunch of silver dollars home for me to look at from our family owned gas station. I got out my trusty blue Whitman folder and started to fill some holes. There was on hole that was filled at the printer by Whitman. I jumped for joy, there on the floor carpet which was my desk sat a wonderfully beautiful 1903-O in all it's glory. I showed to to Dad and he was amazed as well. I was RICH.

Two days later I waltzed into my coin hangout, Schuman's Coin and Bicycle Shop on Warren Avenue in Detroit, Michigan and showed my plunder with great pride. Bob Schuman looked at it and said; "Oh, you have one too". He explained what had happened and my bubble was popped.

Bob did it with great care and explained what had just happened with the release of those bags. It could have been a lot worse. He had a customer that paid several thousand for one several years earlier. I still had a great coin. I went home and pulled the factory added plugged hole out and put my great coin in there. It is still one of my favorite recollections as a young collector and always a great story. Bob was a great fellow, he took me under his wing as a young collector. I sorted a lot of coins in his back room and learned much from him.

I sold it many years later as I left US collecting for $25, a tidy profit.