Coin Poems

[cpm9ball]

For those of you who don't get Numismatist, I thought I'd share these from the current issue.

 

This proof set has problems,

Let's start with the penny.

There should be a mintmark,

But there isn't any.

And then there's the nickel,

Look closely, and hello!

There seems to be more,

Than just one Monticello.

The dime has a cud,

That's the size of a trime.

The quarter's been struck

At least fifteen times.

The half's hit just once,

But of course it is struck

On an already minted,

Backdated half buck!

The last coin is by far

The most out of order,

One side is a dollar;

The other's a quarter.

This proof set has problems,

But I will not holler,

Because the set is worth

Almost one million dollars.

 

 

 

Ring the chimes, it's time, it's time,

For that extra shiny key-date dime!

A gleaming mint-state '16-D,

Winged Liberty (or "Mercury").

The one this guy has sure looks nice!

The guy gives us a bargain price!

There is no time to wonder why,

The guy won't look us in the eye.

The dime is ours; it shines like chrome!

It's ours, it's ours; let's take it home!

Uh-oh, oh no, it's sad to see

The "D" fall off the mint-state key!

Our '16-D Winged Liberty

Is just an altered '16-P!

 

 

 

There are two more, but I liked these the best.

 

Chris

[WoodenJefferson]

Those poems ring true.

[Revenant]

I love it.

[ant]

those are great! i wonder if any1 realy had a d fall off a dime

[zrlevin]

those are great! i wonder if any1 realy had a d fall off a dime

 

I believe they have. I don't recall who told the story, though.

[EZ_E]

Ain't got a coin in my pocket

 

Not even enough to buy me a rocket

 

Got a coin collection, though I won't hock it

 

Had me a boat now someone else docks it

 

 

'Cause I'm a coin collector, you see

 

Not the same man I used to be

 

I'd be OK if coins were free

 

But I ain't got a quarter even to pee

 

 

Coins for coin is my life

 

Once I almost even pawned my wife

 

But she said nay with a knife

 

Now we cool, no more strife

 

 

'Cause I'm a coin collector, you see

 

Exactly the man I want to be

 

Nothing more thrilling than a VDB

 

I'm an Eliasberg wannabe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MAULEMALL]

those are great! i wonder if any1 realy had a d fall off a dime

 

I believe they have. I don't recall who told the story, though.

I believe there was a 1916 "D" in a lawsuit slab that dropped a D.....

[Revenant]

I haven't heard of a 1916 D having the D fall off but I heard about an S VDB cent where the S fell off when squirted with Acetone.

[kranky]

Did this one a few years ago.

 

On a long-ago night, when I stayed up real late

And my belly stuffed full with the chili I ate

I looked through the paper route money I made

For some valuable coins in a really high grade.

 

I didn't find any, but I hadn't expected

to doze off in mid-search through the coins I collected.

I guess it was the chili, 'cause I had a strange dream

That, there in the pile, was a Lincoln that gleamed.

 

I picked up that penny (or cent, if you must)

A pristine example - no nicks, dings or dust.

Look! A 1909 with a small letter "S"

Sitting under the date! On the back - dare I guess?

 

Would those three little letters be there on the back?

Either way, it's a coin I no longer would lack.

There! Down at the bottom, and right in the center!

The tiny initials of Victor D. Brenner!

 

It was then that I woke, with a coin in my hand.

I sat up and I looked at that Lincoln cent and

Quickly discovered the date wasn't right.

A 53-D, and not even that bright.

 

"It was only a dream!" was the thought in my head.

I wanted to cry, but I just laughed instead.

'Twas the dream of so many, and I had it too.

But I keep on looking, 'cause it just might come true.