VKurtB Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 (edited) On 2/21/2024 at 1:01 PM, Henri Charriere said: Blast from the Past! 🐓 : Is this place great or what? Q.A.: Tell me about it. Good natured camaraderie and jargoning. Accommodating hosts. A Win-Win! I was 13 in 1968. I never was even CLOSE to being a flower child. I was “Alex Keaton” before Michael J. Fox ever read the -script. I think the role was based on me. The difference was that Alex Keaton’s GIRLFRIEND attended Franklin & Marshall College. I real life, I DID! I fought my liberal professors tooth and nail for four years. Still, 6 of 8 semesters on Dean’s list. Edited February 21 by VKurtB Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAuPzlBxBob Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 There's a funny story in this video that begins once you click the central red/white YouTube icon. Enjoy. Hoghead515 and Henri Charriere 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/19/2024 at 10:58 PM, VKurtB said: I found several, plus some unexpected purchases. But the British shillings were not up to my standards. Too low grades. I did pick up a BU 1943 Australian shilling though. ...let me get this straight...u went all the way to berlin n bought an australian coin struck in the united states?...thats determination, was it a philly striking?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 On 2/22/2024 at 10:06 AM, zadok said: ...let me get this straight...u went all the way to berlin n bought an australian coin struck in the united states?...thats determination, was it a philly striking?.... Aw hells naw. It was a San Fran. Henri Charriere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeman Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) I used to collect Large Cents, sold them to finance My antique tractor hobby. More fun, generally friendly people. I still check out the forums here, just to see certain egotistical people implying that collecting is not fun, but must follow their ideals. Kind of weird when people are destroying the hobby by looking down on the ones who just want to enjoy collecting. I'm starting to think you might have to be a pompous a-- to be a "true" collector.... Edited February 26 by Treeman fix a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 2/26/2024 at 12:48 PM, Treeman said: I used to collect Large Cents, sold them to finance My antique tractor hobby. More fun, generally friendly people. I still check out the forums here, just to see certain egotistical people implying that collecting is not fun, but must follow their ideals. Kind of weird when people are destroying the hobby by looking down on the ones who just want to enjoy collecting. I'm starting to think you might have to be a pompous a-- to be a "true" collector.... ...hate to see the cert slabs for those babies...but as least fedex cant lose them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 "Implying that collecting is not fun"? You've been here a lot longer than I have. I have read a great deal about certifications and raw, albums vs. Set Registries and perhaps being amused by collectors' respective areas of interest, but I would not go so far as to suggest there are those who would imply that "collecting is not fun," or adversely affecting the hobby by belittling those whose interests diverge from theirs. We might good-naturedly needle those whose obsessions are a bit over the top, but that's about the extent of it. I love old copper. Thanks for dropping in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1Rrex Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) I get your point! Collecting is all about personal interests aI get your point! Collecting is all about personal interests and passions, right? I've been around for a while too, and while I've seen some good-natured teasing about certain obsessions, I've never felt like anyone was implying that collecting isn't fun. It's all about celebrating our unique interests, whether it's old copper or something else entirely. Thanks for sharing your perspective! By the way, if you're ever up for a bit of gaming fun, those cash app money games can be a cool way to mix things up. nd passions, right? Edited May 22 by T1Rrex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Not exactly. What you have managed to do is refresh my recollection that it was fun at one time and that was in my youth, seemingly a century ago. So what changed everything? Lots of things. Collecting was much simpler years ago. You went out and bought a coin album and filled it with coins found In change. You basically can no longer do that. When silver was withdrawn from circulation, it was replaced with play money: clads, and the ultimate insult: proof clads. As far as I am concerned, anything that is not real -- the once proud Lincoln cent with wheat ears, quarters vending machines would never rejectt, the entire dollar coin series beginning with an overbearing Ike, half dollars which are not made for circulation and aerial anachronisms like two-dollar bills that are interesting to own but no shopkeeper has a space for in their tray -- has no collector value. Ever drop one of the newfangled coins on the floor? No pleasant ring. Only a thud. Instant validation that you do not have the "real thing." As with anything else, there are exceptions. Then to revitalize the market, TPGS sprung up. A scaling system was adopted. On the Mint State side, extreme distictions arose and with them, values. So we all have brand-new coins, but "mine is better than yours -- and in many instances, worth twice as much as yours. Yeah, barrels of fun. My feeling about MS-69s differs from yours. To me, it represents nothing more than an A-minus on a school report. It implies "it's better than most, perhaps, but not best. Quiet is kept, I would just as soon settle for a low-ball that is accepted for what it is and has become. Registry Sets are fine until the upgrading fever gets the better of you. I canceled my subscription to Heritage Auctions when they sent me a notification that fully 13 coins met my WANT LIST requirements. (I collect one of eleven of the French 20-francs series.) What they sent me were coins from other countries bearing standard catalog numbers which bore no resemblance to mine and the ultimate insult: lower mint state grades. There are only a few places in the world that sell top shelf coins in my series, so I notify them, and sit back and wait. Fun? Fun is Coney Island. You know who's going to have a barrel of laughs? All the Ignorers, doubting Thomas's and Debbie downers who find out I stuffed U.S. currency into an envelope, stuck a stamp outside and mailed it without knowing if the item will be in stock when it gets there from someone I never met, spoke to or sent a previous text to. I am a risk-taker and although a dozen things can go wrong, one or two may, and my many detractors will savor the experience of seeing me laughed right off the Forum. Yep, collecting is a lot of fun... zadok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 On 5/21/2024 at 7:20 AM, Henri Charriere said: Ever drop one of the newfangled coins on the floor? No pleasant ring. Only a thud. Try dropping them on a cat. The thud becomes a thump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
