Sizzle and Steak

[MikeKing]

I revived once again a post I made about Scot Travers' book, which, admittedly, is not the be all and the end all but overall stimulates the collecting mind to think about what your buying.

 

How about posting a coin that you think realizes the STEAK rather than the SIZZLE

 

I'll give an example

 

STEAK the 1817/3 Bust Half in any grade that is not destroyed by tinkering.

 

SIZZLE the 1901 $10 gold piece in MS 66

[MunkyMan95]

Huh?

[WinstonWare]

Do you mean gristle?

 

Okay I’ll try to play along. This guy eats steak:

 

 

This guy eats the gristle:

 

 

Did I get it right Mike?

[Zoins]

Most of the time, sizzling bacon is for breakfast and steak is for dinner.

 

For breakfast, you want high grade coins and for dinner you want absolutely rare coins?

[123cents]

This one of mine is just a 8 oz. steak.

 

[rrantique]

Don't think mine is but one slice of bacon

[michael]

sizzle

[michael]

sizzle and steak

 

and then some...........

 

and then even some more

 

and a bag of chips

 

[IGWT]

The pictures of Michael's sizzle . . .

 

 

. . . and his steak.

 

 

[PerryHall]

SIZZLE the 1901 $10 gold piece in MS 66

 

Any $10 Lib in true MS66 is a rare and desirable coin. I guess one man's sizzle is another man's steak.

[Stanley]

I have to admit, the phrase will make you think

interesting thread Mike

[MikeKing]

Do you mean gristle?

 

Okay I’ll try to play along. This guy eats steak:

 

 

This guy eats the gristle:

 

 

Did I get it right Mike?

 

Yep!

 

This one of mine is just a 8 oz. steak.

 

 

definitely steak!

 

Don't think mine is but one slice of bacon

 

definitely steakish

[MikeKing]

SIZZLE the 1901 $10 gold piece in MS 66

 

Any $10 Lib in true MS66 is a rare and desirable coin. I guess one man's sizzle is another man's steak.

 

I do agree that one man's sizzle is another steak, but I qualified this coin as sizzle for two reasons, one, is it's high mintage and e.g. that pcgs graded 11,900+ of them, and only 26 in 66, 1 in 67, 215 in 65. So I ask, how many of those 26 are resubmissions of the 216 in 65 and how many have been resubmitted in hopes of obtainin 67. It is a condition rarity, well, almost, but not a rare coin, and thus, according to my own personal sense of steak, just doesn't cut it.

[123cents]

I'll say one thing. All the great capped bust halves that Mike has posted are juicy streaks.

[dooly]

I am English .. ? What?

[Stanley]

I am English .. ? What?

Dooly,

I’m sorry no one seemed to answer your question so I’ll give it a try.

The phrase Steak or Sizzle are American phrases mostly associated with cooking of course but can also to mean something delicious or very desirable.

 

Some may even use the word Sizzle to describe an attractive woman, in a respectful way of course. Which in this case you may call a bird. .

[Stanley]

I don't know where this fits in but I thought i would post it. The white border is the slab.