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bobby131313
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3678 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 3:32 pm

I thought it would be cool to put a page together for the site with numismatic quotes.

I noticed one the other day, I believe it was Speedy that had it in his signature...

"Coin collecting is the only hobby that you can spend all your money and still have some left."

I like it.

So if y'all have some to contribute, I'll throw a page together.

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crystalk64
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3147 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 3:37 pm

It's not worth a plugged nickel!

Terry
SILENCE MUST BE HEARD

Edited by crystalk64 - 08/25/2005 3:38 pm

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catman
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USA
954 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 3:57 pm

"He doesn't have two nickles to rub together"

"They set the speed limit at double nickels"

catman

Catman

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Speedy
Valued Member

USA
306 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 3:59 pm

Bobby...you're making my ears turn red ;--)
I read about 3-4+ forums a day to learn and to know what is happing in the Coin World and I happen to click on this thread today!

Here is one....I spent the first years of my life spending the coins I'm now buying back.

Speedy

Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all of your money and still have some left over.

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Speedy
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USA
306 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 4:59 pm

Here is another one...A lot of money is tainted--it taintt yours and it taint mine!

Speedy

Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all of your money and still have some left over.

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bobby131313
Forum Dad

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USA
3678 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 5:31 pm

Good Stuff!

Keep em' comin'.

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adobero1
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USA
363 Posts

Posted 08/25/2005 11:40 pm

I once attended an ANA convention where Walter Breen had a question and answer session. He told us something about a Numismatic Dictionary which he was writing. I don't know if he ever finished it before his death. Of the definitions he shared with us the one that stuck with me all these years was his definition for "numismatics". This one is maybe a little cynical. This is how I remember it:

Numismatics: A pursuit involving a veneer of scholarship hiding a core of greed.

I don't know if Walter ever finished this work, but I'm sure there would be lotsa good quotes in there!

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catman
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954 Posts

Posted 08/26/2005 09:56 am

Ironic. I knew Walter personally and he always felt that there was too much worry about prices and values than about history and research.

catman

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adobero1
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USA
363 Posts

Posted 08/26/2005 10:59 am

Yes, I remember that he started the Q and A session with the statement that he'd answer any questions at all about coins...except...what are my coins worth!

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RoadHazard
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USA
6 Posts

Posted 08/26/2005 11:57 am

"ALL my coins are Proof-Like" :)

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zakgold
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USA
382 Posts

Posted 08/26/2005 3:10 pm

"...and one thin dime wouldn't even shine your shoes"

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crystalk64
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USA
3147 Posts

Posted 08/26/2005 3:22 pm

If but for one second, you think you are better than someone else...for that one second you were worse than all...worthless as a tarnished cent lying alone in an empty parking lot!

Terry
SILENCE MUST BE HEARD

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Kyra
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USA
867 Posts

Posted 08/27/2005 2:56 pm

"Penny for your thoughts?"

With inflation that might have to go up to a quarter....

Rachel [:p]

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

Bill Watterson-- "Calvin and Hobbes"

A.O.D., Knight of the Coin Table #38

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ageka
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Belgium
2078 Posts

Posted 08/27/2005 5:07 pm

My first dog was called Whiskey
My second dog was called Penny after the saying
it is a Bad Penny
It was a good Penny thought

Gavroche approached Javert and said to him :
"The mouse has caught the cat." Victor Hugo; Les Mis�rables

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longnine009
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USA
1246 Posts

Posted 08/27/2005 5:58 pm

quote:
Originally posted by adobero1

Numismatics: A pursuit involving a veneer of scholarship hiding a core of greed.

Breen used to have a column in COINS called Bristles & Barbs. On the flip page was usually Carl Allenbaugh's Expertease. Breen I think really understood coin collectors but Allenbaugh understood why.

"Unfortunately, ideals are made of perfect principles
but men are made of flaws."
The late Carl Allenbaugh
COINS magazine

"Paper [money] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist,
backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce
it."--Francisco d' Anconia
Atlas Shrugged--Ayn Rand

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adobero1
Valued Member

USA
363 Posts

Posted 08/28/2005 01:35 am

Ah, that would be interesting reading, it was probably before my time as a coin collector. It would be nice to read some of those old articles.

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