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Valued Member
United States
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Today when I got to work one of my managers told me she had found a nickel that was from the 1800s. I asked to see it and she said it was at home but she would go get it while she was doing the store's banking. When she got back to the store we were busy but she said it was from 1803 but she was confused....she was wondering why they would put golf clubs on a nickel! Her "old 1803 nickel with golf clubs on it" was a 2004D Louisiana Purchase.  Looks like the golf clubs might be a 3 iron and maybe an oversized driver...but I bet it has a bad tendency to cause you to slice  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I sold a VF 1857 FE to a guy recently and inadvertenly sent him the UNC. He agreed to send it back in exchange for the original purchase. Funny?
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 Australia
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I've got a couple of funny ones.
"Numismatics" is, as most of you are probably aware, the technical term for what we do as coin collectors - it's the study of coins and related items.
It's also not a word that's in common usage among the general population.
I'm a member of a local coin club called the "Queensland Numismatic Society", and I find whenever I mention this fact to people, I normally get either blank looks or a request to explain what "Numismatic" means.
Then, there's people who probably should have done one of those two things, but didn't.
Many years ago (back before I joined the club), the QNS had booked a dinner meeting at the Parliamentary function rooms in downtown Brisbane. There were several groups meeting in different parts of the venue, with signs posted telling each group which way to go.
The coin club members were therefore slightly confused, and more than a little amused, at all the signs telling the Queensland Pneumatic Society which way to go. Twenty years later, the old-timers in the club still joke about it.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Australia
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Another one that comes to mind. Not directly numismatic, but still "coin"-related. Several years ago, the organizers of the annual coin and stamp show here in Brisbane, Queensland, started letting the local coin and stamp clubs have free space to set up displays etc.. I volunteer to help set up the display area. One year, we arrived at the venue and saw a map which showed us which part of the floorspace was ours. One section was labelled "Coin Club Displays", but there was another area nearby labelled "Coins and Philatelic Council". I assumed that meant we could use both sections, but on enquiring with the organiser we were told only the "Coin Club Displays" area was for us, while "Coins and Philatelic Council" was for another group, who hadn't arrived yet. Now, I'd never heard of any group calling itself the "Coins and Philatelic Council", and thought that was a curious name - I'd have thought they'd have picked matching terminology, either "Numismatic and Philatelic Council" or "Coin and Stamp Collectors Council". The mystery was solved when the stamp people finally turned up... they were from the Queensland Philatelic Council. I can only assume the QPC had made their booking over the phone, and that the person making the booking had a really, really strong "Ocker" accent. I can make "Queensland" sound like "Coins and" too, but only if I try really really hard, and pinch the top of my nose together while I'm saying it.   Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
 at Pneumatic! Jim, I can't believe how fortunate you were to stumble onto such an honest eBayer. Most buyers would have just ignored your emailed explaining the mistake and asking to swap the coins out. |
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United States
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I have lost in my house a EF- AU 1942/1 raw, I cant remember were I put and I told my wife to put it up & now 3 years later.its still both of us cant find it and its lost in my home  It may not be funny but is true!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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A coworker relayed a story to me that was pretty amusing. While working in their yard she found an 1861 nickel. Very excited, she showed it to her son (maybe 9 or so) who in turn told her that she was reading the date the wrong way. She had found a 1981 Jefferson. She did find it odd that such an old coin left in the dirt was not in worse shape...
Jim
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My favourite involves a thief and some $20 gold Liberty's. After stealing the coins, the gentleman drove down to the local hardware store, cracked them from the slabs in his car, and attempted to buy $100 worth of power tools......and pay for them with the Liberty's at face value! The sales clerk asked him if he had any more he would like to trade, and when he went out to the car to get them the clerk called the cops. The cops found the guys car was full of broken slab pieces, he was arrested and the coins were eventually returned to their owner.
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
I was at my local grocery store were they have a coin star machine . I seen a boy & girl about 16 years old putting coins in .Happened to look and seen a liberty Seated dollar on the tray .I screamed stop of course I scared them I asked how many of these do you have ?The boy said what these funny looking dollars ,I have 3 left out of ten .He told me he already put in all the funny looking small change .I offered him 5 dollars a coin for the liberty's . He happily took it and thanked me .I got a 1860,1854,1847 around AU20 grade .He said his Mom split up Grandpa's coins with the grand kids . Seeking :more funny coins Edited by Rainman
02/14/2008 8:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
533 Posts |
Ken - you got to my idea first. I guess sometimes work really can get in the way of a good post... I won't make the same mistake twice! Next time my customer's can just wait while I impress my fellow forum members with my comic styling!
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Valued Member
United States
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Here's one for ya! Years ago, my 16 year old son was "dipping" into a coin/currancy collection that was left to me by my dad--hidden, or so I thought! My son was using the silver certificates to pay for his gas in his car! The filling station owner ,whom we went to church with, called us to let us know that this was going on. Needless to say, that 16 year old who is now 30 is reminded of that AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR!  AND he will be reminded of this for many years to come!  |
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I read Sap's second story I was half expecting a punchline:
"...and there was a lobby sign reading Queensland Phallic Council"
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Posted 02/14/2008 03:33 am
