| Author |
 Replies: 40 / Views: 3,072 |
|
Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
Here is a place to list your coins that do not fit in your collection (e.g. you have a better one, or you don't collect that certain country), but for some reasons, you do keep them. Some are too interesting to let go, some are gifts/finds/inheretances (I misspelled this one probably). I know everyone has at least one of those. Explanation welcome  No, this thread does not deal with coins that you tried to sell but nobody wants to buy them.  |
|
|
|
Moderator
 Australia
16826 Posts |
Tricky. I'm a bit of a generalist, so I don't really have much in the way of numismatics that doesn't qualify as part of my "main collection". However, unlike most of the other guys down at the local coin club, I don't collect badges, which do qualify as "fringe numismatics" or exonumia on account of their similar method of manufacture (made by being struck from dies). This is the only badge in my collection.  It's my great-grandfather's union badge. He was a wharfie (I believe you non-Australians call them "wharf labourers" or "stevedores") back in the 1920's and, from what my family tells of him, a hard-core unionist. Even though neither me nor anyone else in the family has been as... militant... in their political views, this still holds pride of place in my collection; this is the only thing I own that's been passed down for four generations. I'm told by the guys in the coin club (the ones that do collect badges) that this "Brisbane Branch" variety of the Waterside Worker's Federation badge is somewhat scarce. I don't care, I'm not selling it - even if it does look somewhat out of place among the coins, tokens and medals. 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
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
For me that is easy. Since I never sell a coin I still have the first coin I ever received to start a coin collection. That was a 1943 Steel Cent back in 1943. My Dad kept giving me those and I now have about 30 to 40 rolls of them. Not sure since I never counted them but they are still here. Same with some Missouri Mills given to me by an Aunt about the same time in history. Still have a roll of them.
|
|
Moderator
United States
188213 Posts |
I have a rather "interesting" looking 1976-S Clad Proof Ike in my "miscellaneous" album. The cameo is nonexistent; the field is completely dull, no mirror at all. It has a green and purple tone to it. I have never gotten rid of any Ike, so its a keeper!  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
|
|
Moderator
United States
188213 Posts |
Quote:
I have 2 Walkers and 2 quarters and a nickel from WWII. They were in a box given to me by my mom when I was little. Since she came from the Philippines, I assumed these were from American GIs that fought and ultimately defeated Japan there. They were well toned from being stored in a tin box for decades. Nice! I love sentimental value! |
|
Pillar of the Community
 Poland
3201 Posts |
Very interesting stories, thank you, keep them coming |
|
Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
What comes to mind most is the loose Canadian coins that I have. I lived in eastern Canada for a couple of years and picked up a couple of coins and bills just to remember being there, but now I keep getting them from my grandparents. They live close to the border and save up all the Canadian coins they come across and after awhile they send them on to me. I really have not got into them, but do like the designs and the memories, but have no other reason to hold onto them.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1267 Posts |
All the coins my dad and grandfather gave me as a boy.
Take Care
Ben
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
I had to have the Panama Pill when I first saw it but it doesn't fit with a single thing in my collection. It just sits all by itself and its one of the few coins I'll show non-collectors because the size for a modern coin is just so darn small.  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I bought this thing for some reason (I guess because it was cheap) but it really has no place in my collection but oh well   |
|
Valued Member
United States
152 Posts |
I have alot of replica coins. that I randomly acquired.
like the ones magazine company's give out because you subscribed and stuff
i know there worthless but I like holding onto them
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Quote:
I have 2 Walkers and 2 quarters and a nickel from WWII. This is a bit off topic from the original question, but I think interesting nonetheless. I really feel sorry for today's collectors. The really nice stuff is gone. Sure, you can go to a big show and see MS66 and above goodies in plastic holders. I'm telling you they are junk when compared to some stuff I've seen. Coins that get handed around from dealer to dealer, put in display cases, etc, will deteriorate even in sonically sealed holders. Even exposure to light hurts. At a local show back in the seventies, a dealer came in with a couple hundred Gem Walkers. He bought them from an Amish family who had buried them in lead pipes back in the 40s. Every single coin was brilliant and had the kind of luster you just don't see today. It wasn't because they were hand picked before burying, but because they hadn't seen the light of day since they were made. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
581 Posts |
Interesting quote about the Gem Walkers.
I'm scratching my head a bit on being exposed to light. If the coin were truly sealed 100% from the elements and only was exposed to light, I would like to know what chemical reaction is happening so that the luster diminishes. I don't believe that luster can diminish unless air is involved as well - so the coins weren't perfectly sealed.
I'd be interested to hear opinions on this
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
2 crazy ideas as far as the light thing goes.
1. Could be the photoelectric effect creating a small electric charge on the coin resulting in a small amount of the silver to move lower and copper to move upward.
2. Could be some kind of anaerobic bacteria grows on the coin in a very thin layer.
Maybe I can come up with more harebrained theories later...
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
I've hung on to my avatar coin, an 1869 nickel three-center, plus some IHP's simply because they've been in the family for over a hundred years, like the solid walnut dresser that sits in my dining room. They have decent intrinsic value, but the sentimental value, like 1sikevo's coins from the Philippines, makes them priceless.
|
| |
Replies: 40 / Views: 3,072 |
Posted 08/26/2008 08:19 am
