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Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 08:55 am I have heard a few of you use the discription "darkside coins."What exactly are they? Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 09:05 am "Darkside" means "foreign". It derives from the general observation among collectors of foreign coins in the US that most Americans "know more about the darkside of the moon" than they know about foreign coins. The expression first arose on the CU forum several years ago, I believe. "Greyside" means coins from neighbouring countries that you're likely to find in change - they're not quite as "dark". Thus, in the US, Canadian coins are "greyside". 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 09:07 am Thanks Sap.Again I say"Learn something here every day." Report this Post to the Staff
dollarcoins Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 1:39 pm Thank you for sharing the information, Sap. Forum Dad should award you an honorable doctorate in numismatics. Report this Post to the Staff
captainkurt Pillar of the Community United States 1406 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 2:16 pm Thanx for asking the question Halfwitty. I've often wondered the same thing and never asked. Report this Post to the Staff
southerngent Valued Member United States 469 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 2:30 pm OK, now I understand what was meant by dark side as well. Glad someone else asked. Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 02/19/2010 3:01 pm Glad others didn't know as well.Thought I was just missing something.With that definition though,there are even American coins that for me are darkside. Edited by Halfwitty 02/19/2010 3:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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