Coin guy visiting for the 1st time
Musky1011
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Hey all....
I did do cards in the days of old... my parents thought it was a waste of money buying packs in the late 60's and 70's
Had some I never opened
My mom threw them away one day after I left home in 1986 or so
I was going to bitch at her but.. she was still my mom
I still remember the day a friend of mine put his long Lew Alcindor card in his bike spokes... who knew back then what the future would bring
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Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
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Hi Musky, have a beer while your here 🍻. and If you a got a team to root for or are into sports it’s not a bad place to hang around from time to time
Yes, you're always welcome here Musky. The more the merrier! I remember my father used to tell me stories about him and his friends using Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle cards in their spokes back in the 50s and 60s. It makes me cringe now. " No, wait Ben! Wait! Will I ever see you again?"
I'll take it a step further and no offense intended to any coin collectors because i am also a coin collector.
I've collected coins and cards since i can remember. In 7th grade, a school friend of mine and his dad belonged to a coin club, so they would pick me up and take me with them about once a month which always met on a Sunday evening.
I loved it, perhaps around twenty dealers with loads of coins willing to negotiate, and both a live auction and a silent auction with dozens of lots. Back then there was no Ebay or internet, so other than a coin shop or a Coin World dealer, there weren't many other ways to obtain specific coins.
To get to the point, while walking around looking at the dealers coins, i would sometimes, if not too often, hear denigrating remarks about baseball card collectors, and it used to hiss me off. But i never said a word to any of them, mainly because i was just a kid, and especially because i didn't want to be kicked out of the club and embarrass my friend and his dad.
Well, likely most if not all of those coin collecting curmudgeons have passed on by now. But i would like to show them an example, and there are numerous examples of how vintage high grade cards have increased markedly in value. Probably more than many coin values on a percentage basis.
Card collectors from that time had the last laugh.
I'm a card collector, but I've always been curious, what is the holy grail of coin collecting? I've always heard stories about some kind of 1933 Lady Liberty coin being the most desired coin.
The sole, privately owned 1933 Saint Gauden Gold was the Holy Grail with a story of kings and intrigue that Ian Fleming could not imagine. The story got strange though when a dozen or so more emerged from the family of dealer Izzy Switt and several years in court put them all in the hands of the US government.
Most expensive coin sold at auction was the $10,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar graded Specimen 66 which was bought by coin forum member TradeDollarNut. Considered by some to be the first US dollar struck.
The standard of holy grails are probably still the 1804 Dollars with about 15 known. None were struck in 1804.
And welcome to the sports side, Musky.
Damn, there's a member running around here with $10 million? I know where to go if I need a loan.
Hell, the guy that sold it to him pops in as well.
...and you guys are messing with spoke damaged cardboard.
Is there a place on the forum to start a GoFundMe page so i can obtain a PSA 9 1952 Mantle?
i would allow contributors to visit me, and hold the slab to gaze at it...of course by special appointment only.
My question is will the coin fella check back in?
And yes I love using the word “Fella” 😂
perk if you start saying "y'all" and "fixin" we're gonna have to ping your phone to see where exactly in Texas you are
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
We just say.. "eh"
Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA
http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
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http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
soft drink vernacular is the best
if you've never been to Texas here's a nugget of advice: if you go to someone's house.......and they ask if you'd like a coke.........you say yes..........and then they bring you a dr pepper.........well, you're supposed to be ok with that.
coke is a universal word for soft drinks here unless specified.
then we have other parts of the country...
my first roommate in college was a guy from cincinnati. i'll never forget one time he asked me if i wanted a "pop." i seriously thought we were about to get high or something.
it's like everyone is speaking a foreign language and a translator needs to be summoned
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Haha I’ve never been to Texas. And you will NEVER hear me say “y’all”! Fella is just a great word, I used to love talking to older guys that used that word
You haven't lived until you been called a "cat". There was this old guy from the 50s that used to call my friends and me "cats". Where are you cats going? What are you cats up to? We would always call him Joe Cool. Of course we were woodstock.
Your a cool cool cat Double D 👍👍
Thank you, you're pretty "hip" yourself perk.
Thanks, I try not to be a “Square” 🤷♂️
Worked at a drug store in Detroit. Guy came in asking for some skins.
"Skins" I asked. What are those. He responded "Rolling papers, Man."
Short time later another customer asked me for "skins." I got him some papers but he said no, he wanted pork rinds.
Third guy came in and asked for skins. I asked whether he wanted rolling papers or pork rinds. He said "no man, I need some rubbers."
It was an interesting place to work.
Rubbers were the first thing I thought of.
So do we say “Sub” like I do or are you a “Hero” or Grinder” type of fella?