@Smudge said:
If you remember the term coin coffins, you may be a little old.
Coins in top tier slabs that are overgraded and are unlikely to ever be cracked out for that reason.
I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to overgraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
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@Smudge said:
If you remember the term coin coffins, you may be a little old.
Coins in top tier slabs that are overgraded and are unlikely to ever be cracked out for that reason.
I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to undergraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
Coin coffins. When PCGS and others first started the old time dealers called slabs coin coffins. I know what coffin coins are, but I was referring to coin coffins.
When you can't decide if you can see it better with or without your glasses, so you just keep switching back and forth.
When it's time to renew your membership to a coin club, and you can finally afford the life membership........ then you do the math and wonder if it's worth it or not.
I look at an Ike dollar that's 49 years old now, and think of it as modern crap. As a kid in 1980, a coin from 1930 was a treasure bordering on ancient.
@Kirk222 said:
My Mother used to say, "That man is so mean he would steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes". I never knew what the heck that meant, but I figured anyone who would do that is a freak anyway.
They would put large cents on the eyes of the dead to keep the eyelids shut. One of my friends while in college worked a summer job for a contractor whose contract was to relocate an old cemetery from the early 1800's for a future highway project. He and the other workers had to did up many graves. In many cases nothing was left at a depth of 6' in which case the law required that a cubic foot of soil had to be removed and then be placed in a new coffin for reburial at the new cemetery. This cubic foot of soil was considered to be this deceased person's remains. He said they found many coins and some jewelry pieces all of which were required to be reburied but this rule wasn't very strictly enforced.
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@Kirk222 said:
My Mother used to say, "That man is so mean he would steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes". I never knew what the heck that meant, but I figured anyone who would do that is a freak anyway.
I remember an old ghost story about that being silver dollars with the line I want my siiiilver dollars. Boy Scout campfire stuff.
@Smudge said:
If you remember the term coin coffins, you may be a little old.
Coins in top tier slabs that are overgraded and are unlikely to ever be cracked out for that reason.
I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to undergraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
Coin coffins. When PCGS and others first started the old time dealers called slabs coin coffins. I know what coffin coins are, but I was referring to coin coffins.
And then there are nickels with dark spots which are called coughin' coins...
@Smudge said:
If you remember the term coin coffins, you may be a little old.
Coins in top tier slabs that are overgraded and are unlikely to ever be cracked out for that reason.
I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to undergraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
Coin coffins. When PCGS and others first started the old time dealers called slabs coin coffins. I know what coffin coins are, but I was referring to coin coffins.
And then there are nickels with dark spots which are called coughin' coins...
@Smudge said:
If you remember the term coin coffins, you may be a little old.
Coins in top tier slabs that are overgraded and are unlikely to ever be cracked out for that reason.
I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to undergraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
You mean overgraded coins, where the slabs give false value. Those are the ones that are never cracked out.
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Just sold over 20 lbs of wheat cents that I had for over 20 years that I intended to sort when I bought them. Found out that I can’t see the dates without straining my eyes so decided it was not worth it for me. Hope the buyer finds something worthwhile in the pile.
@Smudge said:
If you remember the term coin coffins, you may be a little old.
Coins in top tier slabs that are overgraded and are unlikely to ever be cracked out for that reason.
I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to undergraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
You mean overgraded coins, where the slabs give false value. Those are the ones that are never cracked out.
You are correct and I'll go back and correct my post. As an example, an MS64 coin in a slab with a MS65 on the label is unlikely to ever be cracked out and that "coffin coin" will reside in its coffin (slab) forever especially if there is a big price difference between the two grades..
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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I was referring to the advent of slabs.
Coffin coins specifically referred to overgraded coins in top tier slabs. The joke was they would never be cracked out.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
When you pay for a sticker after paying for a slab to tell you something you used to be able to do all by yourself free of charge.
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Coin coffins. When PCGS and others first started the old time dealers called slabs coin coffins. I know what coffin coins are, but I was referring to coin coffins.
When you can't decide if you can see it better with or without your glasses, so you just keep switching back and forth.
When it's time to renew your membership to a coin club, and you can finally afford the life membership........ then you do the math and wonder if it's worth it or not.
I look at an Ike dollar that's 49 years old now, and think of it as modern crap. As a kid in 1980, a coin from 1930 was a treasure bordering on ancient.
I remember when grandma used to put coins under our tongues to stop us from coughin'. She called them "coughin' coins".
They would put large cents on the eyes of the dead to keep the eyelids shut. One of my friends while in college worked a summer job for a contractor whose contract was to relocate an old cemetery from the early 1800's for a future highway project. He and the other workers had to did up many graves. In many cases nothing was left at a depth of 6' in which case the law required that a cubic foot of soil had to be removed and then be placed in a new coffin for reburial at the new cemetery. This cubic foot of soil was considered to be this deceased person's remains. He said they found many coins and some jewelry pieces all of which were required to be reburied but this rule wasn't very strictly enforced.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I remember an old ghost story about that being silver dollars with the line I want my siiiilver dollars. Boy Scout campfire stuff.
And then there are nickels with dark spots which are called coughin' coins...
LOL - I said it first! You must be getting old...
You mean overgraded coins, where the slabs give false value. Those are the ones that are never cracked out.
Just sold over 20 lbs of wheat cents that I had for over 20 years that I intended to sort when I bought them. Found out that I can’t see the dates without straining my eyes so decided it was not worth it for me. Hope the buyer finds something worthwhile in the pile.
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You are correct and I'll go back and correct my post. As an example, an MS64 coin in a slab with a MS65 on the label is unlikely to ever be cracked out and that "coffin coin" will reside in its coffin (slab) forever especially if there is a big price difference between the two grades..
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire