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  • lermishlermish Posts: 3,738 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    You know you're old when you remember the ad that inspired the song.

    Cool art piece but unfortunately not real https://www.etsy.com/listing/655877671/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb-mid-century

    chopmarkedtradedollars.com

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,789 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^
    I'm old enough to remember sarcasm is the poor man's wit.

    peacockcoins

  • JWPJWP Posts: 26,417 ✭✭✭✭✭

    USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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  • … when you had to wait for the postman to bring the prices realized sheets from the auctions you bid on.

    … when you bought your coins on approval through the mail.

    … when the old ladies paid you in Morgan dollars and large bank notes for mowing their lawns.

  • … you collected coins by the roll.

    “You want twelve bucks for that roll of 1950-D nickels?! Are you crazy?!”

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RichR said:
    You Know You're Old When...You can't remember any of the stores listed above!!!

    fixed it for you ;)


    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember that I bought my first gold coin, a decent BU 1900-S $20, for $50 in May of 1966, but sold it later for $55 because I needed the money.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You had an Ozzy poster on your wall growing up

  • TrickleChargeTrickleCharge Posts: 275 ✭✭✭

    ... you remember having to carry change around for pay phones.

  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When a dealer's case full of VF-XF 19th century type coins made your heart race.

    Also when a Fine graded mercury dime had to have all the vertical lines on the fasces present

    Dr Mikey
    Commems and Early Type
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TrickleCharge said:
    ... you remember having to carry change around for pay phones.

    ....and the cost of a phone call was a dime.

    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

  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    You had an Ozzy poster on your wall growing up

    R. I. P. Ozzy. He passed away today.

  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Aspie_Rocco said:

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    You had an Ozzy poster on your wall growing up

    R. I. P. Ozzy. He passed away today.

    Just saw that. May he RIP

    God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You know your old when you get pulled and the officer is younger than you grandchildren

    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @TrickleCharge said:
    ... you remember having to carry change around for pay phones.

    ....and the cost of a phone call was a dime.

    I think I remember seeing one that was still a nickel. Maybe it was for local calls only.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • 1Bufffan1Bufffan Posts: 670 ✭✭✭✭

    You know your old when you could buy a "full sized" Hershey candy bar with a Buffalo Nickel!

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You know you're old when it takes all the sphincter-strength you can muster to get from your car to a FUN show bathroom without a serious accident.

    3 rim nicks away from Good
  • onlyroosiesonlyroosies Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭✭

    You know your old when you still have a Teletrade box in your safe with coins in it.

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,789 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You know you're truly getting over-the-hill when you remember PCGS, eons ago released an Orange Box.

    peacockcoins

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