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We Know our Coins... don't we.
Clankeye
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My apartment was broken into about five years ago and I had some commems stolen. Last night I am 99 percent sure I just bought one of them back in a teletrade auction.
Isn't it weird when a scan comes up, whether on eBay or someplace else and you know you used to own the coin. This has happened to me a couple of times.
I'm one of those hands-on coin owners who gets a lot of enjoyment out of looking at his coins. And I swear most of them I can recognize even it if it's just a matter of a little light toning, or some field chatter here and there. I'll bet it is the same for most of you.
I suppose if I kept them in a safe deposit box, I wouldn't have to be buying back coins I used to own. But I like looking at them too much. Live and learn.
Isn't it weird when a scan comes up, whether on eBay or someplace else and you know you used to own the coin. This has happened to me a couple of times.
I'm one of those hands-on coin owners who gets a lot of enjoyment out of looking at his coins. And I swear most of them I can recognize even it if it's just a matter of a little light toning, or some field chatter here and there. I'll bet it is the same for most of you.
I suppose if I kept them in a safe deposit box, I wouldn't have to be buying back coins I used to own. But I like looking at them too much. Live and learn.
Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
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Tyler
he'd remember if he studied it. I don't remember too many.
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did smoeone say "old threads"? I miss this guy.
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Perhaps we could suggest that threads older than a year or two can be locked...
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Benefit of this site is that the archives are complete. Occasional old thread recoveries lets us reacquaint ourselves with some long gone members.
I have enjoyed reading some of the older threads that have been resurrected. That said, there are some threads that should be locked and have the key thrown away!
IMO, old threads are extremely important. Some of them should be put on a separate forum BY OUR HOSTS to save the research. I believe one forum does this already. New folks join each week. Some are experienced and some are not. The information stored on all the different sites is remarkable.
As to this discussion. Many of us recognize our coins we no longer have. Many professional graders recognize resubmissions. Unfortunately, coins can be altered by chemicals as toning is added or removed. The best example I can think of is the 1870-S Half Dime. If that coin were not unique, I would guess there were two of them. One, the dark blue, semi-iridescent coin we authenticated in the 1970's when it was brought to DC and #2, the lighter version that exists today after much of its original color was removed!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
wow... 2002?!! Now THAT's a blast from the past! That said.... I do remember some of the coins I've sold in the past, and have run across a couple of them recently... a certain 1835 Bust quarter springs to mind...
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Me too
I don't mind, at all, when old threads are resurrected.
We get to revisit interesting old topics that many of us weren't here for the first time around, as well as long gone old friends.
Educational and sentimental.
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I'm tempted to go back to page #1470 of the archives and pull one up. I am constantly fooled by an old thread as I don't look at the dates!
I don't mind too much when old threads are resurrected, but I sure wish it were more obvious.
FWIW, how is this specific thread really "educational"? A person starts talking about a personal quirk - how they think they remember their owned coins to a very high degree. But, coins are mass-produced objects, intentionally produced to be almost exactly the same, and many persons might well disagree strongly with the validity of the OP's position statement. But then you figure out that you are disagreeing with a post from sixteen years ago. Big whoop.
Locked old threads might well be better.
I disagree. I'll bet you can recognize many of the coins you owned in the past. Some folks have a photographic memory. I will not give details but one of those folks realized that a number of his coins had been switched and contacted the TPGS. They were and someone was allowed to retire.
It would be cool if there was a red bar across the top if it's more than 6 months old.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Put a flag on them when they are resurrected is not a bad idea, but condemning them to a cyber-eternity is not a good option. Too much good information in there that makes for an interesting read for those that missed it first time around. If we can save the whales, certainly we can save a few bits and bytes of data with educational value.
Well I am glad to see others seem to enjoy old threads also. Whether it is old threads or old people or antiques, we should respect aged nouns.
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My coin collection is about.........12 feet from where I sleep.
Why the heck should you have to go to the bank to see your "children"?
Old thread but good topic.
I use to have a SDB but in the end my "X" ended up with my FE/IHC collection.................
Good luck on your choice of whatever!
What did she do with it?
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Why do you ask?
Have you seen her lately?
I really don't want to know ms70, she probably got cents on the dollar and that's what really Pee;s me off.
I had a really nice set of AU-BU FE/IHC in a Dancso album that took me lots of years to put together.
I look at the price guides once in a while, well, never mind!
...anyone who didn’t immediately stop, scroll up and check the date of the OP after reading “teletrade auction” shouldn’t be allowed to post here...that’s all
I agree that threads over a certain age should be locked. If someone wants to revive a conversation like this, it's easy enough to start a new thread and link to the old one, and even copy, paste, and quote text from it if necessary.
An alternative is that the system automatically posts a big "This thread is over a year old" message at the bottom of each thread after a year.
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I'm not sure I understand the benefit of locking an old thread, just because of its age.
So what if the info is old?
Do we really want to start making mods run around locking threads when they think it's run its course?
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One thing hasn't changed: a thief is still a thief. .. after all these years.
I don't care how old a thread is, the point is made. Most remember what was theirs.
When I see 'old' threads, I often remember them... While I do not always comment on them, I usually read them. Brings back memories of members gone - but not forgotten. Also, there is frequently some good information that can help new members/collectors. Cheers, RickO
Disagree!
Too much trouble to cut and paste. In my ideal world - say if my ONLY job was to moderate a coin forum (that would be so much fun and time-consuming that I cannot even think about it) - I would go into the archives and delete 50 - 70 % of the "worthless" comments in a thread to free up server space. And all that would be left was great info. Thus, your post and my disagreement would never be seen again when I eventually cleared out all the "fluff" written before this.
I agree it would be easier to color or mark threads over two years old but there would still be all the "fluff" in the discussions. I have an idea that our new moderator
will be making several more changes to make CU even better in the future.
Unfortunately, I shall miss many of the discussions that are now not allowed. For example, the discussion about the CSA Memorials and St. Mountain half opened my eyes to the way other members view things. These are the things that matter in the world. I'm afraid if I ever logged on to a forum discussing things that actually affect our lives, I would never post here again.