Top 10 Most Annoying Things in Numismatics

Singapore · February 28, 2003 8:59AM

1. The same old sleazeballs advertising the same old cleaned, whizzed AUs as 'Brilliant Uncs!!!!!!!!' in Coinworld and every other numismatic publication since 1956.

2. Those guys on TV selling Morgans for about 3 times what they're worth but doing it very, very enthusiastically.

3. The auction catalog writers who describe every 3rd coin as 'condition census!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.

4. The rich puke who shows up at the auction to buy his 4th example of a rare colonial, outbidding you simply so you can't ever have one.

5. The dealer who sells you a Choice AU Bust Dollar which magically turns into borderline XF / AU when you sell it back to him.

6. The helpful chap who acts as a middleman between you and the 7 other middlemen and 4 dealers separating you from the coin you want and the person selling it.

7. The people who think PCGS grades are the ACTUAL grades of the coins, as opposed to just one more opinion from some guy.

8. The prices that are listed in the Blue Book (seriously, if I ever catch the guy who is making up these prices I'm going to give him a totally unnecessary Heimlich Manuever).

9. The guy who posted in here a while ago justifying the absurd $2500 asking price of a PCGS MS-67 1999 Jefferson because it represented 'the value of the time it took to look through a huge pile of nickels to find one'. Based on that reasoning, I guess when buying such coins it makes sense to request that they be found by illegal immigrants so as to keep the prices down.

10. The losers who run Ebay auctions with long narratives describing themselves as some broad whose Uncle past away and left a bunch of coins (which amazingly are all counterfeit) and the only way the heirs could think of to sell them was to do no research, check no reference books and just post them on Ebay, typically in a private auction with no return priviledge.

10a. The misguided fools who bid on 10.

Russ · February 28, 2003 9:03AM

11. People who criticize the collecting habits of others based on a belief in their own superiority.

Russ, NCNE

KlectorKid · February 28, 2003 9:08AM

12. dropping coins in maple syrup.

BSqr · February 28, 2003 9:15AM

13. Getting sniped out of a good deal on eBay buy a reseller.

dakra · February 28, 2003 9:20AM

14. Stupidly dropping the 1909-S VDB down the drain while trying to clean it.

dakra · February 28, 2003 9:23AM

PS... I was just kidding.

lordmarcovan · February 28, 2003 9:28AM

15. Noticing your pocket-piece 1916 SLQ is missing, after you drive past the tollbooth on your way to work...

BillJones · February 28, 2003 9:29AM

Speaking of pocket pieces, I knew a man who was carrying a 1792 half disme as one who lost it. That's almost as bad as losing a 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter. In some cases it could be worse.

KlectorKid · February 28, 2003 9:32AM

Who would carry such a small coin as a pocket piece?

ms71 · February 28, 2003 10:07AM

Malignant forum trolls.

ajaan · February 28, 2003 10:08AM

michael · February 28, 2003 1:44PM

lol #2 #6 #9 LOL

who are you really singapore? could you pm me and let me know?

sincerely michael

ARCO · February 28, 2003 2:28PM

#...where are we??

Those Ebay sellers that list their AG/Good garbage that is worth exactly face or the silver therein at one coin per auction, with a nice $6.00 shipping and obnoxious loud *LOOK* designations. For God's sake why don't they go pick up aluminum cans along the interstate if they just want to make pennies per hour and save my poor eyes some strain!!

Tyler

ANACONDA · February 28, 2003 2:42PM

Funny thread.

I find the most annoying thing to be the fact that Coin World continues to allow the aforementioned sellers of sliders and other overpriced coins who take out double page ads to continue advertising in their publication.

braddick · February 28, 2003 2:44PM

Adrian,
Excellent point, but what is their option?

numobri · February 28, 2003 3:35PM

#16 Some one that pays less then $1.00 for a coin then asks every one that they talk to, to see if they got a good deal.(really cheap people)

ANACONDA · February 28, 2003 3:42PM

Ban them if they overgrade?

gmarguli · February 28, 2003 3:46PM

If you took out all the full page sellers that sell overgraded crap out of Coin World, the mag would be empty.

CW obviously doesn't care if novices get screwed.

ClarkOfKent · February 28, 2003 3:47PM

1. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

2. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

3. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

4. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

5. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

6. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

7. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

8. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

9. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

10. People who continue to defend Frankies, the ugliest coin ever minted.

braddick · February 28, 2003 3:48PM

<< <i>If you took out all the full page sellers that sell overgraded crap out of Coin World, the mag would be empty. CW obviously doesn't care if novices get screwed. >>

BING!! Bing!! BING!! We have a winner.

theFonz · February 28, 2003 3:49PM

11. ClarkOfKent who trolls to feel good about himself.

ClarkOfKent · February 28, 2003 3:54PM

That's it, Fonz. "Flame Frankie" weekend has been explained to you already. Seems like maybe you're just trying to feel good about yourself.

You can pretty much just KISS MY A$$!

theFonz · February 28, 2003 3:58PM

old man, how about I kick it!

ClarkOfKent · February 28, 2003 4:03PM

You seriously joined these boards so you could tell people about how you want to meet them in person so you can kick their a$$?

You're a flippin' MORON.

M O R O N

theFonz · February 28, 2003 4:05PM

No not so I can tell people, just you, a tough guy that gets tough with women. Lets meet, and you can attempt to call me all the names you choose in person. I'll be at the upcoming Baltimore show.

ClarkOfKent · February 28, 2003 4:09PM

Yeah.... I'm a tough guy, because YOU misunderstood a thread.

M O R O N

And, no... I'm not going to Baltimore to waste my time on the likes of you. What an idiot.

theFonz · February 28, 2003 4:11PM

it's a good thing wimp, because you wouldn't be the tough guy you are now hiding behind your computer screen.

ClarkOfKent · February 28, 2003 4:14PM

Blah, blah, blah.... whatever. Go slap your grandma around for awhile, it'll make you feel like a real man!

M O R O N

theFonz · February 28, 2003 4:15PM

No I prefer you. The same way you have to hassle Lucille, your making fun of a lady, and so am I, a Lady from Ohio.

shirohniichan · February 28, 2003 4:19PM

It annoys me to show a rare variety or unusual coin to a fellow collector and be asked first, "What's the pop on this one?"

ClarkOfKent · February 28, 2003 4:20PM

Well, I'm sure she'll be grateful that you were here to come to her rescue. Meanwhile, you've totally screwed our good-natured Flame Frankie fun.

Goodnight, goodbye, good riddance! I D I O T

theFonz · February 28, 2003 4:22PM

A name calling tough guy. Lets take it offline and in person tough guy. I can do Ohio.

relayer · February 28, 2003 4:47PM

I've dealt with #5 numerous times

but I think you're on to something with #9

crito · February 28, 2003 6:50PM

I've only got 5.

#1: cracking a coin out of a slab you just paid for because they undergraded it.
#2: sending a coin you just cracked out of a slab you just paid for back to the same grading company.
#3: having a coin you just cracked out of a slab you just paid for come back in a body bag the second time around.
#4: paying 50% more to slab a foreign coin, even though they sell for far less than their US counterparts (of same era).
#5: spending more money on plastic than coins.

Bustman · February 28, 2003 9:15PM

Dealers that max a coin out so that all they have is low for the grade, NGC coins, instead of high-end PCGSor NGC coins.

intocoins · February 28, 2003 10:42PM

1) Minor errors, varieties, etc... that people make big deals about. Pretty much, if you cant see it without a loupe its no big deal........

2) Any kind of a registry set...... You get into that whole My coin is better than your coin thing. I collect for the joy of it not to be competitive.

3) Condition Rarities, Nuff said!

4) When you go to a show and you ask a dealer to look at a raw
coin and he lets you look at it for about 2 seconds and then he says do you want it.

5) People that get on these forums and act like little children.

theFonz · February 28, 2003 10:48PM

My apologies intocoins.

barberlover · February 28, 2003 10:57PM

I would agree with you about condition rarities with just a slight twist,condition rarities of series and coins that are not at least scarce. I like to collect condition rarities in 19th and early 20th century type coins, but those coins are at least scarce in lower mint state grades. The common modern coins that are only scarce if there is a 69 or 70 on the slab with more coins minted per year than people that live in the united states are not rare coins. There is nothing wrong with collecting them raw yourself but buying them already slabbed and paying hundreds or even thousands is stupid unless you don't care about the value of the coins you buy.

ARCO · February 28, 2003 11:20PM

I always laugh when I see an experienced dealer describe a VG-VF coin that has been all cleaned up and polished as a " coin with hints of luster showing through."

I wish I had a big bag of polished coins with me that I could drop off in front of him and ask his buy price for my sweet original pieces with traces of mint luster showing! LOL

Tyler

Askari · March 1, 2003 12:34AM

<< <i>If you took out all the full page sellers that sell overgraded crap out of Coin World, the mag would be empty. >>

Yeah, most people think magazines (and newspapers for that matter) are for reading -- they're not, they're for delivering advertising and not get it thrown out with the bulk junk mail. If you don't believe this, flip through some of the women's magazines.

Singapore, you ought to submit your list to Coin World and see if they'll publish it as "humor."

JOHNandBEA · March 1, 2003 2:57AM

11. Advertising any roll or bag of coins as UNSEARCHED!

12. Offering a raw frankie with FBL on ebay and then just post a pic of the obverse only...

RYK · March 1, 2003 3:06AM

Yes, Singapore, I agree. Your list with some of the additions from this thread should be published where more folks will read it.

danglen · March 1, 2003 3:22AM

Boy, you can sure tell when Lucy is not around!!!!

SarasotaFrank · March 1, 2003 3:30AM

as for Coin World, having spent some time in the publishnig business, I can tell you that advertising sales drive the book. High ad sales revenue means better editorial (although much of it is home grown or free) more services (in which each there is a buck for the publisher), etc, etc.

Specialized mags are not started by afficianados, they are started by publishers who see a market, forecast a model, hire, recruit or buy a front man and then count the money.

The day any publication rejects advertising over the credibility of the advertiser is the day Hell Freezes over or My Tampa Bay Bucs win the Super bowl.

ooops, got so used to using that second one, I forgot they did win!

SarasotaFrank · March 1, 2003 3:31AM

ps: In the spirit of the thread, your mother wears army boots.

Veep · March 1, 2003 4:39AM

Back to the point of the thread:

#Whatever: Dealers who sell at Graysheet and buy at Blue sheet.

Top 10 Most Annoying Things in Numismatics

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