Any really cool threads (injuries, insults, wicked coins...) in the last week?

ANACONDA

I've been away, and yeah I know none of you missed me.....but, did i miss anything really fun?

Did David reinstate anyone, anyone buy anything over 50K and show it off, anyone....anyone....Ferris?

adrian

Sunnywood

Adrian,

You give me an idea !! We should start to publish a tabloid called "The Numismatic Enquirer." It will be filled with tales of mud and jello wrestling in the PCGS forums; fistfights and name calling on the bourse floor; hype, deceit and outright corruption. There would be columns exposing the exploits of doctors, dealers, and crackout boys. There would be up-to-the minute reports from auction floor sessions.

We would publish hidden-camera pictures of Board members, or invite some of our racier members to install webcams with live video feeds from their homes !!! We would attract major high-end advertisers like Accugrade, and interview them to get the truth about whizzing, thumbing, and fingering.

We could publish advertisements for a mail-in service where members can send in their pocket change, and we'll submit it for encapsulation in UCGS plastic (our own "Unprofessional Coin Grading Service" complete with conflicts of ownership and interest). We'll post the coins in the UCGS Registry, and then sell them back to the submitters for $500 each !!! Due to the many AG and Poor coins certified by us, our service will be known in the trade as "Ugly Coin Grading Service," pronounced "UGS." "Buy back your own rare certified pocket change for several thousand times face value !!!!"

Why, I could just go on and on !!!

Anybody else have any suggestions for our tabloid or our grading service?

Sunnywood

Higashiyama

TomB's thread regarding the Heritage capped bust quarter with questionable toning, originally started across the street but linked here was a good one. Heritage decided to modify the description of that coin as a result of Tom's inquiry.

VonZipper

Don't forget special in depth articles on dipping and doctoring.

ANACONDA

Sunnywood......you are one funny dude! What do you do for a living....write scripts for comedies?

More!

Barry

Injuries???
Adrian, are you trying to drum up some business here?
Gotta run, hear an ambulance...

ANACONDA

sssshhhhhhhh.......

maddogale

Adrian, you spoke of "wicked coins".....I dropped a Morgan dollar on my bare toe the other day, that hurt like a b*tch!!! is that "wicked" enough???

CoinAddict

In the Looks like Miss Lucy is Cheating on Ben thread, Lucy comes out and says
"Warning to all the Merc Heads..... When I finish with Frankies....... There is gonna be a huge shakup in the Winged
Liberty Registry...... And there's gonna be something "Hep" about it!"
It looks like maybe in the future she is going to be throwing all of her Franklins to the curb and might actually start collecting another series.

Singapore

Adrian - heres the latest:

1. Everyone is going to sell all of their coins over the next 3 months in order to be fully funded for the upcoming John Ford auction(s). At which time, similar to the 79 - 80 Garrett sales, people will spend so much money for some coins that 23 years hence they will still be buried.

2. I posted a picture of a coin PCGS clearly botched, calling into question all grading and the validity of all slabs, and no cared.

3. Lucy slammed some guy for doing something I didn't quite catch.

Your pretty much up to speed now.

Clankeye

In fact, Adrian, there was a very good and informative thread by the above mentioned Mr. Sunnywood. I link it here for you to read at your pleasure.

Very Good Reading

Clankeye

joejeweler

Hi Adrian....welcome back. I recieved the 1828 MS64 Bust Half on Friday......cool looking coin with those prooflike fields and color!

You may have missed that 1797 10X6 stars Flowing Hair dollar that Legend has been tormenting my mind with, so here's the link to a thread i started. Oh to have a wad o'cash right now!

Oh....i could have sworn i saw a post by Greg M. a few days ago, with his original username. Anybody know for sure if he's no longer "persona non grata" ?

Anybody else "hate" Legend link(1797 MS62 FH Dollar)

MrEureka

We should start to publish a tabloid called "The Numismatic Enquirer."

Maybe you should offer to write a column for the Coin Demon Newsletter, a free publication distributed to dealers at most Long Beach shows.

Here's their link.

sinin1

My favorite for the last week is Mr Eureka's installment tale of a dealer who thought he got a rip that turned into a dog.

By the time it is through Mr Eureka wants it to be the mosted posted thread in all US Coin Forum history

MrEureka

My favorite for the last week is Mr Eureka's installment tale

Thanks, Dave! The next chapter will be posted later today!

ANACONDA

Hey Joe! Glad you liked the half.

I tried to buy that 1797 dollar a while back but never could reach a deal with the owner. It is indeed very cool and very rare. Great toning.

adrian

coinlieutenant

Hey Adrian,

You missed a good ebay "mystery box" auction. They guy said there was somewhere between 5 and fifty ounces of gold in a safe. Starting bid was 6500. I called him on it and he told me that it was an auction for a local veterans group. He also said there was 27 ounces of gold in the safe.

You can probably find the thread by typing in "Addendum" in the search box. I started the addendum and is labeled something like
"This is getting interesting, addendum to mystery box thread" Amazing....

Keep an eye on a thread that I am TTTing from time to time. You might have some info...

Be good,
john

airplanenut

I missed you, Adrian

Jeremy

CoinAddict

So Adrian now that you are back when are you going to share some more of your great coin pics?

DCAMFranklin

<< <i>So Adrian now that you are back when are you going to share some more of your great coin pics? >>




Adrian- I'm always happy to enjoy some of your pics. However, I am looking forward to more of those 1c starts with NO reserve. C'mon, let's get some beauties on the auction blocks!