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lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 8:35AM

ajaan · November 28, 2003 8:39AM

I bought two snowblowers today. One for my dad and one for us.

Aethelred · November 28, 2003 8:40AM

It is snowing here, can I borrow one?

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 8:41AM

Well, at least it ain't snowing here, but I still feel blah. It rained earlier.

ajaan · November 28, 2003 8:42AM

It's been raining here the past two days. The sidewalk in front of my house looks like a pond.

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 8:49AM

Mailed your coins today, Don.

Aethelred · November 28, 2003 8:49AM

We have about 1/2" of snow!

ajaan · November 28, 2003 8:51AM

What coins? Oh yeah, those coins. I see you're high bidder on the 16th C. taler.

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 8:58AM

Yeah, if I win it you can deduct the money you owe me for the coins I just sent.

Aethelred · November 28, 2003 9:18AM

What about my coins LM?

Bruce · November 28, 2003 9:22AM

It has been raining here for 2 days also. At least we don't have to shovel it.

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 9:23AM

<< <i>What about my coins LM? >>

They're at the bottom of the jar. Sorry- I dropped 'em.

The good news is, they should be nice and shiny when you fish 'em out.

Or not.

Aethelred · November 28, 2003 9:35AM

Do you remember the BU Indian that I bought from you? You tossed it to me and it landed in my glass of tea?

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 9:42AM

Yeah- I was telling somebody that story the other day.

I had forgotten what coin was involved, but the event is unforgettable.

For those who were not present during that particular swapping session (i.e., everyone else in the world), we were sitting at Michael's dining room table doing one of our traditional swapping sessions. One particular coin (an Indian cent, I guess) had just become his, so I gently lobbed it across the table, whereupon I scored a perfect dunk- pling! In Michael's glass of tea. Hoo boy. I probably could not have duplicated that shot if I tried again 200 times in a row.

elverno · November 28, 2003 9:53AM

I took the 10 year old daughter of a friend to our local coin shop today and she had a great time in the junk box. I'm trying to get her to tell the difference between quantity and quality so I handed back all the duplicates she'd grabbed (lots) and made her pick the best example in each case. The old guy that runs the place has an exaggerated idea of the value of some of his darkside silver so I let her hunt through the junk Morgan and Peace dollars and pick the best two.

So she walked away with a bag full of stuff and there wasn't a thing for me...

But she's a good kid, loves history and is having loads of fun collecting coins with Uncle Vern!

Otherwise, an afternoon drifting on the edge of the liteside. But a filler 1814 20 Kopek in the mail so not a total loss...

spinaker2000 · November 28, 2003 9:55AM

note to self: Do not swap coins with Rob during dinner at the FUN Show.

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 9:58AM

Don't worry, Terry- I couldn't make that shot again in 100 years. It was my one fleeting moment of glory.

spinaker2000 · November 28, 2003 9:59AM

note to self: Do not believe anything Rob says.

farthing · November 28, 2003 10:34AM

I overpaid for a nice 1912 Canadian 10 cent coin today and picked up a nice ANACS MS64 1882-S Morgan today at the coin shop. I've seen just 1 darkside coin at his shop in all the times I've been there (and Yes, I bought that coin).

When I got home I looked and discovered that I already had an ICG slabbed MS64 1882-S Morgan in my collection. Oh well, it's a beautiful coin, I love the look of S and CC minted large silver coins!

lordmarcovan · November 28, 2003 10:39AM

Duplicates of slabbed Morgan dollars are not exactly difficult to dispose of...

spinaker2000 · November 28, 2003 10:45AM

I went coin shopping with mongoose today.

Not sure what he bought, but I spent a whole $10, and came home with a nice GB 1931 1d in AU and an UNC S. Africa 1942 "no star" 1d.

satootoko · November 28, 2003 11:42AM

So let's make this look like a liteside thread

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All you have to do is vent about how badly ICG or ANACS (or both) screwed up on awarding an MS64 grade.

SYRACUSIAN · November 28, 2003 3:19PM

I liked this thread a lot. Friendly chats.
It goes well with the new nickname of the Darkside (by a Litesider who came to sell of course): "a dusty third world flea-market" were his words I believe.Sounds very familiar and fun to me

elverno · November 28, 2003 4:27PM

Of course when I'm traveling I actually stop in dusty third world flea markets and look for medals...

rhound1977 · November 28, 2003 9:30PM

Well I went to work Friday, very quiet day, good opportunity to get organized and clean up my desk. Oh and I did peruse the forum a little bit.

Hope every one had a nice T-day.....

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