What is a coin?

Bear

It is a disk of metal that puts luster in our lives, a shine in our eyes

and pride in our hearts. A disc of metal, it makes us lust, slobber, desire

envy, dream about and get emotionally involved with. In fact, it might as well

be a beautiful woman. Same symptoms.

chiefbob

A disk of metal encased in a hermetically-sealed plastic house. After we destroy ourselves, eons later the Alpha Centaurians will find them and think we worshipped metal disks. And they will be right....

Bob



In Memory of BigIndie (Mike Dalzell) 1974-2004

RGL

To most people, just a tiny bit of every day commerce, the metallic part of legal tender. Just try explaining to a non-collector how you have a 1966 dime worth hundreds of dollars ... they think you are nuts!

To those here, something to be pursued, treasured, admired and passed on for future generations of collectors.

LAWMAN

My kids, who scoff at numismatics despite my best efforts, say, Oh, Dad is playing with his 'pocket change' again. I guess I'm going to have to endow a museum or corrupt THEIR kids (yeah, that's it; I'll corrupt THEIR kids -- that's how I get back at them!)

GoldCoinLover

In the year 2500 there will be no more coins ; everything will be in eletronic data.


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.... but we'll all be dead by then


Life in 2500:
Customer: Hi, I'd like to buy this photon light console display for my speed car.
Clerk: That'll be $10^2^2, or $10,000 please.
Customer: Here's my ionized eletronic display card.
Clerk: Have a good day!


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"I found a 2004 lincoln cent, this coin must be worth billions!"