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What coins would you take with you to a party?

dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
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If you wanted to take some humorous coins to a party as conversation pieces, which would you take? I'd appreciate all suggestions - U.S. and foreign!

Thanks,

Dan
Dan McInnes

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  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    Marty's Dong Dollar Slab image
    -George
    42/92
  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    George has it !
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  • tsacchtsacch Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭
    a nice cameo lincoln for and morgan dollar.
    buffalo nickles incase trere are kids there.


    Family, kids, coins, sports (playing not watching), jet skiing, wakeboarding, Big Air....no one ever got hurt in the air....its the sudden stop that hurts. I hate Hurricane Sandy. I hate FEMA and i hate the blasted insurance companies.
  • dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
    Dong Dollar? I'd love to see it!
    Dan McInnes

    mcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu">dmcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu
  • clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭
    How about something that most people wouldn't know existed? Like a half cent, two cent, three cent, or twenty cent piece.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Arkansas parody quarters - always good for a laugh.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    People think I'm a big enough geek already. Why would I bring COINS to a PARTY!?! image
    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    Nothing says it like a big chunk of gold

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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The Arkansas parody quarters - always good for a laugh. >>

    I agree. The naughty quarters are always fun, and people know what SQs are, so they're quick to check them out.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,879 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you really want to scare the crap out of someone, there's always the "Auntie Eunice" commemorative.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Humorous? Potty Dollars come to mind... Perhaps hobo nickels... I would always take a serious coin like a DMPL Morgan...
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,776 ✭✭✭✭
    The Cook Island coin without a doubt.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    1933 Saint

    -Daniel
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

    Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

    -Horace
  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    If it's a really good party - Dollar bills. They tuck into garters better than coins. Oh yea!!

    Coins go into slots better though. image

    sorry. that response just slipped out.
    -Bob
    collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
    The Low Budget Y2K Registry Set
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,525 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For a party bring the shish-ke-buffs or the speared bison nickels or the extra leaf WI quarters.
    People appeciate things they've seen in the news. Believe it or not older clads in nice condition
    often get people's attention. The second best bet for noncollectors is nice attractive silver an-
    cients. Old US coins will get more response if they're very old and have some wear. Gold will
    also get non-collectors attention sometimes. After that it's anyone's guess but obsolete type
    and denominations can be effective. Really beautiful darkside coins can be noticed.

    Non-collectors won't appreciate the subtleties of grade or rarity. They tend to prefer larger coins
    and those with eye catching designs. They also tend to like old more than new.

    Hey, there's no accounting for taste.
    Tempus fugit.
  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,158 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmmm, coins at a party; not the kind of party I want to go toimage

    Chris
    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The last time I took coins to a party they were Chuck-E-Cheese tokens.
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭


    << <i>Marty's Dong Dollar Slab image >>

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  • markglickermarkglicker Posts: 1,486 ✭
    I always like the gag nickel with the nail in it, that you can hammer into the wooden floor.
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Late 19th century British pennies. That way you can "give people a penny for their thoughts", without it costing very much.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • carlcarl Posts: 2,054 ✭
    If you need to use a coin to perk up a party, your at the wrong party. However, I like the Chuck-E-Cheese token idea. Pulliing one out as if it were a real coin could get some reaction from a parent. Single people don't usually know what that is though.
    Actually now that it has come up I may start carrying some old Missouri Mills that I acquired when I was a kid. No one would know what they are.
    Carl

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