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POLL: Okay...What do you REALLY think of "Michael"?
Prethen
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Personally, I think Michael is being misunderstood more often than not. However, here's a place where you can note your opinion...or not.
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<< <i>Michael is fun. He can say the most outrageous things without ever being offensive.
He can also say the most offensive things without being outrageous!
Michael is a living a breathing numismatic encyclopedia. I would bet that he's forgotten more than ANYONE here has ever known.
homerunhall
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Thursday December 01, 2005 5:26 PM
Michael,
You just stated that major bulk submitters get a break in terms of grade at PCGS. I am at PCGS every day and know for a fact that the graders do not know whose coins they are grading. You have lied about our company. This is not acceptable. Prove your statement or leave the board.
David Hall
But, if even Laura can fix her spelling, then there is NO EXCUSE for Michael
<< <i>Michael has gas problem.
Just one
<< <i>Personally, I think Michael is being misunderstood more often than not. However, here's a place where you can note your opinion...or not. >>
Michael DOES write like a four-year-old, but he certainly ain't an idiot. He is a supremely knowledgeable fellow. His poor typing and spelling originally threw me off and caused me to underestimate him at first, until I learned of his numismatic wisdom.
...Michael's OK.
<< <i>He's extremely knowledgable and should be listened to very carefully >>
Now, if we could just get him to post about more than one subject per forum.
Choose Your Title
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Posts are based on experience and are opinion only. Experiences and opinions of others may differ.
When you buy modern coins in slabs, you either pay a lot of money for slabs, which is a waste, or you pay a lot of money for high grades and cameo designations. Leave the registry competition to those who have a lot of money, or those who want to live in a state of constant dissatisfaction.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
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Yeah, he always does that. Whats up with that?
DENNY CRANE
<< <i>DENNY CRANE >>
at first, his stream-of-conscienceness writing style threw me off..
but his wisdom has sunk in. Does tend to repeat himself ala dorkkarl, but that's ok
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Obscurum per obscurius
Michael is a numismatic treasure and a great guy. The forum is fortunate to have him as a contributor. His writing style doesn't bother me at all; a genius should have an eccentricity or two.
<< <i>Don and FullHorn, I don't think Michael has a problem with modern coins, but rather, with what some dealers who wont make two way markets, charge for them.
I believe that's precisely his point and it can be hard to get across.
<< <i>Stop being politically correct. He's an idiot and should stop posting. >>
If you think that, you either don't know coins or him.
michael is a great
asset to these forums and
his comments are full of wisdom
as well as wit and entertainment
he also fears no discussion.
But really, great guy from what I've observed
-Daniel
-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
Tbig
Feld,
I must not know him like you do... He certainly has the phrase "better numismatic pre 1933 north american gold coinage" down cold.
Can you point out one of his interesting or informative comments to me? I must have missed them...
......just be careful if you open one of his Open Forum threads!!
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
I must not know him like you do... He certainly has the phrase "better numismatic pre 1933 north american gold coinage" down cold.
Can you point out one of his interesting or informative comments to me? I must have missed them... >>
Turb (since we're apparently on a last name basis), you can find his comments as easily as I can if you really care to read them. From your two posts to this thread, I doubt that's the case, though. By the way, most of his comments speak about coins other than "better numismatic pre 1933 north american gold coinage".
And yes Preturb, I think you missed them.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
<< <i><< Stop being politically correct. He's an idiot and should stop posting. >> >>
<< <i>If you think that, you either don't know coins or him. >>
I agree. Michael might SEEM to be an idiot, because he is hands-down one of the worst typists I have ever encountered, and one of the worst spellers.
HOWEVER, if you underestimate him based on these criteria, you're judging the book by its cover. Michael shared a lot of detailed information with me about the specific history and survival figures, etc, of the 1860 three-dollar gold piece, once. I have a holed example on my Holey Gold Hat. It's a wretched coin from a serious numismatist's stance, but a rather tough piece, and I am proud to have a holey one on my hat. (It's the only $3 I have ever owned.) Michael told me all about why he liked the 1860, specifically. It is obvious he knew what he was talking about. He also sent me some literature on it.
Look past the bad typing and the quirks- there's a great mind, there. Some folks say the late Walter Breen was a numismatic genius, too, and heaven knows he had his flaws. At least Michael's flaws don't match Breen's. (Edit: I see the wise Shiroh-san already made this observation.)
These forums are a vast community, with a wide and varied cast of characters. Some are abrasive, some silly, some wise, some stupid. Many of us are a combination of all those traits, good and bad. "Intolerant" shouldn't be one of those traits.
He's A-OK with me.
<< <i>I don't really care for poll-style popularity contests, but since you ask --
He's A-OK with me. >>
Oh, but wouldn't you wanna be a fly on the wall, reading a thread about yourself? I would.
Or maybe not.
Nah, I think I would, scary though it might be.
<< <i>...
HOWEVER, if you underestimate him based on these criteria, you're judging the book by its cover. Michael shared a lot of detailed information with me about the specific history and survival figures, etc, of the 1860 three-dollar gold piece, once. I have a holed example on my Holey Gold Hat. It's a wretched coin from a serious numismatist's stance, but a rather tough piece, and I am proud to have a holey one on my hat. (It's the only $3 I have ever owned.) Michael told me all about why he liked the 1860, specifically. It is obvious he knew what he was talking about. He also sent me some literature on it.
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These forums are a vast community, with a wide and varied cast of characters. Some are abrasive, some silly, some wise, some stupid. Many of us are a combination of all those traits, good and bad. "Intolerant" shouldn't be one of those traits. >>
Believe it or not, he also knows something about moderns.
I agree that "intolerant" is one of the worst traits to have on the boards and for the main part Michael is also "tolerant".
That said, he sure loves describing his gastrointestinal issues in WAAAAY too much detail.
He is outspoken, knowledgable, and honest to a fault. This rubs some people the wrong way.
What many don't know about Michael is just how giving of a person he is.
The world would be a better place with more people like Michael in it...Mike
p.s. BAM!
peacockcoins
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>I don't really care for poll-style popularity contests, but since you ask --
He's A-OK with me. >>
Agree !! with the above.
Now on to Michael. Many times I just cannot figure out what he is trying to say. Outside of that he is one of the old time forum members and that is cool.
Ken
Plus he's a breath of fresh air even though he occasionally has gas.
My only complaint is it's been a very long time since we've seen some coins from the "Eastern Collection".
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
listen!
<< <i><<Feld,
I must not know him like you do... He certainly has the phrase "better numismatic pre 1933 north american gold coinage" down cold.
Can you point out one of his interesting or informative comments to me? I must have missed them... >>
Turb (since we're apparently on a last name basis), you can find his comments as easily as I can if you really care to read them. From your two posts to this thread, I doubt that's the case, though. By the way, most of his comments speak about coins other than "better numismatic pre 1933 north american gold coinage". >>
and since you're on a FIRST name basis, who the h3ll is Michael????? (it WAS one of the choices).