Essentially, I'm a numismatic failure.
1jester
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Yes, it's true. I'll never amount to anything at all in the numismatic community. I'd be seriously deluding myself if I even attempted to claim I was of any significance.
Just recently, a question was posed of me: "What do you collect ( & have you any complete sets )?"
The answer to this is that I've never completed a set of anything in my whole life. Not even the most mundane of all sets imaginable: Lincoln cents. I never even got close: no 1909-S VDB, no 1922, no 1955-S DDO, and the list goes on. I did have some BU keys, but once again, no cigar.
I tried to gather a meager type set of British Commonwealth coins, but the more I got, the more I realized how foolish I was to even attempt such an impossibility.
I've tried to accumulate some semblance of a collection of Polish coins, but again, a futile maneuver; nobody in history, not even the great Polish kings and magnates, were ever able to finish that challenge.
I'm a numismatic failure. I don't even know what I'm doing here. I'm not fit to lick the boots of all you Darkside experts.
Just recently, a question was posed of me: "What do you collect ( & have you any complete sets )?"
The answer to this is that I've never completed a set of anything in my whole life. Not even the most mundane of all sets imaginable: Lincoln cents. I never even got close: no 1909-S VDB, no 1922, no 1955-S DDO, and the list goes on. I did have some BU keys, but once again, no cigar.
I tried to gather a meager type set of British Commonwealth coins, but the more I got, the more I realized how foolish I was to even attempt such an impossibility.
I've tried to accumulate some semblance of a collection of Polish coins, but again, a futile maneuver; nobody in history, not even the great Polish kings and magnates, were ever able to finish that challenge.
I'm a numismatic failure. I don't even know what I'm doing here. I'm not fit to lick the boots of all you Darkside experts.
.....GOD
"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
"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
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<< <i>Join the club, 1jester! >>
"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
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I disagree... your posts are the ones that got me into participating on this forum... your posts which taught me more about a general range of coins than anyone else... your lively and informed responses to others posts that kept me chuckling and coming back.
Do not measure your success or failure by what you collected or how you collected but how you interacted with other numismatists concerning what you/they collected. Besides, I don't want to use the past tense-there's still plenty of life left in your numismatic future.
And... I find date/mint sets essentially boring-I much prefer the type coins from everywhere which you presented to us.
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<< <i>A wise man once said "There is no right or wrong in collecting, as long as you are collecting what you like". I can't remember most of my other sayings >>
Was that your saying or the wise man's danglen?
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<< <i>Join the club, 1jester! >>
There's a lot more of us out there than you think
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<< <i>Join the club, 1jester! >>
There's a lot more of us out there than you think >>
Let me also be on the list
09/07/2006
Collect examples of every coin issued by the Meng Chaing Bank, organized by the Japanese occupation forces in the Mongolian Borderline area of North China from late December, 1937, to the end of WW II in August, 1945.
Here are pictures of my 100% complete collection :
Obverse ---- 5 Chiao - 1938 --- Reverse
(size difference is my lousy photo editing skills, not the coin's fault )
<< <i> I've tried to accumulate some semblance of a collection of Polish coins, but again, a futile maneuver; nobody in history, not even the great Polish kings and magnates, were ever able to finish that challenge. >>
Collecting "Poland - all" is a recipe for disappointment, unless you have huge amounts of money and patience. I don't even try. In fact, even in my little area-of-an-area, I sub-sub specialize.
Just a fancy way of saying, collect what you want. If you find yourself getting burned out by it, by all means sell your stuff or focus on something else or just move on. At the end of the day, this is a hobby that we do for fun.
FOR SALE Items
Ken
If this is relevant, this morning I had 7 shipments of books going out to eBay customers and as I started the process of printing invoices from the paypal site the system went down. Pages I needed to see weren't available (eBay messages their problem) and I began frothing and foaming at the mouth. I found my mouse selecting PCGS and was whisked to your post. As I read it I found the tone of your missive so despairing that I found my own concerns were inconsequential. The rest of the day went a whole lot better and I have you (I believe) to thank for it.
You know, as well as I do, that everything happens for a reason.
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
<< <i>Its better to have failed instead of never trying. Now that this is over move on to another futile adventure....
Ken >>
You're right. How about old Fords?
DBSTrader, I think you've hit upon something!
Laurent, thanks for the kind words!! You're a great man.
Cosmic, I love Conders! That's the problem.
Satootoko has a brilliant idea!
Topstuf, how about a trade of all my dreck for yours? Somehow I think I could come to like mountains of bullion.
All, I feel grateful to be a part of such a distinguished group of failures.
"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>Look Jester, I hate to use the big stick, but it's my birthday (57) and what I want for my birthday is that a sense of well-being and satisfaction infuse you and transform you. Now, are you going to turn me down?
If this is relevant, this morning I had 7 shipments of books going out to eBay customers and as I started the process of printing invoices from the paypal site the system went down. Pages I needed to see weren't available (eBay messages their problem) and I began frothing and foaming at the mouth. I found my mouse selecting PCGS and was whisked to your post. As I read it I found the tone of your missive so despairing that I found my own concerns were inconsequential. The rest of the day went a whole lot better and I have you (I believe) to thank for it.
You know, as well as I do, that everything happens for a reason. >>
Happy Birthday, young man!!!! You know, you are one of the truly bright spots in this Dark world. I'm glad to have been able to help make a better day for you, and likewise your first post improved my mood too.
"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
Jester, good luck with your sales and enjoy your fresh new start, armed with all the knowledge you have acquired so far.
Eitherway, I take your essential presence here as a given.
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<< <i>Its better to have failed instead of never trying. Now that this is over move on to another futile adventure....
Ken >>
<< <i>You're right. How about old Fords? >>
Take it from me DO NOT DO THAT ! They are never finished.... Failure beckons before you start.... Its been 15 years since I bought mine and parts are still being hunted down. If you had 2 or 3 of those Old Fords it would be a nightmare. Pick something easy.....Stamps ?
Ken
Have fun collecting... and it is not always about the completeness of what is assembled, but what is learned and shared in undertaking the challenge...
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
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Just recently, a question was posed of me: "What do you collect ( & have you any complete sets )?"
The answer to this is that I've never completed a set of anything in my whole life.
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I'm delighted to see that I'm in such good company jester
Of course, I'll never have to worry about that problem, even for one denomination.
It is great to read that getting focused can mean different things... It may not be about completing anything, but being focused can mean developing the ability to recognize and buy quality and rarity when the opportunity arises...
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Same here. I came close with circ Peace Dollars and Jefferson Nickels. I was a pre-teen at the time. Since then, it has been straight downhill.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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was eventually completed but I've not come close since. Probably staying away from
things like clad quarter varieties and merchant tokens would help but then I'd have to
worry about what to collect next.
They did this year....so No........I don't believe a set is ever really finished.
You just run out of patience or money or both. And a top Pop is always around the corner
if you keep trying.
Jest I too have yet to complete a set, yet many are complete............if you get my drift.
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Don
<< <i>The answer to this is that I've never completed a set of anything in my whole life. >>
Now you tell me. I'm not even saving for an UNA.
Whatever will I do?
then I realized what group I was comparing myself to .
"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
And Jester - sounds like you have a pretty interesting and robust numismatic life, so who cares about a complete set of anything compared to that?
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Happy Birthday, Laurent.
<< <i>Jester, I never knew you were a numismatic failure before now. Please leave and never come back.
Happy Birthday, Laurent. >>
Yes, I'm sorry you have to share the same bandwidth as me...
"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
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<< <i>Jester, I never knew you were a numismatic failure before now. Please leave and never come back.
Happy Birthday, Laurent. >>
Yes, I'm sorry you have to share the same bandwidth as me...
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I guess I'll just have to learn to live with it.
Jester, I think both you and I have come to that realization at around the same point in time, only it took me longer to figure it out than you.
Jesters a puzzle,
a wit beyond reason
whose melancholy mood
doesn't jibe with the season.
Spring is renewal,
not a time to reflect
on misbegotten purchases
and unfinished sets.
So cheer up my lad
'cause the best is to come
as we race to completion
twixt moon and the sun.
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
Regrettably, I'm too new on this site to know you. I've enjoyed reading all of these reassurances to you, though. I hate to tell you, but I think you've failed at failing. Or, at least, your failing is incomplete. Oh, and thanks for posting the Scripture, too, I love that.
I'll add a happy birthday to Laurent, whom I also don't know, but enjoyed the spirit of his posts.
Oh, yes, and about incomplete sets and things
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That's what the Holey Coin Vest schtick is all about. If you can't be the best or brightest, and least you can be the goofiest.
<< <i> If you can't be the best or brightest, and least you can be the goofiest. >>
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Don
<< <i>If you can't be the best or brightest, and least you can be the goofiest. >>
I did that without any effort at all!
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Solomon said:
"Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh."
That applies to collecting coins as well as anything else. We gather coins together all our lives only to have them sold and seperated after we die
Having said that, I still do it. I get pleasure (if vain pleasure) in owning artifacts from the past.
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I have never finished a collection in my life, and have no intention of ever doing so. Considering my collections focus on Russian Empirical issues (all coins pre-1918), I would have to be high to think I will ever finish it, even with a lotto win. I really enjoy adding to the collection though, and especially when I can find rare pieces or get a lot of coins at a bargain to fill several holes at once.
My daughter's birthyear collection (2003) is a fun collection and if there is any collection I would like to see complete, it is that one. That is only because I would like to have something personal and nice to give to her on maybe her 21st birthday.
And think about it: if completeness was the only benchmark of success as a collector, my coin club would not exist because I don't think any one of the members has a complete set. We do have a lot of fun giving presentations on the things we find interesting and giving other people a little knowledge and inspiration to explore the world of collecting.
Just my thoughts.
Nick
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Thank you,
Just Having Fun!