Unsettling coin dream

gyocomgd

I had the oddest, most unsettling dream last night. In it I was in an old house while workers were remodeling. You know how dreams are; I had no business or interest in being in the house, I was just there walking around. In plain view, inside a torn down wall, was a coffee can full of old coins. It was in plain view but the workers weren't the slightest bit interested in it. I picked up the can and proceeded to take it "downtown"--it was a small, Mayberry-like town, nothing like my own. But in the dream it was my hometown. I showed the can to every person that walked by, blurting "Look what I found!" to all, but not one person was the slightest bit interested. The setting quickly shifted to the local coin show I attend in my waking hours, and again, no one was interested in the coins--the can might as well have been full of nails. The can had all kinds of great coins in it, rare and uncirculated treasures that had sat untouched for decades, but everyone just looked at it and shrugged it off in a "Yeah, yeah, go away" kind of way.

It was a very frustrating situation. As happens often in these kinds of dreams for me, the setting deteriorated. A bunch of the dealers and attendees left their tables, walked outside and started playing softball in the parking lot, totally oblivious not only to my coins but their own. A sort of pall descended where coins were totally irrelevant. It wasn't the sort of dream where you wake up sweating and heart pounding, but it was very unsatisfying.

cointagious

You fear that your interests are not taken seriously by others whose opinions matter to you.


I'd tell you more but I really don't care.

LickThoseStamps

Were there any uncirculated buffalo nickels in the can? You always seem to score a lot of those!

LanLord

Sounds like you need to write a new episode of the Twilight Zone.

gyocomgd

<< <i>You fear that your interests are not taken seriously by others whose opinions matter to you.

I'd tell you more but I really don't care. >>

291fifth

The problem was that all the coins in the can were "original." If you had some baking powder available you could have "conserved" them. Then all of the people you showed them to would be falling all over themselves to get the can full of premium quality BU coins you had for sale.

lathmach

Dreams are a warning many times.
Your concious mind works different than your unconcious mind.
Now, I'm no dreamologist or anything, but I think what your mind is telling you is that the coins that you thought were so great that you have in your coin collection are really dog poop, and when you go to show them around when you get ready to sell, no one is going to show any interest.
Better dump your junk, NOW.

Ray

jmski52

I don't know that the dream has any meaning unless someone wants it to have meaning. I think it's a great dream.

gyocomgd

<< <i>Dreams are a warning many times.
Your concious mind works different than your unconcious mind.
Now, I'm no dreamologist or anything, but I think what your mind is telling you is that the coins that you thought were so great that you have in your coin collection are really dog poop, and when you go to show them around when you get ready to sell, no one is going to show any interest.
Better dump your junk, NOW.
Ray >>



Post of he Day, Ray!

ricko

If I were you Guy, I would, in the future, avoid whatever late night snack you had last night.... Cheers, RickO

gyocomgd

In the dream I didn't even examine the coins, they were packed into the can very tightly and I didn't want to rustle them for fear of leaving bag marks all over them. I handled them very tentatively. Imagine taking a coffee can full of coins "downtown" or to a coin show...makes no sense at all. Still, there was no doubt they were very valuable. It was a "fact" that prevailed over the dream. Very weird.

mrpaseo

Maybe you think the world is going to plastic, and eventually, every coin will be in plastic... Then you find the "Raw" stuff, no one gives them a second thought...

hmmmm, imagine after all coins were no longer used, that all the coins ended up in slabs... that would be odd.

Thanks for sharing,
Ray

keez

You found something that means a lot to you. You found a treasure. What is that saying -- one man's treasure is another man's junk

Shamika

<< <i> You fear that your interests are not taken seriously by others whose opinions matter to you.

I'd tell you more but I really don't care. >>


That was actually quite funny.

MadMarty

Did Laura distract the workers while you grabbed the can?

jimjenson

I was waiting to hear that despite zero interest in the coins, someone offered you 6 thousand dollars for the can.

gyocomgd

<< <i>I was waiting to hear that despite zero interest in the coins, someone offered you 6 thousand dollars for the can. >>



Now that would be a bad dream. I don't want to dream I'm rich then wake up poor.

jmski52

The can had all kinds of great coins in it, rare and uncirculated treasures that had sat untouched for decades, but everyone just looked at it and shrugged it off in a "Yeah, yeah, go away" kind of way.


You are a Giant among men, those idiots.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

What was in the can?

GoldenEyeNumismatics

I had a dream last year: check it out

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