Smokey smelling coins
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Ugh, got another coin set off of eBay today and - phew - the smoke smell permeated everything. I've gotta ask next time if the item is smoke free before I buy...
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if it was a Bust Half i might say... hummm... interesting! but an ASE... uh oh send it back!
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or if its slabbed, spray with lysol ?
<< <i>Ugh, got another coin set off of eBay today and - phew - the smoke smell permeated everything. I've gotta ask next time if the item is smoke free before I buy...
I don't make it a habit of smelling my slabs when they arrive, but maybe I should. Does the smell eventually go away?
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<< <i>Ugh, got another coin set off of eBay today and - phew - the smoke smell permeated everything. I've gotta ask next time if the item is smoke free before I buy...
I don't make it a habit of smelling my slabs when they arrive, but maybe I should. Does the smell eventually go away? >>
Its hard not to notice that smoke smell if its on the slabs. You can wipe them with a kleenex and rubbing alcohol aka isopropyl. The smell will eventually disappear.
and second hand smoke is even better !!
If I was you I would make sure that I never bought another coin from anyone who smokes has smoked or may smoke in the future just to be on the safe side !!
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You poor little wimpy babies.
I had no idea that coin collecting had devolved into this.
When I was a younger collector, every coin had that fragrant cigar aroma built in.
It was a sign of a true collector, an older wizened gentleman who lived in the times.
If you get it with heroin or cocaine dust, then I might give you a break, otherwise, you're all pitiful.
I'm ashamed to read this nonsense.
If your infantile nostrils don't understand the rest of the world, take the advice on the rubbing alcohol swab, it will vanish immediatly.
Of course you'll still imagine it's there. That will help justify your immature moral outrage.
Simple, never bid again with that seller. You'll imagine you feel better and he won't have to worry about offending your PC indoctrinated crap.
Of course, you may miss out on some rare deals, but you can convince yourself you feel good good about your being.
I'm sure we'll all be happier if you take this route.
You may not understand it, but this is just political diatribe. Your indoctrination has been successful.
Freeze your coins before global warming, you sorry little snots.
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
<< <i>I don't smoke. Having said that, people are overly sensitive to smoking because of the woosified nanny state we live in. Someone lights up, and 20 feet away, people are pretending to choke to death and feigning all sorts of trauma and outrage. >>
If it was only that bad.
It's gotten much worse.
Like the lady in Delaware who complained about her neighbors over a half mile away and almost got them indicted.
Woosified is being kind.
These folks should just have it outlawed and then they can become San Francisco and tax soft drinks for sugar.
Next they will come for your Big Mac or cheeseburger and there will have no one to blame but themselves.
Not that they would ever accept responsibility for the law of unintended consequences. Not the proud PC deputies.
Are there any real men left around here?
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
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<< <i>I don't smoke. Having said that, people are overly sensitive to smoking because of the woosified nanny state we live in. Someone lights up, and 20 feet away, people are pretending to choke to death and feigning all sorts of trauma and outrage. >>
If it was only that bad.
It's gotten much worse.
Like the lady in Delaware who complained about her neighbors over a half mile away and almost got them indicted.
Woosified is being kind.
These folks should just have it outlawed and then they can become San Francisco and tax soft drinks for sugar.
Next they will come for your Big Mac or cheeseburger and there will have no one to blame but themselves.
Not that they would ever accept responsibility for the law of unintended consequences. Not the proud PC deputies.
Are there any real men left around here? >>
Youse guys are cracking me up this morning. Now I'm not advocating looking at your coins whilst in the midst of eating a bunch of Maryland crabs, smoking a blunt and drinking some Guiness, but for cryin out loud, the things are in plastic and can be easily wiped off. How many shows have you attended where the folks behind the table are chowing down on a Rueben and spraying bits of corned beef and sauerkraut all over their coins as they debate the reason why their premium coins are priced way over sheet...
Fortunately I still work at a place where smoking is allowed, I know it's not good for me but I still love my stoogie and coffee early in the morning. Heck, it is any worse for me than the 400 lb kid who works with us that chows down on 3 big macs every day? At least my cigar smeels good, which is more than I can say of him in the afternoon when the gaseous emmissions arise from the digestion of the Mac Grease he's eaten earlier...
Packem up and send them to me.
<< <i>If it was only that bad.
It's gotten much worse.
Like the lady in Delaware who complained about her neighbors over a half mile away and almost got them indicted.
Woosified is being kind.
These folks should just have it outlawed and then they can become San Francisco and tax soft drinks for sugar.
Next they will come for your Big Mac or cheeseburger and there will have no one to blame but themselves.
Not that they would ever accept responsibility for the law of unintended consequences. Not the proud PC deputies.
Are there any real men left around here? >>
Sounds like the world of Demolition Man.
Like wearing hellmets and pads to ride a bike. Not doing the idiot stunts mind you, just pedlling around.
When I was a kid, if you dumped your bike. You picked it up and carried it home.
(Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
Nothing I did would remove it!
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<< <i>There's been quite a few times that I've been a little gagged by the stench from cigarrette smoke on coins- I used to smoke ( I quit about 8 years ago), and never knew how gross it smelled to nonsmokers until I quit- It was quite an eye-opener for me... >>
As a reformed smoker I agree mit wut he said. I guess slabs can be wiped, never had a raw coin that reeked. Really don't care if someone smokes, they just need to use a little common sense and courtesy about when and where they light up.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Tht's all I am saying, as I don't want to start a war on the boards
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<< <i>It is even worse with books. >>
Is that smoking jacket just for show?
<< <i>Smokers stink.
Tht's all I am saying, as I don't want to start a war on the boards
And nonsmokers smell.
Tough.
(Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
It's so comical that whenever someone says they would enjoy a coin more if it didn't smell like a cigarette butt the smokers immediately take it as an anti-smoking campaign.
<< <i>Ugh, got another coin set off of eBay today and - phew - the smoke smell permeated everything. I've gotta ask next time if the item is smoke free before I buy...
Wow... You must be totally devastated, are you considering legal action...?
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<< <i>It is even worse with books. >>
Is that smoking jacket just for show?
Yes. I don't smoke.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
I've often wondered how most of you non smokers (and I'm not refering to those that quit) have managed to live life as you know it.
Depending on where you live in the world- the air is contaminated- some places more than others- but the air is contaminated. Your lungs are already on the down swing of life.
I smoke, cigarss, a pipe, cigarettes, sometimes a good doobie or two- and I won'tcomplain if you decide to get into MY airspace to breathe- but sure as hell- you idiots will cry all day long about how bad the air is- I hope you are riding a bike to work in New York city freezing your nuts off because you don't want to pollute the air.
if the slab stinks- send the frigging thing back, or go to the store buy a king size bottle of Simple Green- its a bio product that won't harm your prissy little life- and wash the damn slab!
While your at it- DO NOT INHALE ANY AIR DURING YOUR WALK/RIDE TO THE STORE- THAT IS MY AIR YOU ARE BREATHING YOU ARROGANT ASS!
If the PC non-smoker / coin collector can't stand smelling any kind of smoke... Lord help em if someone "Farts in their general direction" (Monty Python
<< <i>If the coins smell like smoke, then its probably due to the fact that they were stolen by firefighters. Firemen steal everything during a fire, that's why the coins you have smell like smoke. >>
I certainly hope this was just a joke. As a 9 year veteran firefighter in the nation's 3rd largest city, I can tell you with 100% honesty that I have never seen any of my crew ever take anything from a fire other than a beating from smoke and heat.
hmmm.....is his Fire prevention career over???
"La Vostra Nonna Ha Faccia Del Fungo"
I honestly don't care at all if someone (besides young kids) want to put smoke in their lungs, but the fact is that you have to draw the line when the smoke invades someone else's space. Just like I don't care what music you listen to, but you have to draw the line when the volume is cranked up so loud that it invades someone else's space.
I'm not crying about it, just commenting that it sucked to have to smell smoke when I was buying coins. I wouldn't complain if I was buying a box of cigars or a smoking jacket I guess and it smelled that way
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<< <i>If the coins smell like smoke, then its probably due to the fact that they were stolen by firefighters. Firemen steal everything during a fire, that's why the coins you have smell like smoke. >>
I certainly hope this was just a joke. As a 9 year veteran firefighter in the nation's 3rd largest city, I can tell you with 100% honesty that I have never seen any of my crew ever take anything from a fire other than a beating from smoke and heat. >>
gecko109- you forgot one of the most important things- ESPECIALLY in Chicago- and I can quote this " But we never lost a foundation".
and you are still in your infancy as a FF- what station are you out of?
Most of the folk I knew are retired now (or dead).
<< <i>It wasn't a slab but a boxed set from the mint - so I would imagine the box and packing materials pick up the smell more than a slab would.
I honestly don't care at all if someone (besides young kids) want to put smoke in their lungs, but the fact is that you have to draw the line when the smoke invades someone else's space. Just like I don't care what music you listen to, but you have to draw the line when the volume is cranked up so loud that it invades someone else's space.
I'm not crying about it, just commenting that it sucked to have to smell smoke when I was buying coins. I wouldn't complain if I was buying a box of cigars or a smoking jacket I guess and it smelled that way >>
If you're not complaining - then WHY did you post this drivel?
I think you're a frigging tree hugging pansie from Frisco.......
go eat a Bush....
<< <i>I think you're a frigging tree hugging pansie from Frisco.......
go eat a Bush.... >>
Whether that's true or not it's one of the damned funniest things I've read on this forum all year. Had me literally laughing out loud at work!
i think it was doctor savage who coined the term and he broadcasts
out of san fran. great show.
i went from being a full time smoker.. to now being occasional. 2-5
a week. i just bum a smoke now and again.
i think collectors who smoke also do not clean much. thus even if
they did not smoke it would reek of *** or something else anyway.
I love the statements in this thread that somehow finding the smell of stale smoke on things is less than manly. So, smelling like nasty smoke is manly? I'll try to keep that in mind in the future. I will also try to remember that finding the smell of smoke nasty makes me a liberal pansy of some sort (as someone else mentioned).
You guys are a crack up. You know what? I don't care if you smoke, and while I find the smell nasty, its part of life, and like everyone else I deal with it... but come on, don't even waste my time trying to somehow equate your nasty, smelly, cancer inducing habit with manliness. I'll be paying increased insurance premiums the rest of my life to help support the costs of your habit, so, like others, I've earned the right to complain a bit.
If a box came filled with purfume, or another odor, people would be equally annoyed. It's just about courtesy.
Clearly a topic that makes a lot of folk defensive... (or was that offensive?)
<< <i>My God!
You poor little wimpy babies.
I had no idea that coin collecting had devolved into this.
When I was a younger collector, every coin had that fragrant cigar aroma built in.
It was a sign of a true collector, an older wizened gentleman who lived in the times.
If you get it with heroin or cocaine dust, then I might give you a break, otherwise, you're all pitiful.
I'm ashamed to read this nonsense.
If your infantile nostrils don't understand the rest of the world, take the advice on the rubbing alcohol swab, it will vanish immediatly.
Of course you'll still imagine it's there. That will help justify your immature moral outrage.
Simple, never bid again with that seller. You'll imagine you feel better and he won't have to worry about offending your PC indoctrinated crap.
Of course, you may miss out on some rare deals, but you can convince yourself you feel good good about your being.
I'm sure we'll all be happier if you take this route.
You may not understand it, but this is just political diatribe. Your indoctrination has been successful.
Freeze your coins before global warming, you sorry little snots. >>
I see that the patch is not working for you.
Lane
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<< <i>I don't smoke. Having said that, people are overly sensitive to smoking because of the woosified nanny state we live in. Someone lights up, and 20 feet away, people are pretending to choke to death and feigning all sorts of trauma and outrage. >>
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Are there any real men left around here? >>
Youse guys are cracking me up this morning. Now I'm not advocating looking at your coins whilst in the midst of eating a bunch of Maryland crabs, smoking a blunt and drinking some Guiness, but for cryin out loud, the things are in plastic and can be easily wiped off. How many shows have you attended where the folks behind the table are chowing down on a Rueben and spraying bits of corned beef and sauerkraut all over their coins as they debate the reason why their premium coins are priced way over sheet...
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I got ten ASEs from an Ebay seller. They were NGC ERs that were each painstakingly sealed in a plastic bag, then covered in bubble wrap. The OGP was sent as well and even included the NGC card explaining the Early Release deal.
As soon as I opened the shipping carton, the smell of cigarettes was obvious. The bubble wrap and the styrofoam peanuts had be disposed of immediately. Nevertheless, the slabs smelled like... nothing at all, and the OGP had only its original fuzzy velvet smell. I thought about sending the seller a private note, intending to help him out, but I figured, why bother? I just left him a glowing positive fb.
Sometimes I can smell smoke on my jacket on leaving the local coin shop, but what can I do? Stop going to see a good dealer, or write my congressman?
Is the OP talking about an *album* that contained his "coin set?" I would agree that's worth some kind of mention -- "album itself retains a rich history of the environment of yesteryear's collectors," as the cataloguers might say. That's as much to the point as a seller should need to be.
<< <i>I see that the patch is not working for you.
Lane >>
Great post!
<< <i>Best chocolate brown toned classic coins come outta smokers collections. >>
Are these coins considered NT or AT? I agree with many posters, it's fun to think of old stoggie and pipe smokers sitting in their leather chairs, enjoying each others favorite bustie or Morgan. Kind of romanticizes the hobby.
<< <i>If you're not complaining - then WHY did you post this drivel?
I think you're a frigging tree hugging pansie from Frisco.......
go eat a Bush.... >>
Just sharing an experience among fellow collectors...one that apparently is unfortunately experienced by many others.
I thought this thread was about that.
Then, when I read that someone was gonna squeeze out a fart, I peed my pants. I'm afraid what my pocket change smells like.
No kidding. I just because I prefer to not smell a particular stench, doesn't make me a "wimpy little baby"....