Dreaming?

SwK

Every coin has a story, did u ever sit in a chair holding a coin that you had acquired and dream of the story that could be told if only the coin could talk.

Well I have many such pieces, one being a 1646 Newark 2/6 that as the siege finished found its way into a Charles I welsh dresser. Only to be found over 400 years later.

Until a few years ago I thought I was the only dreamer, does anyone else dream.

The coin is uploaded on the main page www.petitioncrown.com

SwK

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Every coin has a story, did u ever sit in a chair holding a coin that you had acquired and dream of the story that could be told if only the coin could talk. >>

That has always been my primary joy in owning and collecting old coins. Yes, they can be enjoyed for their designs, as little pieces of art, or for their bullion or intrinsic value, but to me, it's mostly been about their history.

This is one thing that made me an avid metal detectorist. When you dig a wonderful old coin out of the dirt (which doesn't happen enough for me), then you've got a few tantalizing clues as to its story- but only vague and indistinct clues. Being given part of the story only makes them all the more mysterious and fascinating. (How did this get here? Who dropped it? What did they look like? What did this place look like when they dropped it? ... and so on.)

determined

<< <i>That has always been my primary joy in owning and collecting old coins. Yes, they can be enjoyed for their designs, as little pieces of art, or for their bullion or intrinsic value, but to me, it's mostly been about their history. >>

WorldTypeSet

a 1646 Newark 2/6 that as the siege finished found its way into a Charles I welsh dresser. Only to be found over 400 years later.

Your dreams take place in 2046? What's it like 36 years in the future?

SwK

Since I got so few "dreamers" responding it appears that all of u are realists. U are all normal people as there are no dreamers who sit in a rocking chair and consider the stories a coin could tell if it could speak.

Maybe because when I collect I have never considered the investment value. The American way is great, in general people collect, create a specific collection, reach the peak and sell. Your cousins on this side of the big pond collect and never even consider selling and if we are lucky our children continue and we never consider the investment angle.

Another reason I need to be certified mad is in the early years I was so embarrassed what I paid for some pieces I destroyed the original tickets with the prices on. Paid toooooo much and was embarrassed.

I came from the north of England not far from Menston were there was a lunatic asylum

This institution opened on the 8th October 1888, the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum Menston as it was then known, became High Royds in 1963. One of the last remaining psychiatric hospitals of it's kind to be still functioning when it closed in 2003. http://highroydspauperlunaticasylum.fotopic.net/

We used to say that if u had no money u would end up in Menston and if u had any money u were just eccentric


Well it appears I am in the minority and just need a couple more Dr's to certify me


SwK

BillyKingsley

Always...that is why it takes me so long to look at my modest collection! I can't help but stop and wonder who has held it, where it has been, what it has been present for, etc.

That is also partly why I prefer circulated coins...they actually DID something!