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What are the Hatfields vs the McCoys areas of our hobby?
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In College football you have Ohio State vs. Michigan and others.
In MLB baseball you have Boston Red Sox vs NY Yankees and others.
In coins we have the following:
Moderns vs. Classics
Deepest Pockets vs. Penniless/Pay $200 and Go To Jail
PCGS vs. Coin Doctors
Laura vs PNG
Laura vs Widgets (wait a minute, this is not supposed to be a bash Laura thread!!!!)
I will let you fill in more examples. Now the best part is we should rate these.
Lets be NICE! No acrimony here! Once it becomes a bash thread I will delete the OP title and call sportsmoderator on my speed dial!!
Natural business competitors such as PCGS and NGC are FORBIDDEN here because business is BUSINESS (unless they are from the past!)
In MLB baseball you have Boston Red Sox vs NY Yankees and others.
In coins we have the following:
Moderns vs. Classics
Deepest Pockets vs. Penniless/Pay $200 and Go To Jail
PCGS vs. Coin Doctors
Laura vs PNG
Laura vs Widgets (wait a minute, this is not supposed to be a bash Laura thread!!!!)
I will let you fill in more examples. Now the best part is we should rate these.
Lets be NICE! No acrimony here! Once it becomes a bash thread I will delete the OP title and call sportsmoderator on my speed dial!!
Natural business competitors such as PCGS and NGC are FORBIDDEN here because business is BUSINESS (unless they are from the past!)
A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
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determining the point where modern coinage begins.
Original v enhanced and the benefits associated with either
EDITED -Michigan taken out
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
collectors vs investors
<< <i>Colonials (classic) vs. all that silly Federal coinage (modern).
<< <i>Colonials vs. all that silly Federal coinage.
Huh? A large fraction of what circulated in colonial America was FOREIGN.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
<< <i>Huh? A large fraction of what circulated in colonial America was FOREIGN.
A stickler for details, huh? OK then...
Foreign and domestically produced colonial era coinage vs. all that silly Federal coinage.
There. Is that better?
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<< <i>Huh? A large fraction of what circulated in colonial America was FOREIGN.
A stickler for details, huh? OK then...
Foreign and domestically produced colonial era coinage vs. all that silly Federal coinage.
There. Is that better?
A truly Pythonesque answer. You don't happen to hop around, banging coconuts together do you?
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
<< <i>A truly Pythonesque answer. You don't happen to hop around, banging coconuts together do you?
Uh, not in public.
Pete
Louis Armstrong
Blast White 19thC Common Man coinage vs toned 19C common man coinage
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I knew it would happen.
What or who?
"What" are coin combatants.
"Who" battle are numerous. From NGC and PCGS to doctors and those who cherish originality. From the EAC guys to lovers of modern coins. Maybe their feuds aren't as strident as the Hatfields and McCoys but their passion is the same.
I don't think conflict is a bad thing. It helps to define things, I figure.
Lance.
OK, I'll bite.
You collect Kennedys?......bwahhhhhaaahhhhaaaahhhaa!
Making money or,paying a LITTLE to have alot fun.
Brian
Ron
(Just kidding, HRH, I love you, man...
MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
<< <i>Original vs. toned. >>
Dipped vs toned.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Damaged/Problem (genuine only slab) vs Problem free (graded slab).
Counterfeiters vs Collectors.
Coin doctors vs PCGS.
PCGS vs NGC vs ANACS vs ICG.
Coin World vs Numismatic News.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Technical grading vs. Market grading
Everyone else's grading vs. EAC grading
Ricko vs. "Original Coins"
Ricko Vs. The Toned Coin Collectors Society
Edited to add " " and to say not a Ricko bash, but a fair observation about one of my favorite board members
Heritage vs. Stack's-Bowers
19th century gold vs. 20th century gold
Charlotte vs. Dahlonega
RYK vs. Longacre
Dealers vs. Cherrypickers
US Mint vs. its customers
US Mint vs. ideals of beautiful coin design
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Those who love Barber coins vs. those who can't stand them and find them boring.
I have found that there are definitely two camps here. Some people go ape over wild toned coins, others avaid them like the plague. Very few "tweeners".
"Errors" vrs. "Varieties"
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
<< <i>Slabbed vs. Raw >>
OGH, Fatty, CAC, +, *, etc. vs. raw!
Tom
<< <i>RYK vs. Longacre >>
A friendly competition, this.
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>Technical grading vs. Market grading
Everyone else's grading vs. EAC grading
For years before TPG's and after, these copper weenies have been honing their skills on an ongoing basis. If they had ever seen actual lustrous red they might be taught silver and gold type. They would then rule a post-apocalyptic world that still wanted coins for more than spending.