What coin would you like to be buried with or have put in your urn?
jmcu12
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I know it's a little dark, but have fun with it!
And for the sake of this thread we are going to make the following assumptions;
You HAVE to choose a coin. You can't say no.
You don't have to worry about selling the coin for your heirs - they don't need the money.
Can be any country of origin.
You don't have to 'own' the coin in question. It can be your dream coin.
I will go first - I think, right now, I would choose for a 1792 Half Disme or a 1776 Continental Dollar in Silver.
Your turn!
And for the sake of this thread we are going to make the following assumptions;
You HAVE to choose a coin. You can't say no.
You don't have to worry about selling the coin for your heirs - they don't need the money.
Can be any country of origin.
You don't have to 'own' the coin in question. It can be your dream coin.
I will go first - I think, right now, I would choose for a 1792 Half Disme or a 1776 Continental Dollar in Silver.
Your turn!
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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I want a clear lucite grave with all of the 5 oz ATB coins in them. It'd be a fun grave to visit. I would have my name, DOB, DOD, and the maxim: "Lif is too short."
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I want a clear lucite grave with all of the 5 oz ATB coins in them. It'd be a fun grave to visit. I would have my name, DOB, DOD, and the maxim: "Lif is too short." >>
Your "lif" was actually too short. A full letter.
If that was intended, nice. If not, might want to use spell check before submitting that to the lucite company who recieves such a macabre purchase order.
Also, dont get buried in a bad neighborhood. Price of silver will be pretty tempting.
I want Daniel Carr to engrave and strike a coin with a grey alien on one side and gibberish made up alien words on the back then under it, in english, have "He who rules over all, even in death." Just to screw with future archaeologists.
<< <i>I want Daniel Carr to engrave and strike a coin with a grey alien on one side and gibberish made up alien words on the back then under it, in english, have "He who rules over all, even in death." Just to screw with future archaeologists. >>
You might fool them for a while, but then they would inevitably find this old post and the jig would be up.
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<< <i>I want Daniel Carr to engrave and strike a coin with a grey alien on one side and gibberish made up alien words on the back then under it, in english, have "He who rules over all, even in death." Just to screw with future archaeologists. >>
You might fool them for a while, but then they would inevitably find this old post and the jig would be up. >>
I am sure the data stored on these servers will be long gone by then. Even if it wasnt though, it would be like my kids looking at a floppy disk and thinking it was a real life save button.
<< <i>Exactly - gotta pay the ferryman to Hades or Arcadia or some such. I used to remember his name. Charon? >>
Yes, Charon's obol to pay the ferryman to pass into the afterlife. An obol is a very small ancient Greek coin, weighing less than one gram. My example, from 420BC, is 0.8g and only about 12mm across, but incredibly engraved despite its size:
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
So far, so good.
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<< <i>Probably an old penny I once picked up. As the old saying goes, "A penny saved is a penny urned." >>
<< <i>I just want to make sure that the right coins are put on my eyelids for the journey over the River Styx! I would hate to have the ferryman say that he doesn't accept those. >>
I'm sure he will take a credit card. Everyone else does now.
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<< <i>Maybe a 2109-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent??? >>
You want to be buried with a mint error?
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
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<< <i>Maybe a 2109-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent??? >>
You want to be buried with a mint error?
I think he is just being incredibly optimistic about his longevity and that of the Lincoln cent design!
Eric
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<< <i>Maybe a 2109-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent??? >>
You want to be buried with a mint error?
I think he is just being incredibly optimistic about his longevity and that of the Lincoln cent design!
Eric >>
I was just pulling his leg and we all know the cent will be long gone by 2109.
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
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<< <i>Maybe a 2109-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent??? >>
You want to be buried with a mint error?
I think he is just being incredibly optimistic about his longevity and that of the Lincoln cent design!
Eric >>
I was just pulling his leg and we all know the cent will be long gone by 2109. >>
Of course - and I was pulling yours
Best wishes for the weekend,
Eric
An 1801 Jefferson inaugural medal by John Reich ...
I have had two chances to own one of these, but I passed both. One was low grade, holed and polished, which was too low a grade for me. The second was a very nice piece, but I thought it was too much money, $12,000 more than the price it had brought at a recent auction. I now wish I had buried myself ...
I think s4ny is on the right track with this one, except I'd like it to be a 2070 or later coin.
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<< <i>you can't take it with you >>
That is sorta the point. My question is more whimsical and I am asking "if you could take it with you - what would it be"?
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
and not one of those cheap altered ones that just anyone could possess
Steve
<< <i>1913 Eliasburg Liberty Nickel in an undisclosed location
I guess that's one way to AT a coin.
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
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<< <i>1913 Eliasburg Liberty Nickel in an undisclosed location
I guess that's one way to AT a coin.
hehe especially if my last meal came from taco bell
You think it might set off the sniffer?
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<< <i>you can't take it with you >>
That is sorta the point. My question is more whimsical and I am asking "if you could take it with you - what would it be"? >>
Oh, I do get to take it with me? Ok, finest known 1797 small eagle $10
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<< <i>Maybe a 2109-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent??? >>
You want to be buried with a mint error?
I think he is just being incredibly optimistic about his longevity and that of the Lincoln cent design!
Eric >>
I was just pulling his leg and we all know the cent will be long gone by 2109. >>
haha, was just thinking medical technology will continue to advance and keep me around until then!
They can't get rid of the cent... not as worried about that part
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