thoughts and oppinions on the fugio cent

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  LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 8:47PM

  
  
  << <i>Whats not to like about a coin dated 1787 that says "mind your business" >>
  
  
  
  nothing i can think of and i am a creative lunatic!
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  kranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 9:15PM

  When I got serious about collecting, an original Fugio was one of my early targets. So historical, and has great symbolism on both sides. How can you not love a coin that carries the message "time flies, so be diligent in what you do"? One of the coolest coins ever.

  New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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  TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 11, 2012 12:09AM

  I'm still not minding my business well enough to afford such luxury, though I'm trying.
  Not as trying as the volatility of the silver and gold markets over the last year , but trying nonetheless.

  Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody.

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  ColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭

  July 11, 2012 12:25AM

  
  
  << <i>Whats not to like about a coin dated 1787 that says "mind your business" on it and decent examples for under 1k? >>
  
  
  
  Nuttin'.

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  BillJones Posts: 35,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 11, 2012 12:52AM

  Just a reminder, "Mind your business" on the Fugio cent did not mean what it does today. In Franklin's jargon it meant be productive, efficient and conscientious in your work and daily affairs. Time flies (Fugio = I fly); don't waste it.

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  TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 11, 2012 1:00AM

  
  
  << <i>Just a reminder, "Mind your business" on the Fugio cent did not mean what it does today. In Franklin's jargon it meant be productive, efficient and conscientious in your work and daily affairs. Time flies (Fugio = I fly); don't waste it. >>
  
  
  
  Mind your business still means today what it meant back then, to me.
  Anyone who doesn't understand it's meaning, missed a few history lessons.
  Now there are more people looking for jobs than aspiring to start a business.

  Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody.

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  Zoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 11, 2012 2:38AM

  Fugios have a wonderful design and a wealth of history though I've tended to prefer the details and strike of the "New Haven" pieces attributed to the Scovill Mint in Waterbury, CT.
  
  In the past, I've wondered if the New Haven pieces could be classified as counterfeits, but I wasn't fully committed to this because they are slabbed by PCGS which does not slab acknowledged counterfeits (Micro-Os, Omegas, Hennings, etc.). My current thinking is that the New Haven pieces can be classified as legal private coinage issued prior to the Coinage Act of 1864 and thus were and are legal.

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