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Numismatic Adjectives... Show me your salesmanship.
2ltdjorn
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While I am sure this has been discussed before...
In terms of description of a coin... is stating "rare" coin redundant? I mean really who buys "extremely common" coins? (except me, I focus my collecting habits on Dreck... well nice dreck I suppose?)
What other adjectives do you find humorous in the description of a coin that is offered for sale?
In terms of description of a coin... is stating "rare" coin redundant? I mean really who buys "extremely common" coins? (except me, I focus my collecting habits on Dreck... well nice dreck I suppose?)
What other adjectives do you find humorous in the description of a coin that is offered for sale?
WTB... errors, New Orleans gold, and circulated 20th key date coins!
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Silky
Scrumptious
<< <i>Sexy
Silky
Scrumptious >>
Sexy might be applied to some of those large busted ladies of the 18th & 19th century.
<< <i>Sexy Ravens
Silky Ravens
Scrumptious Ravens >>
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<< <i>Sexy Ravens
Silky Ravens
Scrumptious Ravens >>
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So in the parade did each ref get his own car or did they all have to share one with Chris Culliver?
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I often use: Common Coin, Common Grade, Uncommon Color!
Also a big fan of liberty seated coins.
Thx for sharing the Money Tree page. If Ken Lowe were still alive, he would have been addicted to the Forum, and probably would have been the funniest author here. Wish I could have met him......
just today I used "haughty" to describe a superb MPL.
Eric
News flash: russet = brown
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who do not.
Dont know if these are on it but been fed these descriptions:
"Original charcoal grey toning" = looks like its been runover by a truck
"nice original patina" = beware of spots, pvc damage
<< <i>Some describers remind me of girl mag. writers... >>
Memo to self: Work "throbbing luster" into next eBay auction.
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<< <i>Some describers remind me of girl mag. writers... >>
Memo to self: Work "throbbing luster" into next eBay auction. >>
Now that you have dozens of people looking at your next big thing, you're going to have to worry about the "stiff" competition. Can you imagine 50% of all the auctions having "throbbing luster" in the title?
<< <i>Here's a page from the old Out On A Limb. I think many catalogers have this required as mandatory in their library.
Saving this for the next time they ask me to catalog.
Stewart Huckaby
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This becomes particularly inaccurate when there are less than 20 specimens of the coin currently graded. For instance, with only 14 coins graded in a particular grade, only 1 can be in the top 7-8%. And even to make such a claim, you would have to have seen all 14 specimens within about the same time frame. And even that best of 14 coin cannot be in the top 5%.
One that caught my eye the other day was " Smooth Cheek " referring to a Morgan Dollar.
Another that I like and makes me look at the auction is, " Bright White ".
I Love a bright white coin all most as much a nicely toned one.
<< <i>Russet
News flash: russet = brown >>
carp, i was hoping for some wine next week with the g/f