do any of you have a custom liscence plate proclaiming your coin hobby?

COALPORTER · March 19, 2014 10:25AM

I was driving around town today in an undisclosed location OF California and saw a car with

a custom plate that read I "HEART SHAPE" COINS. I assume it was a coin collector or dealer, for
what else could it be, I wonder ?

If is was a dealer or collector, I think it would be somewhat idiotic and retarded to put it on your
car liscence plates. Maybe this is how so many people stop of for diner and then get the car broken into.

Do any of you out your coin hobby on your car like this?

ctf_error_coins · March 19, 2014 10:27AM

Ya mine says .....

"Follow me home and steal my coin collection"

Rampage · March 19, 2014 10:27AM

No, and you would be an idiot if you did. You would be asking for trouble.

jdimmick · March 19, 2014 10:28AM

No, because of the above reasons

Tookybandit · March 19, 2014 10:32AM

I used to live in CA and saw a plate that said "Porn Star". It was a freaky dude in a pink Ford Escort (really crappy car). EVERYONE was laughing as he drove bye.

edix2001 · March 19, 2014 10:38AM

and never wear a t-shirt that says I Collect Coins on the back

magikbilly · March 19, 2014 10:40AM

Henny Youngman "take my wife, please" - perhaps funny.

Custom plate ="Take my life, please" - not so funny.

Eric

LanLord · March 19, 2014 10:45AM

Not just no, HELL NO!

Swampboy · March 19, 2014 10:46AM

I wouldn't think of it.
I'm a license plate collector and I've never gotten a plate that relates to numismatics.
Would be cool.

edit to say: cool to collect.

Bodin · March 19, 2014 10:47AM

This reminds me of Michael Jordan's dad's license plate that said "UNC0023". He was killed and the license plates were stolen.
There are some things that shouldn't be advertised. ....at least at your own risk

291fifth · March 19, 2014 10:59AM

I've heard of "09SVDB" plates.

A dumb idea and an invitation to theft or worse.

derryb · March 19, 2014 11:13AM

RUGER380

TwoSides2aCoin · March 19, 2014 11:20AM

No. I do like those trailer hitches with dangling bull orbs. They always remind me of bullion when I see them.

MacCrimmon · March 19, 2014 11:20AM

Yeah, mine's ........

765 923 TX

It's my buyer code.

Cameonut · March 19, 2014 11:20AM

Saw a license plate on the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland (have a pic somewhere) that read "FRANKIE".

Somehow I figured that the guy probably didn't collect Franklins.

CoinRaritiesOnline · March 19, 2014 11:59AM

Never been a fan of vanity plates of any kind.

EagleEye · March 19, 2014 12:04PM

My old licence plate said FLY-IN1. I still have it, although it is on the wall in my office. I doubt anyone thought it had numismatic connotations.

WTCG · March 19, 2014 12:18PM

"I (heart) Coins" can be interpreted in many different ways and to the typical non collecting layman it simply means they love money. Vanity plates don't concern me a fraction as much as the occasional car I see at a coin show parking lot with a decal on the side door or back window that advertises their coin and precious metals buying and selling business.

AUandAG · March 19, 2014 12:18PM

My AUANDAG plate is hanging in the garage. Had it for years and never had any inkling that anyone
would figure it out. Then some seedy looking characters, with a boom box that vibrated the car, pulled
up to me at a light, turned the sound down, and the front passenger asked how much gold and silver
I had on me.

That got hung in the garage asap.

bob

Kaline6 · March 19, 2014 1:23PM

Best vanity plate I ever saw that got past the censors:

6UL DV8

Saw it in a photo in Car & Driver magazine. Cal plate.

magikbilly · March 19, 2014 1:30PM

<< Best vanity plate I ever saw that got past the censors:

6UL DV8

Saw it in a photo in Car & Driver magazine. Cal plate. >>

I thought we were talking about NOT advertising

Eric

numobri · March 19, 2014 1:47PM

I have a good friend that has "MS65", I think it's cool.

Brian

chumley · March 19, 2014 3:56PM

my 1st mistake was getting a vanity plate with my initials.....my 2nd mistake was giving my son those same initials.......can you see where this is going?

PerryHall · March 19, 2014 4:11PM

Several years ago I saw a vanity plate with "MR 69". Perhaps he collected high grade coins.

OKbustchaser · March 19, 2014 11:10PM

I do.

BSTCHSR
and
1827HAF

ricko · March 19, 2014 11:35PM

No... do not do vanity plates or any kind of bumper stickers etc..... I do enjoy putting derogatory notes under peoples windshield wipers when I see certain political bumper stickers.... the bumper stickers disappear within days...

Cheers, RickO

pmac · March 19, 2014 11:49PM

<< Best vanity plate I ever saw that got past the censors:

6UL DV8

Saw it in a photo in Car & Driver magazine. Cal plate. >>

Do you suppose he is registered?

ColonelJessup · March 19, 2014 11:54PM

I know a coin doctor whose license plate is "AT 67" . . .

MrHalfDime · March 19, 2014 11:55PM

There was a well known local coin dealer here in Maine who always had the license plate "MS-70" on his bright red Porsche 911. It was kind of cool, but I always thought it to be a significant security risk. Better not to brag about your hobby or vocation when it carries such a risk.

TwoSides2aCoin · March 20, 2014 12:05AM

Another dealer I know stuck this on my car.

phnatacc · March 20, 2014 12:05AM

I did have a vanity plate of 31337 for years when I did nothing but network security. Unfortunately ROOT and GOTROOT were both taken already.

These days I'd probably do something along the lines of...

CULL - For my beater/"haul stuff" car.
90 PCT - For my daily driver.
MS 70 - For my garage car.

Edited to add: Best one I ever saw was an orthapedist in one of my old neighborhoods that had "JOINTS" on his plate. Sadly, "the man" took it away from him.

lkrarecoins · March 20, 2014 12:08AM

I never had a vanity plate, but I think "VamDood" would go under the radar, and shouldn't be a security risk lol

BAJJERFAN · March 20, 2014 12:11AM

I remember one here in Iowa that said MANURE.

numisma · March 20, 2014 2:52AM

Local vest-pocket dealer here drives a small pick-up truck and he has signs on both sides and the tailgate that say "BUY MY COINS" with his phone number and other things professing his vocation. I took a picture a few months ago. If I find it on my phone I will post it here. Absolutely insane.

FredWeinberg · March 20, 2014 3:01AM

291Fifth - here's a confirmed 09-S VDB Sighting:

When I worked for Jonathans Coins back in 1972,
his green station wagon, which he used for both
personal and business (p/u and del. silver bags, etc.)
had a License plate that read " 09-S VDB "

I always thought 'Great, why not put a sticker in
the back window saying "Please Rob Me"

19Lyds · March 20, 2014 3:48AM

<< Ya mine says .....

"Follow me home and steal my coin collection" >>

I'll agree with you on this one as it was my exact thought.

SkyMan · March 20, 2014 3:59AM

I have a friend who in college had a license which said, "IMZONED". For some reason he kept getting pulled over by the cops.

He eventually wised up and changed it.

Decades later, his license plate now says, "CONASUR".

RYK · March 20, 2014 4:06AM

Hell, no!

Why on earth would I want to advertise that I am a nerd with a high likelihood that I have valuable, portable, and/or untraceable wealth in my possession?

Never been a fan of vanity plates of any kind.

Same here.

tahoe98 · March 20, 2014 5:34AM

...instead of the plates why not just tape the covers from the coin subscription mags that come in the mail to the bumper...

BaseballAbs · March 20, 2014 5:37AM

<< Ya mine says .....

"Follow me home and steal my coin collection" >>

HA ha, that's exactly what I was thinking. In my mind the words said "and here is my address".

messydesk · March 20, 2014 6:00AM

phnatacc · March 20, 2014 6:04AM

Heh. Does the plate underneath say: "SQL NJCT" ?

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Ronyahski · March 20, 2014 6:09AM

I have a plate that reads 66FBL

PerryHall · March 20, 2014 7:02AM

This reminds me of those threads that appear just before Halloween where someone asks about passing out coins in holders to the trick-or-treaters. I point out that it isn't a good idea to let everyone in your neighborhood know that you collect coins since some of these kids may have older brothers with a drug habit. Usually, there were a few forum members that called me paranoid but I say why take the chance? I feel the same way about advertising that you are a coin collector on a vanity plate on your car---why take the chance?

Ronyahski · March 20, 2014 1:08PM

<< This reminds me of those threads that appear just before Halloween where someone asks about passing out coins in holders to the trick-or-treaters. I point out that it isn't a good idea to let everyone in your neighborhood know that you collect coins since some of these kids may have older brothers with a drug habit. Usually, there were a few forum members that called me paranoid but I say why take the chance? I feel the same way about advertising that you are a coin collector on a vanity plate on your car---why take the chance? >>

Life is too short. I'm more comfortable in my skin believing that even the most sophisticated thief in my area has no clue what a 66FBL is, than worrying about maybe he does know. And even if he does know, he probably doesn't like Frankies anyway!

Besides, they aren't in my back seat, they are in the safe deposit box.

Constantine · March 20, 2014 1:26PM

Best Vanity Plates

RYK · March 20, 2014 1:33PM

<< This reminds me of those threads that appear just before Halloween where someone asks about passing out coins in holders to the trick-or-treaters. I point out that it isn't a good idea to let everyone in your neighborhood know that you collect coins since some of these kids may have older brothers with a drug habit. Usually, there were a few forum members that called me paranoid but I say why take the chance? I feel the same way about advertising that you are a coin collector on a vanity plate on your car---why take the chance? >>

I actually do not think of the two as being one in the same.

I know the folks in my 'hood, and they know me. I have given out coins in classrooms when my kids were younger--low value and or obsolete coins like IHCs, buffalo nickels, new Zincolns and Jeff nickels, etc.

Driving around in a car with a license plate that id'ed me as a coin collector would be challenging. For one, it would be hard to come up with a concept, in 6 letters or fewer, that would identify you to the world as a coin collector.

COINS
COIN
AU COIN
etc

Most of the more clever ideas would pass unnoticed or unrecognizable to 99.9% of the population.

09SVDB
16D 10C
55DDO

But the bigger issue is that I would not want to have to explain to people what my cutesie "DAUMAN" or DIRTAU" or "DGOLD" stood for and see the look in their eyes while they think that I really deserve a license plate with a very large "L"

coindeuce · March 20, 2014 2:33PM

Ya think ennybody would know the skinny for a plate like D_I_P_P_E_D

I once owned a '74 T-Top Stingray with the plates 74_L-48. If you're a Corvette geek, you know what it means.

You do know who MAKES those plates in many states of the Union, right ?

messydesk · March 20, 2014 3:28PM

<< You do know who MAKES those plates in many states of the Union, right ?

>>

Former governors and congressmen. (Well, at least here.)

lordmarcovan · March 20, 2014 4:55PM

<< My AUANDAG plate is hanging in the garage. Had it for years and never had any inkling that anyone
would figure it out. Then some seedy looking characters, with a boom box that vibrated the car, pulled
up to me at a light, turned the sound down, and the front passenger asked how much gold and silver
I had on me.

That got hung in the garage asap.

bob

>>

And I saw one on the road here in GA that said AUANDAG, or something very similar. It wasn't our forum member, though.

ibzman350 · March 20, 2014 9:41PM

I enjoy searching rolls..............

Herb

do any of you have a custom liscence plate proclaiming your coin hobby?

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