Conversations with non-collectors that make our eyes roll....
TommyType
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"No, a half-dime is not a nickel...."
"I know it doesn't LOOK like silver. It's a circulated and toned coin, so it's not SUPPOSED to look silver...."
"Can't you just look at the coins, and stop asking what they are worth?"
"No, her name isn't Morgan."
Easily distracted Type Collector
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FORGET IT.
My Type Set & My Complete Proof Nickel Set!
Two of them really bother me........
"WHY on Earth would someone pay so much for THAT half dollar??"
"They all look the same to me."
All I can do is breathe a deep sigh, as they never seem to get it, after repeated attempts at explaining.......
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
"I have one (or lots) of those!"
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but it's over a hundred years old, must be worth more than $25.00
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I've always been amused by that often-heard comment from non collectors seeking to sell some coins:
"Do you also buy coins, or do you just sell them?"
"What's so special about that coin? I have one just like it. You can even still see the date." (When looking at your PCGS 66+)
Larry L.
"What do you mean a half dollar can be worth $300? It's a half dollar."
"You're into coins? I have some silver wheat pennies"
"I have some gold coins with presidents on them"
Me: This quarter was made out of silver.
Staff : "Let me see" and then smashed it down to the ground to do the sound test.
"I have a really old penny" and it is a 1962 memorial cent worn to death
"If you used some silver polish on that, you'd have a really pretty coin!"
I don't talk coins with non coin collectors unless it's my grand kids.
One of my favorite Beverly Hillbillies episodes;
“Now Mr. Clampett, here’s a hobby that’s worth anybody’s time — collecting money,” banker Drysdale says.
Jed replies, “Mr. Drysdale, if there’s one thing I don’t need it’s more money
Drysdale shows Jed a folder of coins. “This collection belongs to a friend of mine,” he says, “You see that dime.”
“Yep,” says Jed.
“He paid $12,000 for that,” Drysdale says.
Jed chuckles, “He got slickered. A dime’s only worth 10 cents.”
Drysdale persists, “Look at this one. This one’s minted at San Francisco in 1894.”
The screen then shows a close-up of a coin folder filled with low-grade Winged Liberty Head and Barber dimes. The 1894 dime in the center of the frame is a dark, ugly affair that would probably grade about Good.
Jed, in a setup to a joke that surfaces toward the end of the episode, asks, “You mean if you put that dime in one to those candy machines you’d get back $12,000 worth of candy?”
“No, “ Drysdale replies, “You’d only get 10 cents worth.”
Jed opines, “You’d better help you friend, he needs it.”
http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/02/coins-star-on-television-shows-like-the-beverly-hillbillies.all.html
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Ironically Buddy Ebsen who played Jed Clampett had a great coin collection that was sold in a major auction. I wonder if he suggested that plot line to the script writers.
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
My mother whenever I bought an XF common date Walking Liberty half in the early 1970s: "You paid eighty five cents for a half dollar! It is only worth fifty cents!"
Coin album from the Beverly Hillbillies episode "The Big Bank Battle" (Season 3 Episode 29):
"Is that a real 1894-S worth $12,000".
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
Or, possibly, the story line sparked his interest in coins? (Don't know when he started, so maybe this can be discounted).
...and the video clip
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Potential seller walks into the shop:
"Wow you have x coin in MS65 for $1,000?!? I have one in crappy circulated condition. Will you give me $1,000 for it??"
Me:
"..."
Dealing in Canadian and American coins and historical medals.
'I can get the gold dollars with the Indian on them at the bank for a dollar...why would I pay more than that?'
K
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Agreed. I think the issue is those who don't actually want to learn and want to get in argument about things which they are clearly ignorant about. Those that actually want to learn are great.
(Me) 'I'm sorry, but your quarter was acid treated
(reply) "Why would the Mint do that?"
Y'all are making me smile, though as a total naif to the subject of coins, I'm running out of ink keeping track of all these things not to say.
<j/k> (About that second part, I mean.) (I never use pens.)