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DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 19, 2018 2:03PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I feel like a 5 Star General. :)

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    themasterthemaster Posts: 676 ✭✭✭

    That would surely make you a top pop.

    Have a Great Day!
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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm soooooooooooooooo jealous! Congratulations. I've enjoyed your posts.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,802 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You very much deserve the honor. Congratulations!

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    AmazonXAmazonX Posts: 681 ✭✭✭✭

    Rubbing it in the faces of us three stars, huh? You five stars are the worst. :D

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    divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on your fifth star.

    Donato

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,534 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Your thread made me go look to see how many stars I have. LOL. I never noticed them before now. :D

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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,397 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats

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    TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sure....soon after I got my 4th! Apparently, nobody wants to be on the same team as me. :)

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    Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,730 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think after 500 points you go from 3 to 4 stars and after 1000 points you get 5 stars..Congrats!!

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    jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,079 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!

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    grote15grote15 Posts: 30,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That and $2.75 will get you on the subway, lol..



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    CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,432 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!

    I am confused. How do you make 4 stars, much less 5 stars?

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thebigeng said:
    I think after 500 points you go from 3 to 4 stars and after 1000 points you get 5 stars..Congrats!!

    This is the system.

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    derrybderryb Posts: 38,557 ✭✭✭✭✭

    five more and you'll have a dime

    "A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you."

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice. Welcome to the club! So what are you going to do with your email cert from our hosts for the 8 free grading submissions?

    The more you VAM..
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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:
    Nice. Welcome to the club! So what are you going to do with your email cert from our hosts for the 8 free grading submissions?

    I didn't know I got 8 free grading submissions?

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    dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations, General!


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:

    @CascadeChris said:
    Nice. Welcome to the club! So what are you going to do with your email cert from our hosts for the 8 free grading submissions?

    I didn't know I got 8 free grading submissions?

    JK :wink:

    It would be nice though

    The more you VAM..
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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dpoole said:
    Congratulations, General!

    LOL B)

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:

    @DIMEMAN said:

    @CascadeChris said:
    Nice. Welcome to the club! So what are you going to do with your email cert from our hosts for the 8 free grading submissions?

    I didn't know I got 8 free grading submissions?

    JK :wink:

    It would be nice though

    I knew it was to good to be true. :(

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You da man! I have always enjoyed your input to the hobby. Well deserved bud

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    ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lkeigwin said:
    I think ricko has proven there is no 6th star.
    Lance.

    Hahaha :D I've noticed that myself .

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @crazyhounddog said:

    @lkeigwin said:
    I think ricko has proven there is no 6th star.
    Lance.

    Hahaha :D I've noticed that myself .

    I'm just honored to be in the same club as Crazyhounddog and Ricko and all the other's.

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    OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would rather thank you for your contributions that earned you five stars. I just hope that I do not lose one of my three.........

    OINK

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    fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭

    Congrats, Jon, on the 5th. *****

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    DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Comes with free grading for a year.......

    I hope.

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,118 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! You've always had the largest avatar and now five stars! What's next?

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    sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,062 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well deserved.
    Wow, 5 stars. On the same level as Ike.
    Congrats!

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    GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 4,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations!! I just got my 3rd star too.

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    BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sir, yes sir, congrats. It takes a lot of mouse clicks to reach that level. And it does speak to your contribution to the site. The mods will have to invent another level, like idk, Admiral stripes? Chairman JCOS?

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    GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 27, 2017 6:56PM

    RickO's veteran 5 star ratings earn him 'Coin Admiral'

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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats @DIMEMAN !!! I knew a "DIMEMAN" in college...he didn't deal in coins though...he liked paper money only...I like you better ;)

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everyone...it's all been fun. :)

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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats! I'll post to see how many stars I have earned.

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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dang! Only 3! LOL

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Congratulations! You've always had the largest avatar and now five stars! What's next?

    My avatar isn't that big in the new software. :(

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    sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 27, 2017 7:33PM

    @DIMEMAN said:

    @braddick said:
    Congratulations! You've always had the largest avatar and now five stars! What's next?

    My avatar isn't that big in the new software. :(

    Maybe not but that BILLBOARD of a sigline is uuuuge. ;)

    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sparky64 said:

    @DIMEMAN said:

    @braddick said:
    Congratulations! You've always had the largest avatar and now five stars! What's next?

    My avatar isn't that big in the new software. :(

    Maybe not but that BILLBOARD of a sigline is uuuuge. ;)

    I kinda like my sigline of Dime Types. B)

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    cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,458 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What do the stars mean? Before I read the subsequent posts, I thought we were talking about a NGC coin that you purchased or submitted.

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2017 3:51AM

    stars?
    :)

    How do you get/earn them?

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations Jon.... Well deserved...With your sigline, I always considered you a 'six star (dime)' guy... ;) Cheers, RickO

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    MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭

    Together with a token will get you on the subway.

    Think I heard that somewhere :)

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,054 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @AmazonX said:
    Rubbing it in the faces of us three stars, huh? You five stars are the worst. :D

    Yeah, you gotta look out for those guys.

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    pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2017 5:23AM

    Dimeman. Romo wants to know how he lost his star ;)

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    ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2017 5:49AM

    Having just joined the 4 star club, congrats! I'm wondering is it possible to lose stars? Now that would be vicious!

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,286 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats, Dimeman! You earned it.

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    FranklinHalfAddictFranklinHalfAddict Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm new to the forum...what do the stars signify?

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