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Time for some humor. What is your Numismatic Epitaph?
Insider2
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Just posted this on another thread...
Insider2 1940-2025
If I were the only grader at my grading service, all the grades would be right.
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BillDugan1959-2042
In death, buried in this soil;
In life, buried in those coins.
AmazonX 1987-2017
Should have stopped posting on the PCGS forum and really fixed that gas leak checked.
Got another one
AmazonX 1987-2077
Even though he collected fake coins, he could not fake his death.
Aus3000tin
1974-2017
His family had to pawn his coin collection to pay for this headstone.
That's sad.
As you can tell by the size and quality of my
collection, I was born good looking not rich.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
He liked coins with lots of crust.
Spent at face value
ANA 50+ year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Author: 3rd Edition of the SampleSlabs book, https://sampleslabs.info/
What a surprise, when I opened my eyes,
Such a great life, a beautiful wife,
Guns and coins and wine and fun,
Enjoyed it all, and now it's done.
Cheers, RickO
Any pictures????
"Much like his beloved coins, he was not all there."
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
"rhedden"
19xx-20xx
No Metal Detecting Allowed
How'd you do that? It would have been neat to post a thread with a blank tombstone for everyone to write on.
"This epitaph is useless without pics."
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
"Let me know when my world economy grades pop."
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
"Still waiting for my submission results"
My Coin Blog
My Toned Lincoln Registry Set
(On a his and hers headstone) "Messydesk Die Pair." I hesitate to bring that up to the Mrs., or she'll tell me that if I like is so much, I can try it out right away.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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Bless his collection,
It was never complete.
But as for plans(!),
He couldn't be beat....
In Haiku:
Ancient to Modern
Albania and Japan
Coins from all Nations
Piles around her nest
Her dragon like nature shone
Stork hoarded them all
Coins sold off by heirs
Glad Stork did not collect shoes
Down payments now made
Tried to insert the tombstone and thought I shut down the site
Delivered, In/At Pearly Gates
No Signature Required
What a surprise, when I opened my eyes,
Such a great life, a beautiful wife,
Guns and coins and wine and fun,
Enjoyed it all, and now it's done.
Cheers, RickO
Holy Crap...RickO posted a picture!
Mine would probably be:
"He dreamed in black and white."
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
Guns and coins and wine and fun,
Guns + wine combined already implies we're having fun, but I'm not sure we want to be looking at coins at the same time. LOL- this is how "holey" coins are born.
@ricko posted this photo:
NOT one of you! Wine, wife, or guns!
PS Nice photo you handsome dog! Cheers back.
WoodenJefferson , I almost blew my afternoon rehydration out of my nose!
Oh give me a home where the Buffalo roam............................
Pete
What numismatist doesn't enjoy a good chair to study his coins?
steveben
PO 1
He never had any Cents...................just Nickels
Pete
I had this exact idea but wanted a photo of a pcgs slab as the headstone lol
all around collector of many fine things
Ricko even posted a picture!!!!!
CommemKing:
Although he was the King of Commems, he was dethroned when he sold them all.
The early dollar set...
Really took it's toll...
It was not the 1804, but me..
..that filled the last hole.
Burma Shave!
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
I was advised that in the New Order my Epitaph was cancelled. There will be no Epitaph forthcoming.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
And I'll show you a house full of buffalo chit!
"I was the Sucker PT Barnum was referring to"
The name is LEE!
@dpoole said: "When I tried to do what you did and posted my image the entire screen was filled with programing stuff and I got a message that there were still 63K lines that could not be down loaded. Panic time. I started to erase line by line for three minutes until I figured out I could remove it all at once. I would have still been erasing except I found "delete all."
Here lies Buster Shrader
Got his grades then shot the grader.
Formerly MS-70, now suffering environment damage.
http://www.shieldnickels.net
There once was a man from Nantucket.......uhh... never mind.
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"I turned a hobby into a profession"
Fred Weinberg
Here lays
He sold the errors
Of his ways
Good guy; Drank beer.
Shag's time on earth is done.
No more trips to FUN.
He'll take a few with him to hell,
'Cause he knows that heat toned sells.
Had to do a double take, when I saw the picture!