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A Monster, Unicorn, White Elephant, & White Whale are at a coin show...

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 10, 2017 1:41PM in U.S. Coin Forum

What other goofy names are some coins called?

To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,310 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Godzilla

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    panexpoguypanexpoguy Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Trime

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

    Headlight

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    gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I know some dealers those names could fit:)

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    TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The ever popular "Widget"....

    Easily distracted Type Collector
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    SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 13,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Classic, Ancient, lightside, greyside, darkside and Modern Crap.

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    EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I thought you were going to show us your Whitman Baltimore purchases! ;)

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coffin Coin---An over graded coin in a PCGS or other top tier grading service slab that will never be cracked out.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Newp---A coin that is a new purchase.

    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

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    WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    MONSTER! (all caps)

    Chat Board Lingo

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    mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭

    King...

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    SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 13,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    KccoinKccoin Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cartwheel
    Stunner
    Blazer
    Puke

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    Desert MoonDesert Moon Posts: 6,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Messed With

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    BustDMsBustDMs Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Marilyn Monroe ;)

    Q: When does a collector become a numismatist?



    A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.



    A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
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    WILD, UNKNOWN, CRAZY. RAINBOW

    Rainbow seems the go to them in 2017

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    BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fresh, estate find, original, new to market, unmessed with, under gradeded, upgrade potential, etc.....

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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Gem BU"

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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 10, 2017 8:03PM

    Precioushhhhhhhish. My precioushhhhhhish :o

    2nd and fourth H's are silent :|

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... a regular glossary of ebay/dealer sales terminology.... as one forum member had/has as a sigline...."Forget the stories, just tell me the price.'....... Cheers, RickO

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,900 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Wow... a regular glossary of ebay/dealer sales terminology.... as one forum member had/has as a sigline...."Forget the stories, just tell me the price.'....... Cheers, RickO

    And if the price requires a story to explain it, it's too high.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :D:D@messydesk ..... So VERY true...... The ugly ones make the nice one look even better.... hmmmm seems I have seen that at bars..... ;) Cheers, RickO

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    panexpoguypanexpoguy Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good investment

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    cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 11,354 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Black beauty"

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    jedmjedm Posts: 3,274 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Fresh crusty"

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    BustDMsBustDMs Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did everyone miss POS?

    Q: When does a collector become a numismatist?



    A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.



    A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    Just made.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Big Kahuna...........a completed set is the whole enchilada

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    EzmoneyEzmoney Posts: 149 ✭✭✭✭

    Luster Bomb, Original Skin, Fresh

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BU---Been Used, Buffed Up, Beat Up, etc.

    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

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