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When turned in the light.....

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

...wedges of bright silver coruscate and move playfully around on both sides of this coin, happily darting under wispy clouds of light subtle autumn ochre toning, it contrasts sharply with the usual specimens that lack luster even in the higher grades.
Sure to please the most discerning appreciateur of cow heads. :D

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The thar's some nice silver. Kin ya see that horn on a Buffalo? ;)

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's the "No legs" variety. >:)

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    gonzergonzer Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Must be a Hemingway Half.

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    philographerphilographer Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Shouldn’t you write that as:

    Wedges of bright silver
    Coruscate and move playfully
    On both sides of thy coin,
    Happily darting
    Under wispy clouds of light

    Subtle autumn
    Ochre toning
    contrasting sharply
    Not a usual specimen

    He who knows he has enough is rich.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @philographer said:
    Shouldn’t you write that as:

    Wedges of bright silver
    Coruscate and move playfully
    On both sides of thy coin,
    Happily darting
    Under wispy clouds of light

    Subtle autumn
    Ochre toning
    contrasting sharply
    Not a usual specimen

    Verily, I shouldst've.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Is Bob Dylan writing those descriptions?

    That wouldn't be a coin, Fred. More like a rolling Stone.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don’t quit your day jobs guys.......

    ;)

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a really good one.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Roses are red
    Lincoln is dead
    His house is empty
    And so is your head...Shakespeare

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Confucius say:

    Roses are red
    Lincoln is dead
    His house is empty
    And so is your head.

    Peace Roy

    BST: endeavor1967, synchr, kliao, Outhaul, Donttellthewife, U1Chicago, ajaan, mCarney1173, SurfinHi, MWallace, Sandman70gt, mustanggt, Pittstate03, Lazybones, Walkerguy21D, coinandcurrency242 , thebigeng, Collectorcoins, JimTyler, USMarine6, Elkevvo, Coll3ctor, Yorkshireman, CUKevin, ranshdow, CoinHunter4, bennybravo, Centsearcher, braddick, Windycity, ZoidMeister, mirabela, JJM, RichURich, Bullsitter, jmski52, LukeMarshall, coinsarefun, MichaelDixon, NickPatton, ProfLiz, Twobitcollector,Jesbroken oih82w8, DCW

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Well, I ride on a mail train babe,
    You can't buy a thrill...............
    I've been up all night babe,
    leaning' on your windowsill"

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The trilling words of poetic prose,
    Caresses the senses like a rose
    pleases both the eye and nose...
    A coin with luster and art so fine,
    speaks to me saying, it must be mine.
    Cheers, Ricko

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Commem fever I feel I've got
    The hunt is daily getting hot
    Oh look...Another possible lot
    Oh hell...It's got an awful SPOT !!!!

    (not far from the truth :D )

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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Is Bob Dylan writing those descriptions?

    @MrEureka will sympathize with my effort to add the obligatory Burma-Shave ending for all such efforts.

    "Kiss a wet light-bulb."

    There is also an attribution to an Allen Ginsberg verse in a description of the die bulge on a (1796) BB-65, but such sweet sibilance spouts forth from the Forum's gushing bards that little else can distract from their learned and exquisitely couched disquisitions on beauty and virtue.

    More laconically summarized as "shinier than most" :#

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll have what they're having.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welp. This single thread can get the OP hired in the cataloguing dept of any major auction house :D

    The more you VAM..
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    philographerphilographer Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Many changes in the air
    Some may think it’s just not fair
    Collector base is getting older
    Many coins in the wrong holder
    Some say CAC, others not
    And prices now are not so hot
    (But can’t buy a single rarity
    Without the help of charity)
    One thing, though, that pleases me
    We’ve jettisoned the DISAGREE 😜

    He who knows he has enough is rich.

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am speechless ;) Nice coins tho .....

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