Had a chat with the 1881-CC Morgan pocket piece today.
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--A key date coin of modest preservation. I figured it was time to retire the fellow to a nice slab and cushy safe deposit box.
Thinking the coin might have a preference, I asked him if he wanted to be sent to NGC.
"I really don't care," he responded. "Hell, I have been thrown like a frisbee and flung like a skeet, tendered at a brothel and wagered in a bunch of poker games. What's the difference?"
--Well I asked, what about PCGS?
"Sure, maybe, ok," was his wry response. "I mean, I have been used to level a table, act as a chubby ball marker, scrubbed with a brillo pad, plinked with an air rifle and worn as a belt buckle. Fine, just don't send me by Fedex!"
-- OK. It will probably be a genuine slab I suppose, but if we do straight grade, do you want a nifty CAC sticker??
"I dunno, I still have a small nick over the ear from that Rollweiler that thought I was a milkbone. Maybe if we hang together for a few more years we can get a PO1 grade"
--I agreed. Coin was smarter than I thought.
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I carry pocket pieces, 9 to be exact. Likely many more than most. They represent 4 generations of my family and think they are really cool. I talk to them on occasion, but did not realize they were so smart.
Thanks for sharing.
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After seeing the thread's title I was going to ask if it talked back to you.
Not only did it talk back, it won the argument.
As they say, " money talks".
OK... Now I know I must not be a numismatist... I have never talked to my coins (nor have they 'spoken' to me)....To be truthful, I hope I never do achieve this level of numismatism...if that is a word... I do realize the post is a bit of humor, however, I suspect that there is a bit of reality involved as well..
Cheers, RickO
Never one asked a coin why you paid to much 😂
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I have often "wished" that my circulated Morgans from the 1800's could talk about how, when and where they were spent. I'm sure they would have some really interesting stories. MS Morgans on the other hand would be pretty boring talking about what bank vaults they sat in for decades at a time.
Yes Ricko...there is a Santa Claus.
And talking coins as well. They don't speak in amplified verse, but in a nuanced tone that only the very fortunate can hear.
Hold a 1794 Half Dime gently and and observe the small adjustment lines that extend across the planchet surface. Only 30,000 residents in Philadelphia the year that coin was produced, and one was carefully, if perhaps primitively, bringing the silver disc to its specified weight. You can hear the frustration in the coiner's voice as the marks survive the limited pressure of the Eighteenth Century screw press.
They all hold a story, it takes time and patience and a good imagination to hear it.
Did you really have a chat with Morgan....