Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
"...Here's a hobby that's worth anybody's time; collecting money." - - -Mr. Milburn Drysdale, banker, on The Beverly Hillbillies
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Mr. Drysdale: "This collection belongs to a friend of mine. You see that dime? He paid $12,000 dollars for that."
Jed Clampett: "He got slickered. A dime is only worth ten cents."
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The episode is viewable in this post by Frankcoins on the "Jed Clampett on (stamp and) coin collecting" thread.
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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Not so famous quotes but maybe should be.
"...Here's a hobby that's worth anybody's time; collecting money." - - -Mr. Milburn Drysdale, banker, on The Beverly Hillbillies
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Mr. Drysdale: "This collection belongs to a friend of mine. You see that dime? He paid $12,000 dollars for that."
Jed Clampett: "He got slickered. A dime is only worth ten cents."
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The episode is viewable in this post by Frankcoins on the "Jed Clampett on (stamp and) coin collecting" thread.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/12551252/#Comment_12551252
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"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
A Numismatist is a person who saves money for people they will never know.
There is no Santa Claus in numismatics.
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.
Lady Astor and Winston Churchill were known to dislike each other. At a party the following is reputed to have been said between them:
Lady Astor: "Sir Winston, if I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee".
Winston Churchill: "Lady Astor, if you were my wife I would drink the coffee".
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If there's a will, there's a way. If there's not a way.....I'll invent one. Myself.
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
"Buy the best you can afford. It still might not sticker."
"When are you gonna start using your head for more than just a hat rack?" --- my Dad, endless times when I was a child.