Just for fun, what are some of your favorite words or phrases used to describe coins?
Here are a couple that come to mind for me, each of which pertains to toning and is very rarely used:
jewel tones
melted crayons
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black beauty
boner tonerWorry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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I like very few but "hammered" resonates with me.
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Iridescent
Cartwheel
Crusty
Chocolate BrownLiberty Seated and Trade Dollar Specialist3 -
Iridescent is a word I love to use to describe a certain kind of toning. "For the discerning collector" is a phrase that I see certain dealers use , and it catches my attention and makes me look again usually.
One phrase that entertains me is when a certain e-bay seller uses "razor sharp" to describe their well worn, almost slick Barber quarters.
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@jedm said:
Iridescent is a word I love to use to describe a certain kind of toning. "For the discerning collector" is a phrase that I see certain dealers use , and it catches my attention and makes me look again usually.One phrase that entertains me is when a certain e-bay seller uses "razor sharp" to describe their well worn, almost slick Barber quarters.
Perhaps they meant that they are so thin you can shave with them.
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The invented terminology tickles me. “Reverse horse sneeze” is my latest fav. That would be a horse fart, maybe?
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Among friends privately “ugly”.
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dog
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"coruscating"
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Battleship Gray for perfect original circulated silver coins.
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"Opalescent"
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@Barberian said:
"coruscating"Had to look that up in a dictionary. Lol.
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Leave it to MFeld to start a thread where we all have to get our dictionaries out
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Pearlescent.
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@DeplorableDan said:
Leave it to MFeld to start a thread where we all have to get our dictionaries out
@DeplorableDan, your perspicuousness is on display.
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David Bowers once described a scarce classic coin that had a pit or a dig in it. He was able to add a positive spin by stating the mark made it possible to identify this example from all others. I forget the exact wording yet do recall it was precise and purposeful. I admired him for many reasons and that was certainly one of them.
Specific to this topic's question:
"Problem-free"
"Pocket-piece"
"Hard Dove Gray Surfaces"3 -
Hammered.
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"Blast White" and "Hammered".
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I've seen a negative attribute such as a copper spot on a gold coin or a carbon spot on a copper coin described as giving the coin "character".
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@braddick said:
David Bowers once described a scarce classic coin that had a pit or a dig in it. He was able to add a positive spin by stating the mark made it possible to identify this example from all others. I forget the exact wording yet do recall it was precise and purposeful. I admired him for many reasons and that was certainly one of them.I'm guessing it was something to the effect of "This mark/flaw serves to identify this example."
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A bit off topic, but all the same, I enjoy it when they show me the size of the quarter that I want to buy:
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fugly
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post mint damage
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My coin Monster your coin crap, if you’re trying to sell it to me.🤪
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"This is a fun piece." Generates interest almost every time I use it.
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Gem, that is my favorite when applied correctly.
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Top pop
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@MFeld said:
@braddick said:
David Bowers once described a scarce classic coin that had a pit or a dig in it. He was able to add a positive spin by stating the mark made it possible to identify this example from all others. I forget the exact wording yet do recall it was precise and purposeful. I admired him for many reasons and that was certainly one of them.I'm guessing it was something to the effect of "This mark/flaw serves to identify this example."
"pedigree marker"
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As long as frosty devices look like they were freshly carved from a block of ice and contrast BOLDY against the incredibly DEEP MIRRORS, I am a buyer. It doesn't hurt if no ticks are visible, even with the aid of a STRONG GLASS.
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“Scrumptious” usually seen with chocolate brown copper. 😳😂
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I like “slider” since I collect slabbed AU coins that give the impression of being MS at first glance
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PCGS Certified CAC Approved Problem Free usually catches my eye when looking on EBAY
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Ohhh I forgot about one of my favorites for eac, which was imparted upon me by @Walkerguy21D
"Scudzy"
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My favorite I’ve seen to date is:
“Very foolishly cleaned.”
The combination of honesty and the seller’s almost palpable exasperation with one of the coin’s former owners made me chuckle.
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Describing Color:
Fluorescent
Cornucopia
Kaleidoscope
Jewel"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers0 -
Basal state
Burnt
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"Watery Mirrors"
"Temperamental Surfaces"
"Ballistic Fields"
"Military Grade"
Okay. . . a couple of these I might of just made up...
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What a great thread idea - love it.
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A few of my favorites:
"dripping with luster"
"crusty"
"frosty"
"circ cam"And a few that I could do without hearing for a bit but know it's 100% coin-related:
"absolute monster"
"needs a sticker"
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A coin for the "connie sewer" collector.
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Since I'm not a fan of "toning," I like "blast white" when it's correctly applied.
"Cool" comes to mind for coins with actual historic significance (not necessarily rare; e.g., Athens owls, not rare at all but amazingly cool).
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Things I like to see:
"delicate"
"patina" (as opposed to toning)
"sharp"/"crisp"IG: DeCourcyCoinsEbay: neilrobertson
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Finest Known
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Needle-sharp
Uncompromised
Natural
UnblemishedOne of the funniest descriptions that I ever read YEARS ago was:
"The Lone Ranger's silver bullet could not have been shinier!"
Don't remember what company used it but it always makes me laugh!! LOL
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