Numismatic Puns

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nencoin
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Over the past six months or so, we've come up with a handful of numismatic puns. Not enough to qualify for a blog post, so we could use some more. Can you add any to this list?

Has anyone ever taken a proof coin and put it in some pudding, just because?

What do you call a coin midway to its destination? Half Cent.

Why was the numismatist excited about his evening? Because he had a key date that night.

What kind of coin do you put in a bathroom? A Voce Potpourri.

What did the tiny numismatist use to protect himself? A Shield Nickel.

Shouldn't a Clamshell Lamination just be called a Clamination?

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  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The problem with all coin collector’s shirts? Ring around the collar.

  • Steven59
    Steven59 Posts: 11,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Why did the coin thief go to jail? He couldn't show the judge any proof he was inno cent.

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • NewEnglandRarities
    NewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭
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    Best coin joke I ever heard was years ago a dealer said this to me. Two coin dealers on a plane flight somehow survive a crash on a deserted island. They are there for years, before finally being rescued. Both dealers after rescue were asked how was their show, and they both said, best show I ever had! (Traded and sold to each other for years until rescue) It requires the delivery and such to say it, but I thought it was so funny! Again, kind of only a joke that works in person, but still…

    New England Rarities...Dealer In Colonial Coinage and Americana
  • Steven59
    Steven59 Posts: 11,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I was so happy when my wife said she got me a $1000 Bill today - Unfortunatly it was the grocery bill!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • nencoin
    nencoin Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭✭
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    All great stuff!

  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A guy walked into the mint building. It left a mint mark.

  • pursuitofliberty
    pursuitofliberty Posts: 7,926 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Why do most Bust Collectors like Punk rock? We really dig The Clash


    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • Walkerfan
    Walkerfan Posts: 10,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2023 2:11PM
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    My dog’s Lincoln registry set is ranked higher than mine. He detects greater ‘scents’ than I do.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When the brockage cleared I had to run to the privy.

  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,184 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I showed my prized DCAM proof Kennedy half dollar to my girlfriend. Her reaction to learning I am a coin collector was frosty :)

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2023 2:43PM
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    The old outhouse collapsed while I was in it. I emerged with privy marks all over me.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2023 3:14PM
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    The packet in his wallet said, “reeded for your pleasure”.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2023 3:17PM
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    I skipped my B'rit Milah. I remain uncirculated.

  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2023 4:09AM
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    What do you call a collector who goes into a tanning salon? Artificially toned.

    Best dessert for a collector? Wendy’s Frosties.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    He persists that it sounds like silver—he’s full of DDO DDO.

  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A coin doctor’s favorite toy growing up? Silly putty

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TurtleCat said:
    A coin doctor’s favorite toy growing up? Silly putty

    My understanding is coin doctors used automotive putty dissolved in a solvent to doctor by painting coins to hide hairlines or small scuffs.

    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

  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A collector’s favorite Christmas song: Silver and Gold.

    Why are collectors smelly? They avoid cleaning.

  • Dug13
    Dug13 Posts: 340 ✭✭✭✭
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    Old Coin collectors never retire, they just.................

    Get Slabbed

    Get Re-graded to "details"

    Have lots of "Bag Marks"

    Lose their Luster

    Receive Code 94, 95, 97, or 98

    Receive "Environmental Effects"

    Wall of HONOR transaction list:WonderCoin, CoinFlip, Masscrew, Travintiques, lordmarcovan, Jinx86, Gerard, ElKevvo, PROMETHIUSS88.

  • marmac
    marmac Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭✭
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    In for a penny in for a pound....

  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,813 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I was going to post something, but I need to VAMoose.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 3, 2023 2:39PM
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    ^^Too funny, MD

    There once was an engraver named Eckfeld
    No man In greater esteem was held.
    Along came brer Slick
    And made us all sick.
    “I’m so much smarter than brer Mark Feld.”

  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There once was a man on the bourse
    No less than the size of a horse
    He's old and he's gray
    Like they all are today
    With a mustard stained shirt of course

  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There once was a giant coin show
    With dealers along every row
    They all booked their flights
    For Saturday night
    So Sunday's a bad time to go

  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,813 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Manifest_Destiny said:
    There once was a man on the bourse
    No less than the size of a horse
    He's old and he's gray
    Like they all are today
    With a mustard stained shirt of course

    ... In a shirt stained with mustard, of course.

    Good one! Fixed the meter for you.

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