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You Ever Wonder Why...
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Finally, a thread you can post your ridiculous, I mean, meaningful queries. Don't expect any answers, just more questions!!!
You ever wonder why if dimes are worth twice as much as nickels, why are they smaller?
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A post about a roadkill damaged coin claiming to be a rare error gets way more views and responses than a post about a coin with actual numismatic value or seeking an answer to a legitimate question.
I call this the “train wreck phenomenon”.
Yup, same reason so many people stop and look at accidents on the freeway!
Might get to see something gross! Yay!
Because they were silver and nickels never were. Half dimes were silver and also half the size of dimes.
Nevada if vending machines, coin sizes are fixed and so the removal of silver from dimes did not lead to resizing.
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The nickel 5c piece was intended not to be confused with the silver half dime, which has half the silver content of the dime.
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If it's wrong to call a CENT a PENNY, why does the US Mint continue to call them the Lincoln Penny?
The U. S. Mint is not a bunch of numismatists.
Why do we call the five cent coin a "nickel" - a denomination that has never existed.
It's a purely slang term that has developed the weight of an actual term.
And since "nickels" are 75% copper, shouldn't we really call them coppers? 🤔
..........we don't see more graded Cheerios Dollars? and please don't tell me they're all in the bottom of sock draws! 😂 😉
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
@Onastone said:
You Ever Wonder Why...
Every day
Mike
My Indians
Dansco Set
Why the same coins in Details holders are still being listed on eBay by the same seller three years after I first saw them. Doesn't there come a time when one finally has to give it up, cut their losses and move on?
You ever wonder why some coin designs, like on dimes, last for decades while other designs, like on quarters, only last for a few months...
Nickel coinage was part of the crony capitalism (mercantilism) of the day. Once nickel was eliminated from cents in 1864, Joseph Wharton used his political influence to create nickel 3c and 5c pieces to replace fractional currency. He also just happened to own the only nickel mine in the US.
The hobby is so simple. Ever wonder how (why) it got so complex ?
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Why do people think that the fins on a fifty-seven Belaire still look good?
The mint continues to produce coins that cost more to make than they are worth?
This makes no cents
Why is the color blue used for boys?
Why do worms come out onto sidewalks after a rain?
Why do chefs wear tall hats?
. . . Donuts have holes?
. . . We clink glasses before saying a toast?
. . . Golfers yell “fore!” before teeing off?
. . . We nod our heads yes and shake our heads no?
Water saturated earth prevents them from getting enough oxygen.
Why a .20c piece?
A common myth about worms is that they are forced to come out of their holes during the rain because they would drown if they stayed below. In fact, this is not true. Worms breathe through gas exchange, absorbing oxygen directly through their skins. As long as water has sufficient dissolved oxygen, worms can actually live for several days fully immersed in water, as scientists have discovered.
As for why worms come out above ground at all, worms prefer to mate above ground. They often come out after a rain in the hopes of finding mates, treating the above-ground world like a sort of worm discotheque, with a wide sampling of potential mates available. Studious observers may have noted that worms often congregate in small groups above ground, illustrating their primary reason for surfacing. Worms, incidentally, are simultaneous hermaphrodites, so both partners exchange sperm, which is used to fertilize eggs.
Now you know.
Do you ever wonder why ETs would not think that we subsist on nitrogen?
Generally, the glasses are clinked after the toast, to "cheer" the toastmaster. The clink is to give that final sense to the wine... we see wine and look for color and lags/tears, we smell the wine, we taste and feel the wine... we don't hear it (except for the bottle "glug" whis I would argue is a delightful sound. The clinking of glasses is to invite the ears to the party
"Fore" is a Scottish warning that was generally called to caddies standing near the hole. Most people no longer play with a caddie at the hole, so now it's just a warning yelled when your ball is going in the direction of other people.
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
I'm not sure it's a "myth". Looks like the science isn't "settled". Or, it's true but depends.
You ever wonder how man people have strained their eyes today...not on the Total Solar Eclipse, on struggling to see mint marks without a loupe!
Why can’t I taste the number 9?
Did you eat the number 8?
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
Why do we have center(s) curing alcoholics but not people addicted to coins?
To increase surface area, where sugar can be applied.
Try feeding a baby, and you will find out!
(A baby shakes their head from side to side to refuse incoming food on a spoon,
as it is the easiest avoidance motion).
Why 6 and 10 are scared of 7.
Simple, because 7 8 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because you're not a synesthete.
Why doesn't strike play a major role in third party grading of gem coins?
You ever wonder why all that silver you saved all those years ago is now called JUNK Silver? Did you save it in your JUNK drawer?
Ever wonder why so many collectors post pictures of them holding coins with the most disgusting fingernails ever?
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
Why people on EBAY pay a premium for rolls of circulated clad JFK half dollars?