This group needs a little bit of numismatic poetry! 🪙✨
ricarf2386
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Dear forum,
First of all, I am absolutely delighted and happy to belong to this highly select and important group of people who share a deep love for coins, banknotes, and all aspects of collectibles.
Lately, I’ve been reading through many posts here, and I truly enjoy seeing how members highlight and immortalize the pure beauty of their specimens. Just recently, I came across a thread where someone was showcasing a lot of nickel coins for sale. This person posted videos and photos of their pieces, and I was struck by a comment from another member who wrote: "I have just spent 50 minutes staring at the beautiful pieces you have."
To me, that is where numismatic poetry truly lives. It’s not just about grades or prices; it’s about that pure fascination that can make someone stop time just to admire the beauty of metal.
Because of this, I wanted to take the initiative to open this thread dedicated to numismatic poetry. Has anyone here ever experienced that same poetic feeling? What is that one coin in your collection that can make you stop and just stare at it for nearly an hour?
Comments
And I will start the poem myself:
"To think that everything begins as a simple alloy,
or sometimes searching for the finest material:
silver, copper, gold, nickel...
It begins with an artist shaping it on a large scale,
seeking the finest detail and reliefs that captivate the eye.
After this, it is transferred to small molds and dies,
and the dies stamp the metal with such high, striking, and blissful quality
that it enchants everyone who loves this numismatic art."
I would love to read your stories!
We find luster in the dull,
Worn past its prime
Thick with skin of hands long gone
The collectors creed:
Flawed in the hands of another
What is so perfect in mine
Thank you very much for breaking the ice in my thread, my friend, and for giving us the first poem shared by a fellow member of this forum!
Your words perfectly capture the essence of this hobby. There is something deeply magical about holding a worn piece and thinking about how many hands touched it throughout history; what the world sees as "wear and tear," we see as pure living history. Your line about the collector's creed is magnificent.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone who wants to join this thread: if you feel inspired to add your own poetry, please also include a photo of the piece in your collection that you love the most and makes you stop to just admire it!
Thank you for sharing your numismatic sensitivity, PKing! May the wind always blow in your favor too.
Maundy, Maundy
So good to me
Maundy mornin'
It was all I hoped it would be
But Maundy mornin'
Maundy mornin' couldn't guarantee
That Maundy evenin' you would still be here with me
The metal is very cheap
Comes Beautiful Red and Brown
Bronze poor man's silver
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
IkesT...Your Mamma and Poppa would get the reference.
getting rid of dupes
I had a friend
but now shes gone
a prettier friend
came rolling along
my old friend asked me
what went wrong
but i couldnt hear her
she was already gone
Thank you so much
to everyone who
has joined in to
share their poems!
I have a great
surprise for you.
By the end of
this year, the user
whose poem gets the
most "Likes" or
interactions will
win a special prize.
I promise to send
the winner a beautiful
collectible shirt,
custom-designed
by myself.
Here is the official
preview of the design!
To create it,
I borrowed a little
piece of your own
history.
I wanted to honor
one of the most
emblematic coins
in your monetary
system.
One of the most
beloved pieces
by all of you,
featuring one of your
most important icons
to ever be on a coin:
Lincoln.
It shows a classic
vintage minting press
striking the iconic
1909 cent, along
with my personal
brand, DR. COIN .ec
I know it might
not be much,
but I truly hope
you will like it.
The contest runs
until the end
of the year!
Keep those beautiful
poems coming!