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It would be very cool if everyone used a coin image as an avatar

RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I would like to think that each person has a coin photo that represents him or her as a collector. I was looking at a PM exchange between myself and Boiler and could not get over how cool it looked, alternating my artistic dirty gold image with his killer pattern. See below.

I realize that this is unrealistic. In fact, many come over from the sports or currency forums where they have a primary interest. I just think it would improve the aesthetics of the threads.

EOM

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My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes it would be cool. Too bad it won't be happening.image
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What? You don't think my rat is aesthetically pleasing?
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    guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,308 ✭✭✭

    it would just mess me up even more. I hate it when the 14th or 15th of the month rolls around and everyone starts changing up everything, I can't keep up with anybody. I've had the same avatar for 4 years now. I know everyone's tired of looking my ugly hulk negative, but I guarantee that the 2 people who know me on the boards would be mighty upset if I changed it every month.

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    MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    imageimage
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My interests are too varied, so I use the image of a friend of mine image

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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,152 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent suggestion!















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    DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My F-5 in an aileron roll represents my earlier days as an F-4 driver. Coins are great . . . and coins represent this Board, but I'm not giving it up. We all bring a history here in addition to our collewcting . . . and this is mine.

    Drunner
    USAFA '78
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    WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
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    LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭
    Or Tokens image
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    derrybderryb Posts: 38,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And only discussed coins?

    Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat

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    chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    suppose i could let someone stick a coin in my melonimage
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Agree - and they all need to be UNIQUE to the user. image
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Im hoping to change mine next month.....image
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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes it would be cool. Too bad it won't be happening.image >>

    Nice Tom! image
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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a novel idea!image
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    I knew it would happen.
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    TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    You got something against the P-38?
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    LewyLewy Posts: 594 ✭
    I actually ' am ' a beaver.
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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Wow. Lots of non coin images here. I'd say you should get a good PM discussion going with lakesamman next. I have better photos of my avatar but I've always used this one and by using a crappy photo, none of the newbies grab it. --Jerry
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    adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    My avatar serves a purpose: Irritate Otis.
    (and other Koi aficionados)
    One day i'll switch back to a gold coin.
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    CiccioCiccio Posts: 1,405 ✭
    I uploaded my coin icon but if I choose it now, it shows the red X.
    Does anyone know why?
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,246 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I uploaded my coin icon but if I choose it now, it shows the red X.
    Does anyone know why? >>



    If you JUST uploaded it you'll have to wait for the 15th of October to change to it.

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have better photos of my avatar but I've always used this one and by using a crappy photo, none of the newbies grab it. --Jerry >>

    Good thinking!
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    CiccioCiccio Posts: 1,405 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I uploaded my coin icon but if I choose it now, it shows the red X.
    Does anyone know why? >>



    If you JUST uploaded it you'll have to wait for the 15th of October to change to it. >>



    Sorry I wasn't clear. I uploaded it a coupled of months ago and used it for a while.
    Now it's not working anymore but the icon name is in the list.
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    tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    I think everyone should have a coin avatar too, but at the very least, keep one and don't change it.
    Tom

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    NewParadigmNewParadigm Posts: 1,322
    hmmmmm
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    FordRailroaderFordRailroader Posts: 115 ✭✭
    I likes how a coin looks after I run a train over it...
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    StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭


    << <i>My F-5 in an aileron roll represents my earlier days as an F-4 driver. Coins are great . . . and coins represent this Board, but I'm not giving it up. We all bring a history here in addition to our collewcting . . . and this is mine.

    Drunner
    USAFA '78 >>



    For you Drunner...
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    DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 481 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I select mine randomly

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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one just knocks dirt in my shirt!!image

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have had this icon for ten years, it represents one of my interests. My participation in this forum represents another. Both will remain. Cheers, RickO
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    mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    i've had the same icon since the beginning when i actually owned it.image
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    StewStew Posts: 1,002
    I did,
    It is one the my favorite specimen's image
    An Eisenhower that actually has a heart shape on the reverse
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    kurtdogkurtdog Posts: 1,456
    FWIW, my little guy and I love searching rolls of coin. In particular, we love searching boxes of halves, looking for silver. My avatar is related to that in that it summarizes how I feel when I walk into my bank to get the boxes.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,110 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I chose the name carefully. Imagination is good as well as "variety"

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    Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    Mine is. I don't even own the coin anymore!
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I don't own mine anymore either.
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    Raybob15239Raybob15239 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    I've got part of a coin... the capped R in AMERICA from the reverse of the Morgan 1921-D VAM 1B1. I use it at VAMWorld too.
    Successful B/S/T transactions: As Seller: PascoWA (June 2008); MsMorrisine (April 2009); ECHOES (July 2009) As Buyer: bfjohnson (July 2008); robkool (Dec 2010); itsnotjustme (Dec 2010) TwoSides2aCoin (Dec 2018) PrivateCoin Jan 2019
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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Or coin from the "Dark Side" ... image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭✭
    My avatar shows Winston Churchill, one of my heroes --- a great wartime leader, as well as a multi-talented journalist, artist, writer, and historian. It also illustrates one of my non-numismatic hobbies (cigars). Plus it's a coin! What more could you ask for?


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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Who will be the first to use the 64-D you-know-what?
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    baddogssbaddogss Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I own mine and I like the series, so I'll keep it for while longer. Thanks
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...i'm not sure i understand. image
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    gummibeargummibear Posts: 786 ✭✭✭
    On my automotive forums my avatar is a building under construction ( I am an engineer). On my engineering forums i use a coin. I guess i just like to show I have more than one dimension.
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    jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This us a coin forum? I'll have to look into this proposition. I have a good one!
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I sort of have a coin.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "I sort of have a coin.

    Russ, NCNE "

    Yes, and I remember what was there before the coin..... too bad you could not keep it. image Cheers, RickO
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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>hmmmmm >>



    Hmmmm, indeed.
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    BaseballAbsBaseballAbs Posts: 2,621 ✭
    I picked my favorite part of a coin. That works right?
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    renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usually whenever I find a coin that I really like, it will become my avatar, like the one you see here now. When I go back to "search mode", it gets changed back to the busy bee image

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    tresgatostresgatos Posts: 531 ✭
    I'm sticking with Patty, eh?
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