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Predator and Prey

Posted 12-30-2009 at 03:23 PM by chip

One of the posters on Coin talk was talking about the economy and the mixed feelings he had about finding coins that he felt were probably from a collection. On the one hand, he liked finding the coins, on the other he wondered if the coins were from an estate where the survivors did not know their worth. Were the coins sold for food money? Were the coins stolen? His question was, "...is collecting dog eat dog?"

I think it is natural for a collector to ask these questions...

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Random thoughts on copper

Posted 12-13-2009 at 01:47 PM by chip

Part of my sustainability project for coin collecting is that it be affordable, to this end, I have been buying a few rolls of cents and searching them, mainly to separate copper from zinc, but also to pull wheat cents and s mint marks. I have also been checking for certain errors, and accumulating the new commemorative cents.

What I do with the zincolns is easy, they go back to the credit union the wheaties I just hold for now, the copper has me thinking about some experimentation,...

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Scenarios of social dissolution

Posted 12-06-2009 at 01:11 PM by chip

I have read quite a few articles about society unravelling and social unrest occurring, some of them are fictional and some are factional, which means a story that utilizes facts that are used to underscore an ideology or world view.

For instance Germany after ww1 was hit with terriific indemnities, punitive actions mainly instigated by France with the intent that they would be so crippling that Germany would never again threaten France, and that France would once again be the...

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Sustainable Collecting, A Routine not a Rut.

Posted 11-22-2009 at 01:23 PM by chip

A part of life is setting a routine, of doing things routinely and methodically. I have read that the one thing that people who live long lifes all have in common is a routine. One person may take a shower, eat a breakfast and then take on the days occupations, until a certain time, when they take a lunch, drink some wine, enjoy a cigar and then go back to their days duties, retiring at a set time and rising the next day at a set time.

Another persons routine may be very different...

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Mexico a beginning of a collection

Posted 11-08-2009 at 07:28 PM by chip

I have sort of followed my inclinations and opportunity and I noticed today I have about two dozen examples of mexican coinage. My dad left three Mexican coins in his estate, a 72 moreles peso, a 68 cuahmotec 50 centavos, and a 1950 25 centavos.

Mexico had the first operational mint in the new world,established in Mexico City, still operating today, the mint mark is a large M, small o, expressed in various ways thru its history. There are numerous branch Mexican mints but the Mexico...

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Predator and Prey

Random thoughts on copper

Scenarios of social dissolution

Sustainable Collecting, A Routine not a Rut.

Mexico a beginning of a collection