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Awesome report Tif. It sounds like you had a blast!

That shirt is perfect for The J. Peterman company. http://www.jpeterman.com

 

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Thx TIF,

you have my vote

 

Great report TIF and don't let that HJB guy steal your t-shirt design (which I think is rather clever).

 

Some of us live far from anywhere and appreciate reading about coin show experiences. Doug and TIF have contributed. If anyone else has one coming up, give us a blow-by-blow account when you get back (or, while it happens)!

 

Why criticize other people's likes (there wasn't a sea of slabbed Morgans filling most tables , nor were there mile-long lines of poor saps waiting for Kennedy gold.)?

 

Gee, Tif, I bought five Kennedys and I have about ten Morgans, one from CC sold by the GAO back in 1976. I paid $45.00. It's now worth almost $600.00. It also has a letter from Nixon.

 

If you have not noticed. This is the ANCIENTS section. As stated a thousand times here, Ancients have no place in slabs.

If you are insulted because you like your US coins in Plastic, then you should not jump into the middle of an ancients thread.

I don't see how the value of your Morgan today vs 40 years ago, has any bearing on your complaint.

BTW putting an ancient in a slab is like putting undercoating on a car.

 

... ummm, or kinda like putting underwear on a Black Lab

 

Great story and I love the shirt! I just noticed that the slabs are cracked! Too cool!

 

The statement about the sea of slabbed Morgans was simply a colorful fact. Criticism was your perception. I collect ancient coins so the massive quantity of slabbed modern coins held no interest for me.

As for the "poor saps waiting for Kennedy gold", many of those people weren't even collectors, they were paid to stand in line by people hoping to make a quick flip and quick buck. Many of those people didn't even leave with a coin because they sold out. So yes-- "poor saps". The volume of Kennedy-seekers who attended that show and the poor planning and poor crowd control was to the detriment of the show as a whole.

You are right though-- it would have been nicer had I refrained from any comments which could be construed as insults by any members of CoinTalk. That's probably not even possible.

Your next comment illustrates why I (and most of us on Ancients) are not terribly interested in TPG'd modern coins: the emphasis seems to be on dollar value rather than numismatics. There's nothing wrong with that; it just isn't what I find interesting about coins. Obviously many people disagree with that opinion, and that's okay.

 

... well, now we're talkin' fancy golden underpants on a dog!! (hopefully this is helpful?)

 

I guess I am one who disagrees with that opinion. I disagree with TIF's acceptance of that group in the hobby who value coins only as investment and have no interest whatsoever in the coins as numismatic study items. I see you as not part of the same hobby but a completely separate investment group who would just as well be buying beer cans or penny stocks if either of those offer an extra percentage point of income potential. The prevailing attitude in the ancient section is that coins have interest in their own right and are not investments. There are sections of Coin Talk aimed at investors. I fail to understand why someone from the investment sections of Coin Talk even read our area. If you ever develop an interest in ancient coins come on back but if your only question is how much is it 'worth', don't bother.

 

Agree with TIF completely; but it's not just the emphasis on "value" and "investment" that puts me off modern US collecting (and I have a ton of these slabbed coins) I like to touch and feel my ancients coins and I like to display them in Lindner trays because they look so cool!

 

I never said that I considered my coins as an investment only and not a hobby. I have one Roman coin that I picked up in Italy years ago. It has no inscription. The obverse has a head looking both ways like Janus and the reverse has something that looks like a Roman galley. I don't like the coin because I don't know what it is. When I learn how to use my digital camera
and how to add a picture of the coin to my computer, I'll post it here and ask you what it is.

Getting back to the "poor saps" on the long line waiting for the Kennedy gold half-dollars, I bought mine directly from the US Mint, the very first day it was offered. After the Augustus Saint-Gaudens design, the Kennedy gold half is the most beautiful. The obverse with the handsome JFK and the reverse with the Presidential seal.

 

It's worthless....you can give it to me!

 

I think it's a detriment to numismatics.

And I liked the comment about "seas of slabbed Morgans" I thought it was funny.

 

Sounds like she wasn't talking about you. We all get along! Hooray Cointalk!

 

When I read a thread that offends me, I just close it out....so that's all you need to do, critical remarks are not welcome.