Merry Xmas /Happy Holidays to the good people on here.

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Beginner345, Dec 23, 2018.

  1. Beginner345

    Beginner345 Active Member

    I won't be home for the next few days. I just want to thank all of the decent,polite and kind members ( you know who you are) of this board for all your help you gave me this year helping with Identification and checking my coins authenticity. Your help is VERY MUCH appreciated. I am sure I thanked you all back then but I just wanted to thank some of you kind folks again. I bow to your knowledge and wisdom.

    Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays to those nice members.
     
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  3. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    Merry Christmas!!
     
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  4. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    I accept all of your praise! You are most welcome:p #stayoffebay and merry Christmas to ALL and not just most.
     
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  5. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    Merry Christmas to you also !!
     
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  6. Beginner345

    Beginner345 Active Member

    ty
     
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  7. Beginner345

    Beginner345 Active Member

    You ready for xmas?
     
  8. Pavlos

    Pavlos You pick out the big men. I'll make them brave!

    Merry Christmas to all not just the "decent,polite and kind members". Which I actually consider to be everyone on here.
     
  9. Beginner345

    Beginner345 Active Member

    Merry Xmas-

    and To each his /her own. Wish I could agree with you but what I've seen and heard in just a few short months on here has proven "all" is not a word i would agree with .There are many good and helpful folks on here but I can never say " all" Enough said. LOL

    Hope you and your family have a good day Tuesday.
     
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  10. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

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  11. Plumbata

    Plumbata Well-Known Member

    Yes, Merry Christmas! You'd go a long way here by posting some pictures and background info on some of the genuine coins you already have in your collection. The good folk here like to salivate over neat coins and learn about things you may specialize in that they might not be terribly familiar with. There's nothing inherently wrong with asking for opinions regarding authenticity, but "taking" that expertise far more often than you "repay" the kindness by sharing your coins and their stories makes some feel as though you don't really want to truly participate in the forum, only use their freely offered experience to secure deals for yourself. I for one would really like to see some of your Carthaginian coins and get to know you and your collection a bit better!
     
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  12. Beginner345

    Beginner345 Active Member

    Ty,.Merry Xmas Plumbata

    okay.. ill try if you are interested in them( I didn't think you really wanted to see them since so many better coins are floating around

    I'm just so busy with work that I normally don't have much time to take photos and upload them
    I'll work on it when I get back after Xmas
     
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  13. Plumbata

    Plumbata Well-Known Member

    Sure, there are almost always "better" coins floating around but collectors also take a keen interest in the process or "theory" behind a collector's collection, or the more personal idiosyncratic reasons an individual seeks the different items they seek which may awaken an appreciation in the reader that they didn't possess before. I can understand how some of the very rare and beautiful coins posted here seem intimidating and financially inaccessible (for now ;)) but I like to see it as aspirational encouragement to keep learning, building my business and expanding access to quality sources.

    More important than the coins themselves is the knowledge, wisdom and encouragement shared and reciprocated by the community which enriches everyone individually as well as the hobby overall. Whether you're a newbie with less than 100.00 worth of crusty Late Roman bronzes or grizzled veteran with a big personal museum full of rarities we all at least have being collectors in common. Take the time when you can to share some of your collection and the reasons behind it, and you will probably be met with much more warmth and encouragement and insightful new ideas or perspectives than from the sum total of all your queries regarding authenticity.
     
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  14. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

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  15. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Last night ABC TV rebroadcast their two (IMHO Classic) Christmas specials "Prep and Landing". In the second one, we met the Coal Elves whose job it is to service the Naughty List and a little girl who made the list because of her little brother. I won't tell you how it ended or why I thought it appropriate to mention here because the sleigh is double parked and I have a busy evening planned. Ho, Ho, Ho.

    Merry Christmas.
     
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  16. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Merry Xmas to ALL, and may you ALL have a wonderful and prosperous New Year.
     
  17. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    I always find when reading posts, IMs or phone texts it is very easy to misunderstand a persons true meaning or intent. We don't hear the tone of their voice, we don't see if they're smiling or not, we can't look them in the eye, we can't see their body language. Some are better at expressing themselves using these tools than others. I know I have been misinterpreted here a couple of times... is that my fault? Probably yes but the medium does not lend itself to interpreting these subtleties well.

    Merry Christmas to each and every one of you. Have a safe and happy time with your family. I appreciate the help I have received here.

    This thread needs a coin with an olive branch!!

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    Diocletian, Potin Tetradrachm, Alexandria

    Obv: A K G OVAL DIOKLHTIANOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right
    Rev: Eirene standing left, wearing long chiton and peplos,
    holding olive-branch in right hand, transverse sceptre on
    left arm, L-B across fields (Year 2)
     
  18. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    Merry Christmas. I have been spending my entire 2-1/2-week Christmas vacation on my coins, all day and late into the night.
     
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  19. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    Merry Christmas !! I hope everyone got what they wanted. I know I did : a new computer and a new wide-screen TV. The better to see my coins with !!
     
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  20. Nyatii

    Nyatii I like running w/scissors. Makes me feel dangerous

    Merry Christmas!
    I got peanuts.
     
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  21. ValpoBeginner

    ValpoBeginner Well Known Supporter

    Merry Christmas to all of you! I sure do hope I made the "cointalk list" of people who are good. I try to be nice, decent, and kind to all members/ users. I sometimes make the mistake of trying to teach/educate too hard.

    If a person posts an incorrect fact in the future: I shall attempt to exercise discipline, by just simply let them discover their error on their own, and in their own time. I think most people only accept truths in this way. It took me awhile to admit that I tend to over-educate.

    So Merry Christmas to everyone on the site, because we all can learn to be good.
     
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