So, ... who are you?

To add to the continuing saga of whatever it is that is happening, I now have a grandson named Hiroki Sridharan (how's that for a mouthful) and my younger daughter is going to deliver in April (unless she has just put on a ton of weight and this is an early April Fool's joke).

 

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Congratulations but the important question is whether/what your grandson collects. May he have good health and a fine coin collection.

 

...Oh, No. It's time to do my own post on this thread, starting with clearing that up. I've done this here already, but in other, effectively anecdotal contexts.
It's from my avatar; the obverse of a denier of Dijon, issued by Hugues /Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy 1218-1272 (...funly contemporaneous to Henry III of England).
The legend goes, '+VGO BVRGVNDIE,' with 'DVX' across the field. ...Right, I changed the Latin to 'DVCKS.' --Thinking I was being being Much more clever than I was. Warren Esty, the guy who initially talked me into joining this forum, tried to talk me out of it. Still regretting the fact that he didn't succeed.

 

...No, you're cool....

 

I know. I was just kidding!

 

This is a great thread, getting to know more of our fellow CT folks.

 

Well, I started him off with a 2019 proof set and the two sets from Japan for 2019 (two emperors that year). Still need a set of coins from India for 2019!

 

Thank you. I am glad I asked! I thought it might be some kind of latinized admonition to a sporting team: “You go Ducks”. I was not trying to be disrespectful @+VGO.DVCKS - just curious.

 

That is excellent @GH#75 - it is very encouraging to encounter a coin collector as young as you, it bodes well for the future of our hobby. I do hope you stick with it!

 

An impressive list of attributes indeed @seth77! I can match the first three, but not the next three, and I am only an amateur beer drinker (but with considerable experience).

 

Thank you for your service to our country, Ray! (Go Navy). I do not meet many great- grandfathers - congratulations! We have quite a bit in common - your future looks bright!

 

I have never met Warren.. but he has always treated me extremely well when I have purchased coins from him. He is great - Top man.
And @+VGO.DVCKS ... I follow your posts and enjoy them immensely...but I have a feeling Warren is not the first person to point out that you sometimes out smart yourself.
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What a great post M’Lord (written with great fondness). It is unusual to encounter someone with such frank introspection which I find very admirable. You certainly do march to a different drummer, and I admire you for that. I think you are indeed a good person.

 

Yep - when @lordmarcovan sold some coins in order to help buy a first vehicle for his young relative (can't recall if it was his daughter or niece?) my mind was made up. He is good people.

 

@jamesicus, no one at this end began to suspect you of any such thing! @ancient coin hunter already made the connection with sporting teams. As anyone who had a grain of sense in their head might do...just like I didn't when I came up with the handle.

 

@jamesicus, ...Just,
Please,
If,
However hypothetically, I were Ever to think you were being disrespectful (...toward What? Me?!!?!), I'd be less elliptical than ...whatever gave you such an impression! ...Back to my own, preexisting agenda: I'm not made of egg shells.... :<}

 

@Clavdivs, Touchet! Yep, Bad habit; can't seem to shake it....

 

Me too
I find albums are great storage devices, also fast way to look thru your coll. The storage boxes for TPG slabs are a bit cumbersome/ 300 slabbed coiins in boxes take up a lot of space.
At least now we have SAFLIPS which offer perfect way to view the coin and not have to worry about the PVC damage.
Coin cabinets/ trays are also beautifull way to display ones coll./ but its always risky to have that much value in a visible cabinets If all people where like you, it would be OK to display our collections in the open/ and a better World to live in.
John

 

Thanks. I do worry sometimes about displaying several of my coin trays out in the open, which is why I don't ever post my real name or exactly where I live! Also, whenever I expect workpeople or even the building superintendent to enter my apartment, I always put away all the visible coin trays. It would be impractical to put away all the artifacts every time someone enters, but most people don't seem to notice them or understand what they are. Coins, people would know what they are. Especially with all that silver gleaming! (The few gold coins I still have I never keep out on display, even when it's just me and my cat!)

 

I'm an Auld Fartte named Tom. I'm 71, widowed (she passed 6 1/2 years ago after 42 years married, 45 years together) We met when she was 16, I was 20. I'm a Viet Nam vet, and (I know this might tick off some of you) I'm a Social Democrat who believes in helping people - ALL people in this great country of ours.

I've been collecting coins off and on since I was 8 or 9 years old, starting (like so many others) with Lincoln pennies. I currently have working collections of a US Type Set 1793 through 1964, US Large Cents (middle dates are my current US focus), US Half Cents, British Victorian Type Set, some Canadian coinage, and other world coins My current Ancients focus is Byzantine bronzes.

I have a bunch of Roman silvers I inherited from my late wife, who inherited them from her late mother, who inherited them from her late father, who was more of a hoarder than a collector. And I know absolutely nothing about the Roman coins. I will probably sell them at some point.

The vast majority of my coins are raw. I have purchased very few slabbed coins. I have absolutely no CAC stickers. I believe CAC is a gimmick (NOT trying to upset or knock anyone, it's just my humble opinion).

Other hobbies include a relatively small collection of handmade custom knives, stainless steel handguns (mostly Rugers), target shooting, Southwestern art, and some hiking.

Well, that's me.