Definition of 'darkside(r)'?

Jhonn · Dec 13, 2006

I ran a search on this board and on Google, but I didn't find a satisfactory answer. I'm guessing the term has something to do with fake coins?

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De Orc · Dec 13, 2006

Well most of the members (99%) here will tell you that it is the collecting of anything other than US coinage, I been a Brit will dispute that & say it is the collecting of any coin that is not British LOL

De Orc :hug:

satootoko · Dec 13, 2006

Direct from the as posted on Valentine's day, 2003 comes this tale:

Ah, so you want the story as it's been handed down through the Dark Side generations? [That's "... generations, eh?" for you Greysiders.] Well, pull up a comfy chair to park your keister in, open a cold one (non-domestic, natch), and listen up, my friend:

Once upon a time there were a few lonely posters whose interest went beyond and otherwise from US coin collecting. Alas, but their numerous forum brethren sneered and could see nothing worth collecting besides US coins. Whatever lay Beyond was obviously of little interest and no value. These “Litesiders” had lost their lore of where coins had come from and that money came in many shapes and sizes and material ... and from many, many lands other than their own. Indeed, the Litesiders (as they came to be called) didn't even really like their own coins ... they really lusted and yearned for plastic slabs with high numbers on them – with the coin sealed permanently within, untouchable ... its life history lost within its transparent tomb.

An intrepid duo, BigAlan and Askari, decided to unsettle their fellow collectors’ “Lite-dazed” lives by subtly revealing to them what lay beyond, in the Dark, in terra incognita. They dug a deep, dark Pit, one from which no Lite could escape, and threw a beer party (all non-domestic brew, natürlich, mein Herr). Slowly, but surely, more and more were enticed over from the Liteside to slip gently into the Pit of Darkness. Some went freely, some resisted and swore, some lasted days or weeks, but most were drawn in.

The minions of Lite, of course, became frightened and told wild tales (many true) of what went on during those drum-beating, pagan rituals and built a fortress they called “Registry” in which to live their pale lives, once again, in denial of there really being anything to the Dark.

But then, the Flame-Wars began in the Liteside and many brave and true collectors were scorched and singed and wounded – yea, even to their very souls – from battles waged through legions and factions of legions of trolls. Weary of these tiresome, never-ending conflicts, many left the Liteside, seeking solace beyond the Pale of Lite ... and finding, to their surprise and joy, Endarkenment amongst the hearty, hale-fellow-well-met souls collecting world coins, ancients, and banknotes.
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Since then the term as a name for the collection of world coins has spread widely, even unto the postings at CoinTalk.

De Orc · Dec 13, 2006

LOL Roy that is so funny that it deserves to be encapsulated for eternity in a slab there can be no doubt :thumb: :thumb:

De Orc :kewl:

Jhonn · Dec 13, 2006

That means...I'M A DARKSIDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm delighted!

GDJMSP · Dec 13, 2006

And for those who are not darksiders - just ask, and I will be happy to provide a little shade to get the light out of your eyes, so you can see the beauty of the dark :kewl:

KLJ · Dec 14, 2006

The Force is strong in this one. Is he the chosen one to bring balance to the Force?

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