2019 Newbie Hot Topics

The point is that I'm not selling ANYTHING, and THAT BY ITSELF gives ME the benefit of the doubt, as I am without ANY financial interest in the subject, UNLIKE you and Jason.

Cui bono? It's the ultimate razor in the search for truth.

 

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Oh contraire, you are the only one on an endless marketing campaign, trying to convince the members of this forum that capitalism and coins are incompatible.

And while you won’t convince anyone of that, you will certainly assure everyone that you are certifiable in the process.

 

Nooo, just that HONEST capitalism and coins are becoming virtually incompatible. Yes, THAT I AM SAYING. I am saying the ONLY useful defense for a buyer is dealing face to face with the goods in your hand under a light of YOUR choosing. Anyone dealing on the Internet is a fool.

Now... PRE-EXISTING "meatspace" relationship, and the 'net as merely a "photo-phone"? Sure, fine. Have at it. But to have it EXCLUSIVELY online? Oh my gosh, no. Not EVER!

Look, I've known @mikenoodle and Matt Dinger for years now. They TELL me I was instrumental in helping their past close sponsor relationship with the ANA. I don't know, but that's what I'm told. I would and I HAVE dealt with both Mike, through the shop for which he works part time, and with Matt at Lost Dutchman. Don't kid yourself. My relationship with Mike and Matt WAAAAAAY predates my even ever having HEARD of CoinTalk. My son has a 2011 vintage Coin Show Radio "I [heart] Coins" t-shirt snagged at [gasp] the ANA convention.

Just an aside, Matt and Mike's close relationship with the ANA did NOT survive Jake Sherlock's departure from the ANA. "Personal relationships based on trust" again. They not only "count", they're possibly the ONLY thing that does.

 

I went to a brick & mortar coin shop today and the guy was incredibly slimy as was his cheap inventory. I bought $4 worth of raw Jeffersons and left. The point is that in person dealers can be just as predatory as online dealers and in my experience are more so.

Nobody is calling for coin transactions to happen exclusively online, they just want to be able buy a coin online without having to face the wrath of Bellman (Arbiter of the Coin World).

Listen, we get it, you drive a car from 1988 and wear 30 year old shirts and use the term “meatspace” and think it’s a virtue. We get that you want to live in the world that existed 30 years ago, a world before the internet. And that is entirely your right, as it is ours to think you are a loon.

 

Yes, sadly, this is a trend I'm seeing as well. Finding ethics ANYWHERE in coins is becoming a heavier slog, and that stinks. That's why NYINC is fun. You get it all - from dedicated high end ancients dealers, to slimy Russian oligarch backed con men.

 

I disagree. I feel those who choose the Internet ARE THE LOONS [and I own an Internet and email server, autographed by one H. Clinton, whoever he is] . Seriously, mine is an Ubuntu server. I am a dedicated tech watcher, spending about eight hours a week with This Week in Tech podcasts, ESPECIALLY "Security Now". It's a darned cesspool wasteland out there online, and people deserve to know it.

 

Sorry to bump my own thread. But now that 2019 is here, we can look at some of the hot topics. Off metal errors. Foreign planchet. 1982-D small date copper. Silver pennies.

 

I have to say that 1982-D small date was the winner, however
strong honorable mentions go to silver pennies and 1965 quarter on a silver planchet. And then coins on a foreign planchet and 1969-S DD.

 

Didn’t we have an unforeseen rash of Rockwell test divots? I am rather happy that flash in the pan went away.

 

I miss arguing with Bellman, it’s far to quiet around here these days.