1912 Numismatists: Improper Use of Terms "Proof" and "Counterstamped."

The first English writer to be recognized with a Nobel Prize for Literature was Rudyard Kipling. Those who held to the King's English were disappointed. Kipling was born in Bombay and, worse than Indian patois, his works were littered with Americanisms.

Believe me, I recoil in horror from the loss of "fewer" to every diminuition being "less than." I shudder when I hear the prepositional object used as a nominative. For all of that and more, I would agree with your sentiment up to the point where you condemn those younger than yourself merely for the crime of youth.

You are not a hep cat, daddio. You are a square. And your jive ain't jakey. All I can say to you is, "Boz!"

Languages change. You can look it up in a book if you want, but the fact remains that if you are following the manual, then you are not using the current version.

 

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Save them. Hear their never used anymore. Youngins don't know how to get the lead out. If you got the sharpener. Save that too. A few years from now. You can make a YouTube video on how to operate one

 

Good ass kicking. Love your youngness

 

I am sorry I am going to have to report you all for using language that is not appropriate for television in the 1950s. you know rules are rules. (Some of these words used were not even around in 1950 so they must be inappropriate).

 

Nice to see some good responses and a little joking along with it.



This is from U.S. Mint Director:

December 5, 1892

A.F. Seeberger, Esq.,

Treasurer World’s Columbian Exposition

Chicago, Illinois

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant, you are informed that a proof coin is one in which the planchet is highly polished before being placed under the dies, and that it would be impossible for the Mint to undertake to make proof coins of all the Columbian souvenir half-dollars. Therefore, they will simply be like the ordinary silver coins when first turned out from the Mint.


Respectfully yours,


R.E. Preston

Acting Director


NARA-CP, RG 104, entry 235, vol. 65, p. 283.