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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 62370, member: 57463"]<b>The Gift that Keeps on Giving</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, considering that lawyers cost, this $60 item is a perfect gift for the attorney, litigator, barrister, solicitor, ambulance chaser, shyster, or mouthpiece in your life. As a gift from one lawyer to another, it is ideal. Give it to a judge! I wish I had $300 for five of them. (I wish I had $60 for one, actually <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ...) We think of ourselves, perhaps not unnaturally, and numismatics certainly rewards self-interested problem solving, i.e, greed, and giving "coins" to other people is usually a big waste, since they do not appreciate grading or mintage figures or Greysheet Bid, but something like this is an ideal gift, and that is true of many of the recent Mint issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you think they will never get their money's worth out of the gift, you are not thinking in the right terms of what a gift is. Besides, what is the market for used birthday cards? How long can flowers possibly last?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 62370, member: 57463"][b]The Gift that Keeps on Giving[/b] Well, considering that lawyers cost, this $60 item is a perfect gift for the attorney, litigator, barrister, solicitor, ambulance chaser, shyster, or mouthpiece in your life. As a gift from one lawyer to another, it is ideal. Give it to a judge! I wish I had $300 for five of them. (I wish I had $60 for one, actually :o ...) We think of ourselves, perhaps not unnaturally, and numismatics certainly rewards self-interested problem solving, i.e, greed, and giving "coins" to other people is usually a big waste, since they do not appreciate grading or mintage figures or Greysheet Bid, but something like this is an ideal gift, and that is true of many of the recent Mint issues. If you think they will never get their money's worth out of the gift, you are not thinking in the right terms of what a gift is. Besides, what is the market for used birthday cards? How long can flowers possibly last?[/QUOTE]
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