Your favourite quotes(sayings/thoughts) on collecting

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  1. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    I do not know if there was such a thread before my time here, but I just thought it might be time of your thoughts on this so please post what you think.

    “The library will endure; it is the universe. As for us, everything has not been written; we are not turning into phantoms. We walk the corridors, searching the shelves and rearranging them, looking for lines of meaning amid leagues of cacophony and incoherence, reading the history of the past and our future, collecting our thoughts and collecting the thoughts of others, and every so often glimpsing mirrors, in which we may recognize creatures of the information.”
    ― Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel
     
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  3. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Multiple eBay sellers: rare unresearched...
     
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  4. Youngcoin

    Youngcoin Everything Collector

    Collect what you like!


    Thanks,
    Jacob
     
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  5. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    Since I do not buy/sell on that site, I cannot comprehend your thought :(
     
    Makanudo, Dec 17, 2017
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  6. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    How do they know if it is rare it is unresearched?
     
    Pishpash, Dec 17, 2017
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  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE


    "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    - Caesar: “IACTA ALEA EST”

    - Kong Fuzi 孔夫子: “When strict with Oneself, One rarely fails...”

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    Athens Attica 454-404 BCE ARr hemidrachm 16mm 2.08g Athena frontal eye - facing Owl wings closed olive branches COP 70 SG 2528
     
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  8. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    I did understand the point you made, I just havent seen such posts , so I couldnt just concur...
     
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  9. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    My signature line.
     
    John Anthony, Dec 17, 2017
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  10. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    Enough said.
    :)
     
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  11. galba68

    galba68 Well-Known Member

    the mother gave birth to two sons
    'the mother gave birth to two sons..one is reasonable, squeaky clean and the other is coin collector'
     
    galba68, Dec 17, 2017
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  12. David Atherton

    David Atherton Flavian Fanatic

    'The meaning of life can be found in a coin.'
     
    David Atherton, Dec 17, 2017
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  13. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Illegitimi non carborundum
     
    Bing, Dec 17, 2017
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  14. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    What I tell my congregation every Sunday - "IN GOD WE TRUST" ;)
     
    paddyman98, Dec 17, 2017
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  15. galba68

    galba68 Well-Known Member

    great , great hobby..
     
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  16. Johndakerftw

    Johndakerftw Mr. Rogers is My Hero

    Paddy, are you a pastor?

    My fave quotes are from that dude on ebay that has really lol wut? descriptions that have been posted a few times on here. Pure gold!

    Erin
     
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  17. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    :angelic:
     
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  18. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    "Coin collecting is the only hobby where you can spend all your money and still have some left." (unattributed)
     
    Orfew, Dec 17, 2017
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  19. IdesOfMarch01

    IdesOfMarch01 Well-Known Member

    I remember this from high school Latin, but you do realize it's pseudo-latin, right?
     
    IdesOfMarch01, Dec 17, 2017
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  20. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Just like "Semper ubi sub ubi"
     
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  21. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Buy the coin, not the slab.
     
    Kentucky, Dec 17, 2017
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