Comments for Numismatic News http://www.numismaticnews.net Coin collecting news since 1952 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Would a silver dime work? by architect1966 http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/would-a-silver-dime-work#comment-12511 architect1966 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:51:16 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=37551#comment-12511 I believe an excellent concept for a March of Dimes commemorative silver dollar would be to include an actual-size replica of the obverse of the Mercury dime on the obverse of the dollar, and an actual-size replica of the reverse of the Mercury dime on the reverse of the dollar. The dime designs should be off-center to allow for a substantial amount of space for other devices on the silver dollar. This could be an attractive 21st century coin incorporating classic 20th century numismatic art. The date on the Mercury dime should be 1938, the year the March of Dimes was founded. One advantage of this concept is the Mercury dime image would include the requisite inscriptions \Liberty,\ \In God We Trust,\ \United States of America\ and \E Pluribus Unum.\ These words would not have to appear elsewhere on the silver dollar, so the rest of the design would remain relatively uncluttered. Commemorative coins from other countries often are more attractive than U.S. commemoratives, one reason being the former generally have fewer inscriptions than the latter. I believe such a coin would be especially popular with collectors. It would be even more popular if it were sold in a special set including a matte proof silver Roosevelt dime from the West Point Mint. This set would be similar to the 1998 Kennedy collector set that contains an uncirculated RFK commemorative silver dollar, and a special 1998-S matte proof silver JFK half dollar. Such a March of Dimes set could provide collectors with a superb silver dollar, and a very special Roosevelt dime. The Roosevelt dime is, of course, a tribute to both FDR and the charity he founded. High sales of such a set would translate into substantial funds raised, via surcharges, for a worthy cause. I believe an excellent concept for a March of Dimes commemorative silver dollar would be to include an actual-size replica of the obverse of the Mercury dime on the obverse of the dollar, and an actual-size replica of the reverse of the Mercury dime on the reverse of the dollar. The dime designs should be off-center to allow for a substantial amount of space for other devices on the silver dollar. This could be an attractive 21st century coin incorporating classic 20th century numismatic art. The date on the Mercury dime should be 1938, the year the March of Dimes was founded.

One advantage of this concept is the Mercury dime image would include the requisite inscriptions \Liberty,\ \In God We Trust,\ \United States of America\ and \E Pluribus Unum.\ These words would not have to appear elsewhere on the silver dollar, so the rest of the design would remain relatively uncluttered. Commemorative coins from other countries often are more attractive than U.S. commemoratives, one reason being the former generally have fewer inscriptions than the latter.

I believe such a coin would be especially popular with collectors. It would be even more popular if it were sold in a special set including a matte proof silver Roosevelt dime from the West Point Mint. This set would be similar to the 1998 Kennedy collector set that contains an uncirculated RFK commemorative silver dollar, and a special 1998-S matte proof silver JFK half dollar. Such a March of Dimes set could provide collectors with a superb silver dollar, and a very special Roosevelt dime. The Roosevelt dime is, of course, a tribute to both FDR and the charity he founded. High sales of such a set would translate into substantial funds raised, via surcharges, for a worthy cause.

]]> Comment on Would a silver dime work? by ercw2004 http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/would-a-silver-dime-work#comment-12381 ercw2004 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:59:11 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=37551#comment-12381 I would be most attracted to a 90% silver and 10% copper commemorative silver dollar in a 1.5 inch diameter and weighting in at 26.73 grams, provided that obverse and reverse side of the commemorative is the exact replica of the 1930s mercury dime. That way we get our dime, the mint get their profit and the sponsors are able to get an adequate surcharge out of it without having to over saturate the mintage. And who knows, maybe the US Mint can even throw in a 50,000 limited edition custom folder of a world map with the commemorative silver dollar in the center surrounded by four single Silver Roosevelt dimes on each corner. Name the price, and I would definitely buy it. I would be most attracted to a 90% silver and 10% copper commemorative silver dollar in a 1.5 inch diameter and weighting in at 26.73 grams, provided that obverse and reverse side of the commemorative is the exact replica of the 1930s mercury dime. That way we get our dime, the mint get their profit and the sponsors are able to get an adequate surcharge out of it without having to over saturate the mintage. And who knows, maybe the US Mint can even throw in a 50,000 limited edition custom folder of a world map with the commemorative silver dollar in the center surrounded by four single Silver Roosevelt dimes on each corner. Name the price, and I would definitely buy it.

]]> Comment on Would a silver dime work? by clairhardesty http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/would-a-silver-dime-work#comment-12341 clairhardesty Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:09:09 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=37551#comment-12341 I would love to see a silver dime for this purpose. I did a lot of volunteering for MoD in high school and understand just how much the little contributions helped win the fight against polio (I am old enough that I always had one or two classmates that had been affected by the disease). I think that offerings like a single dime, a half roll ($2.50 face) and a full roll ($5.00 face) would be widely accepted. An alternative would be to have something like five designs and sell them individually or as a set. At today's spot (~$34) BU rolls of dimes retail for about $165 so the mint should be able to come up with any number of ways to attract silver dime buyers, even with modern production costs and respectable surcharges. I would love to see a silver dime for this purpose. I did a lot of volunteering for MoD in high school and understand just how much the little contributions helped win the fight against polio (I am old enough that I always had one or two classmates that had been affected by the disease). I think that offerings like a single dime, a half roll ($2.50 face) and a full roll ($5.00 face) would be widely accepted. An alternative would be to have something like five designs and sell them individually or as a set. At today’s spot (~$34) BU rolls of dimes retail for about $165 so the mint should be able to come up with any number of ways to attract silver dime buyers, even with modern production costs and respectable surcharges.

]]> Comment on Got change for 500? by Tom Snyder http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/got-change-for-500#comment-11991 Tom Snyder Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:44:43 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=37211#comment-11991 My father did some buying and selling of vacant lots on a speculation basis and used the higher denomination bills in these transactions. My father did some buying and selling of vacant lots on a speculation basis and used the higher
denomination bills in these transactions.

]]> Comment on Community Voice Responses (02/21/2012) by George513 http://www.numismaticnews.net/voice/community-voice-responses-02212012#comment-10201 George513 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:10:21 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=35851#comment-10201 One of ebay's top 3 problems - fakes. Anyway, as far as buying/saving and eBay goes: If you send the seller a question about an item, find another of their listings, and send the question from that item page, rather than from the one that you actually want. This will add a little bit of work for the seller, if they want to add the question/answer to the item description page that you are actually interested in. If you see an item that you want listed in auction format, send the seller a message asking if they will accept $x to end the auction early and sell the item to you. May be telling them that they would not have to wait as long to get their money (they would probably know that, but it still might help). If that does not work, use a sniping service such as Bidball.com to bid for you. It'll bid in the last few seconds, helping you to save money and avoid shill bidding. Use a site like Ebuyersedge.com to set up saved searches. You'd get an e-mail whenever a match is listed. Especially good for "Buy It Now"s priced right. If the item that you are looking for is difficult to spell, try a misspelling search site like Typojoe.com to hopefully find some deals with items that have main keywords misspelled in the title. Other interested buyers might never see them. Then, if the item is listed an auction format, after a few days of no bids (hopefully anyway) send the seller and offer to end the auction early and sell the item to you. They may worry that no one is interested, and take whatever they can get. One of ebay’s top 3 problems – fakes.

Anyway, as far as buying/saving and eBay goes:

If you send the seller a question about an item, find another of their listings, and send the question from that item page, rather than from the one that you actually want. This will add a little bit of work for the seller, if they want to add the question/answer to the item description page that you are actually interested in.

If you see an item that you want listed in auction format, send the seller a message asking if they will accept $x to end the auction early and sell the item to you. May be telling them that they would not have to wait as long to get their money (they would probably know that, but it still might help). If that does not work, use a sniping service such as Bidball.com to bid for you. It’ll bid in the last few seconds, helping you to save money and avoid shill bidding.

Use a site like Ebuyersedge.com to set up saved searches. You’d get an e-mail whenever a match is listed. Especially good for “Buy It Now”s priced right.

If the item that you are looking for is difficult to spell, try a misspelling search site like Typojoe.com to hopefully find some deals with items that have main keywords misspelled in the title. Other interested buyers might never see them. Then, if the item is listed an auction format, after a few days of no bids (hopefully anyway) send the seller and offer to end the auction early and sell the item to you. They may worry that no one is interested, and take whatever they can get.

]]> Comment on Good ideas catch on in Berlin by shelly http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/good-ideas-catch-on-in-berlin#comment-9351 shelly Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:26:15 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=34971#comment-9351 Hi, I liked your blog and I invite you to join our website:http://www.coollectors.com – The Collectors Free Marketplace & Club – where you can Buy, Sell, Exchange & Catalog Collectibles, free of charge. See you soon -:) Shelly Hi, I liked your blog and I invite you to join our website:http://www.coollectors.com – The Collectors Free Marketplace & Club – where you can Buy, Sell, Exchange & Catalog Collectibles, free of charge.
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]]> Comment on It’s not just the cent by johndbecker http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/its-not-just-the-cent#comment-7041 johndbecker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:28:45 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=34371#comment-7041 "... the mint is working to minimize any impact .....on the vending industry."? When did you last see a vending machine that takes pennies? I can't even find a parking meter that does. Let's face it: Congressmen are risk averse. So risk averse that even if it ruffles the feathers of a few percent of the population to eliminate the penny, they will find some reason to waffle and equivocate, and generally avoid an obvious and fairly easy decision. So we still have a penny. What is more worrisome is what it promises for truly difficult and important decisions that may face the country. They can't decide about pennies? (Read: Won't) It may offend... someone? Don't expect any meaningful decisions on things like public education, or trade policy. “… the mint is working to minimize any impact …..on the vending industry.”?
When did you last see a vending machine that takes pennies? I can’t even find a parking meter that does.
Let’s face it: Congressmen are risk averse. So risk averse that even if it ruffles the feathers of a few percent of the population to eliminate the penny, they will find some reason to waffle and equivocate, and generally avoid an obvious and fairly easy decision. So we still have a penny.
What is more worrisome is what it promises for truly difficult and important decisions that may face the country.
They can’t decide about pennies? (Read: Won’t) It may offend… someone?
Don’t expect any meaningful decisions on things like public education, or trade policy.

]]> Comment on Fun and profit not always the same by hrlaser http://www.numismaticnews.net/buzz/fun-and-profit-not-always-the-same#comment-6501 hrlaser Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:22:12 +0000 http://www.numismaticnews.net/?p=33851#comment-6501 If you want to hear the ORIGINAL radio version of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the whole run is on archive.org.. it was entitled "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and pre-dated, or ran concurrently with their long series of movies.. far better than any modern-day remake.. I also read Sir A.C. Doyle's entire Sherlock Holmes "canon" of stories decades ago.. and even subscribed to an odd little publication called "The Baker Street Irregulars" for a while, which dedicated itself to the minutae of the Holmes canon, and was also the name of the group of ragamuffins Holmes employed to run around London and get information for him, when he didn't want to leave his lair, for one reason or another.. the Rathbone / Bruce OTR (Old Time Radio) shows are fabulous.. and archive.org has them all in .mp3 format for either online streaming, or downloading for FREE.. If you want to hear the ORIGINAL radio version of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the whole run is on archive.org.. it was entitled “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, and pre-dated, or ran concurrently with their long series of movies.. far better than any modern-day remake.. I also read Sir A.C. Doyle’s entire Sherlock Holmes “canon” of stories decades ago.. and even subscribed to an odd little publication called “The Baker Street Irregulars” for a while, which dedicated itself to the minutae of the Holmes canon, and was also the name of the group of ragamuffins Holmes employed to run around London and get information for him, when he didn’t want to leave his lair, for one reason or another.. the Rathbone / Bruce OTR (Old Time Radio) shows are fabulous.. and archive.org has them all in .mp3 format for either online streaming, or downloading for FREE..

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