[meteorite-list] discoidal rock receptacles

[Thaddeus Besedin]

I'll sell my old Folsom, California brothel token as a
"whore quarter," a little meteor than right.
-Thaddeus

--- Göran Axelsson <axelsson at acc.umu.se> wrote:

> Walter Branch wrote:
> >> difference between coins, tokens, medals, and
> rounds--
> >> except for coin collectors.
> >
> > True.  As a stamp and cover collector, I cringe
> when I hear someone 
> > call it an envelope when to me it is a "cover."
> >
> > Also, a first day cover and event cover are not
> the same thing.
> >
> > -Walter
> 
> I know your feeling, Walter.
> 
> As a coin collector since 25 years, this topic has
> been a painful 
> experience.
> 
>   ;-)
> 
> To me a coin is only a coin if it's been issued at
> nominal value. No 
> matter what mints and other persons say, any "coin"
> that is impossible 
> to get from a bank or mint at nominal value at least
> once in it's 
> lifetime is nothing more than a glorified medal. If
> the nominal value 
> has nothing to do with the price then it is not
> currency.
> 
> ... but that is only my opinion.
> 
> I have written this mail a number of times and never
> sent it, but 
> finally I had to add to the discussion. I promise,
> the next message I 
> write will be about meteorites.
> 
> Wait, I know! I will sell my silver dollars as super
> nova coins. What do 
> you think?
> 
>   :-)
> 
> /Göran
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