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| digiwx@aol.com: Nov 03 05:45AM -0800 Op dinsdag 31 juli 2012 17:15:13 UTC schreef Anonymous: > http://belfortinstrument.com.whak.com > http://www.befortinstrument.com.whak.com > http://store.belfortinstrument.com.whak.com ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 02 11:43AM -0500 > round thingie WITHOUT a denomination is a medal, and that medals are > absolutely and totally worthless, even more worthless than foreign > coins which are also worthless. You're both partially ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 09:18AM -0800 You write very long but still dodge the question regarding placing meaningless denominations on round pieces that would have been issued as medals years ago. "Denomination" does not mean "date". ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 09:30AM -0800 I would have to dig out some old books, but IIRC, the American Arts Gold medals were in the Red Book for a few years, but were dropped??? That's my recollection, perhaps a false memory. ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 02 01:46PM -0500 > You write very long but still dodge the question regarding placing > meaningless denominations on round pieces that would have been > issued as medals years ago. I guess you missed the part ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 10:46AM -0800 To avoid objections to my glib, fast composition, yes the intrinsic value of most modern clad coins is about 16% of their face (see the Coinflation website). Add in labor and other costs, the total ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 10:51AM -0800 In these parts, the Franklin Firefighters medal is commonly offered at all kinds of prices, and I have occasionally bought multiple pieces in the original capsules at less than spot. ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 10:58AM -0800 And BTW, the Red Book still establishes what it accepted into the standard United Stares numismatic "canon". An item not being in the Red Book is the kiss of death. Nobody was suggesting using it ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 02 02:53PM -0500 > You get high marks for your repeated use of the phrase "enabling legislation". > Very sophisticated. Obviously too sophisticated for you, since you missed it the first time. ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 12:00PM -0800 Oh no, your posts need those long words so they can exhibit the lengthy pomposity which you always exude here. And you've got to keep making those short and less than accurate answers to the ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 02 03:11PM -0500 > standard United Stares numismatic "canon". An item not being in > the Red Book is the kiss of death. Nobody was suggesting using > it for anything but the roughest pricing purposes. ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 02 03:13PM -0500 > Carry on. I keep several dictionaries close at hand. First Red Books and now "Dictionaries close at hand"? Yep, it's 1993 here. -- Mike Benveniste -- mhb@murkyether.com (Clarification ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 12:22PM -0800 Something really bad happen to you in 1993? Not that I'm offering any condolences or anything. I know some people who lost significant money in the bond market around mid-year 1993 (what had been ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 02 05:45PM -0500 > Something really bad happen to you in 1993? Not that I'm offering any > condolences or anything. You might want to look up "Eternal September," but I doubt it'll be in your dictionary. ...more |
| oly2059@aol.com: Nov 02 04:35PM -0800 I'll write long this time. My bad. Me, I'm working from a personal point of reference in 1977 - 1981. Books are essential, dictionaries are essential (and encyclopedias too - I have a 1911 ...more |
| Michael Benveniste <mhb@murkyether.com>: Nov 03 08:10AM -0500 > I did encounter some of the very earliest computer "touch screens" at > Champaign-Urbana in 1977-1978. They had a popular Star Trek Game > that us undergraduates weren't typically allowed to ...more |
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