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The Coin Guys - Bubba & Zemo
Inspired by the long-time friendship of Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton, legends in the numismatic industry, Bubba & Zemo take a fun and educational look at coin collecting and the rare coin market. Bubba & Zemo have also put together their list of the top 50 coins one might find in pocket change, in a slide show format.
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Unwritten (Until Now) Truisms About Coin Collecting
Column 7 - November 18, 1999
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Zemo:
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I love to collect coins Bubba.
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Bubba:
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Really Zemo, I would never have guessed.
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Zemo:
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But there are a few funny, or not so funny, truisms that always seem to occur when I'm building my coin collection.
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Bubba:
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Are you looking at the world half empty again, Zemo?
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Zemo:
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Yep, that's me, a Negative Nelly.
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Bubba:
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I thought the saying was Nervous Nelly.
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Zemo:
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That too.
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Bubba:
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Okay, Zemo what are your truisms, or maybe we could call them Zemoisms.
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Zemo:
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Hey, I like it. I've listed my...Zemoisms...from 1 to 10 in no particular order.
1. Two weeks after you finally buy that one coin you've spent 5 years looking for, you find another one - just as nice, and at 20% less?
2. You didn't see that hairline scratch on that $750 coin when you bought it, and you're absolutely convinced that it only came to the surface 3 days after your return privilege expired?
3. The coin you sold last week for 30% under bid (because you had it for 10 years and got tired of looking at it), appears in this week's Collector's Clearinghouse as being a new, rare variety?
4. You only drop the expensive coins... the cheap ones NEVER find their way into the yet undiscovered depths of your easy chair?
5. The coin you just purchased 5 minutes ago as a VF (after talking the dealer down from his EF grade) now appears to REALLY be an EF...or maybe a low-end AU! This truism is also known as "ownership is worth up to 5 points on the grading scale" syndrome.
6. You're always asked by customers if you have specific coins that you've left back at the shop "because NOBODY ever asks for THOSE!"
7. That coin you saw 20 minutes ago that you need to complete your set and which you've just convinced yourself to buy was sold 5 minutes ago to an investor who "thought it was pretty".
8. When showing a proud new purchase to a friend, the usual comment goes something like: "...that's nice, but I sold a roll of them just last week and I know a guy who's got a BAG of 'em".
9. While you're completely engrossed in looking over a very promising stock box at a dealer's table, some yahoo comes up behind you and silently but constantly peers over your shoulder?
10. You finally spot the coin you've been looking for in a dealer's locked case, and he's away from his table (and has been for over 2 hours), getting lunch or who knows what. Needless to say, your ride home leaves in 10 minutes.
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