The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 17, April 21, 2002, Article 7

NUMISMATIC QUOTES

  Dan continues: "I also purchased lot 1324 which included
  Sheldon's 1949 "Early American Cents".  In the sections I
  have read so far there is a wealth of interesting quotations.

  For example, on page 34 he talks about the practice of
  dealers buying a coin based on one grade and reselling it at
  a higher grade.  "There you have a nice profit of several
  hundred per cent, and the sucker gets the experience at no
  extra charge.  But if the basal value of the coin had been
  known, and if the coin had been graded quantitatively, the
  fishing would have been more difficult, and therefore more
  fun.  My object in writing this book then, is not to prevent
  fishing but to make it more sporting."

  On page 38 he comments on uncirculated coins:  "Tons of
  paper and barrels of ink have been used to tell prospective
  buyers just how beautiful and desirable these almost
  perfect coins are."  There is another nice one at the top of
  page 39.

  I wonder if  your subscribers might share quotes from other
  publications that your readers would enjoy?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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