[meteorite-list] Coins/Medals/Tokens

[Göran Axelsson]

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