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"Alan Williams" wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On 26 Apr 2005 02:40:09 -0700, "stonej" wrote: http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...6/pair_digs_up _buried_hoard_in_methuen/ This is a very neat find. Hm. Too bad they were smart enough to take the things to a coin shop. One of our RCC locals could have had a really great "Found in Circulation" thread had they just deposited the lot at the bank! Also a shame that at least one of the finders wasn't a collector. That lot would be a dream come true for any bank note collector! Padraic. I noticed this amazing find made the TV news, too. I saw film and interviews on our local news tonight but not on any of the network news shows. (All three networks did manage to carry the same footage of the escaped bisons in MD, though) The three guys who found the currency stash said they were going to sell most of it and use the proceeds to support their rock band. What a waste! Bruce CNN Headline is running it with speculation about bootleggers and bank robbers. Those two are always more exciting speculations than misers and squirrels. ;-) Definitely! Any romanticized connections like that just add to the fascination. The only thing that could spoil this story would be for some insurance company to come out of the woodwork with documents to challenge the kids' legal ownwership of the stash. Bruce |
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I wouldn't say it is a waste, when they sell the notes it is their
money and they are free to do what they want with it. A real waste would be them thowing them all in the trash thinking the old notes were worthless. At least these will be sold into the collector market and saved for future generations of collectors. |
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Bruce Remick wrote:
"Alan Williams" wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On 26 Apr 2005 02:40:09 -0700, "stonej" wrote: http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...6/pair_digs_up _buried_hoard_in_methuen/ This is a very neat find. Hm. Too bad they were smart enough to take the things to a coin shop. One of our RCC locals could have had a really great "Found in Circulation" thread had they just deposited the lot at the bank! Also a shame that at least one of the finders wasn't a collector. That lot would be a dream come true for any bank note collector! Padraic. I noticed this amazing find made the TV news, too. I saw film and interviews on our local news tonight but not on any of the network news shows. (All three networks did manage to carry the same footage of the escaped bisons in MD, though) The three guys who found the currency stash said they were going to sell most of it and use the proceeds to support their rock band. What a waste! Bruce CNN Headline is running it with speculation about bootleggers and bank robbers. Those two are always more exciting speculations than misers and squirrels. ;-) Definitely! Any romanticized connections like that just add to the fascination. The only thing that could spoil this story would be for some insurance company to come out of the woodwork with documents to challenge the kids' legal ownwership of the stash. Bruce Perhaps Geraldo Rivera will show up claiming it is the True Content of Al Capone's Vault. ;-) Alan 'shamefully admits he watched it live' |
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"stonej" wrote in message oups.com... I wouldn't say it is a waste, when they sell the notes it is their money and they are free to do what they want with it. A real waste would be them thowing them all in the trash thinking the old notes were worthless. At least these will be sold into the collector market and saved for future generations of collectors. I still feel that dumping this "once in a lifetime" find of exotic old currency in order to support a rock band is numismatic heresy. In my own distant youth, any kid(s) who made a similar find likely would become instant collectors and would probably want to learn more about the different notes. Today, their first thought is the cash value and what they can buy with the proceeds. Rock band. Sigh. ; ) Bruce 'likes living in the past better' |
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Bruce Remick wrote: "stonej" wrote in message oups.com... I wouldn't say it is a waste, when they sell the notes it is their money and they are free to do what they want with it. A real waste would be them thowing them all in the trash thinking the old notes were worthless. At least these will be sold into the collector market and saved for future generations of collectors. I still feel that dumping this "once in a lifetime" find of exotic old currency in order to support a rock band is numismatic heresy. In my own distant youth, any kid(s) who made a similar find likely would become instant collectors and would probably want to learn more about the different notes. Today, their first thought is the cash value and what they can buy with the proceeds. Rock band. Sigh. ; ) Bruce 'likes living in the past better' I think you romanticise the past a bit much. I have known people over many years who were exposed to coins in various ways and showed no interest whatsoever. Some people are bitten by the numismatic bug and want to know more and others have no interest at all. My grandfather is a good example, thru a business deal he acquired a large number of coins (Indian head cents, large cents, 20 cent pieces etc.) back in the 1930s and my grandmother felt that would be a good hobby for him so she bought a coin album to put them in. To make a long story short he filled the album put the cover on the box and stuck it in a back room and never looked at them again. My grandmother said "well, so much for that hobby". Years later I got the coins and developed my own interest. |
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"stonej" wrote in message oups.com... Bruce Remick wrote: "stonej" wrote in message oups.com... I wouldn't say it is a waste, when they sell the notes it is their money and they are free to do what they want with it. A real waste would be them thowing them all in the trash thinking the old notes were worthless. At least these will be sold into the collector market and saved for future generations of collectors. I still feel that dumping this "once in a lifetime" find of exotic old currency in order to support a rock band is numismatic heresy. In my own distant youth, any kid(s) who made a similar find likely would become instant collectors and would probably want to learn more about the different notes. Today, their first thought is the cash value and what they can buy with the proceeds. Rock band. Sigh. ; ) Bruce 'likes living in the past better' I think you romanticise the past a bit much. I have known people over many years who were exposed to coins in various ways and showed no interest whatsoever. Some people are bitten by the numismatic bug and want to know more and others have no interest at all. My grandfather is a good example, thru a business deal he acquired a large number of coins (Indian head cents, large cents, 20 cent pieces etc.) back in the 1930s and my grandmother felt that would be a good hobby for him so she bought a coin album to put them in. To make a long story short he filled the album put the cover on the box and stuck it in a back room and never looked at them again. My grandmother said "well, so much for that hobby". Years later I got the coins and developed my own interest. You're right. I guess I am guilty of romanticizing the past. It is simply something that many of us over-60'ers are prone to do. I just tried to put myself in the place of the three boys who found the currency as if it had happened to me or my friends in the 1950's. Even though I did collect coins back then, if it had been a cache of old stamps, baseball cards, matchbooks, etc., selling them would have been the last thing to enter my mind, and I would have been hooked with one more new "hobby". I collected many different things as a kid, and like your grandfather, put them away in a box when I tired of them or wanted to concentrate on something else. Fortunately, I saved many of them and found my interest in them was often rekindled as an adult. As in your case, I will pass them on to a grandson. Hopefully some of my years of enjoyment will rub off on him and he won't simply calculate how fancy a rock band he can finance by selling everything. I'm not holding my breath, though. Bruce |
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"Leo M. Cavanaugh III" wrote in message ... On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:22:51 -0400, "Bruce Remick" wrote: I still feel that dumping this "once in a lifetime" find of exotic old currency in order to support a rock band is numismatic heresy. It's their property now and they can dispose of it as they see fit. Of course you're right. I was simply expressing how sad I thought it was that such a rare find didn't seem to inspire any of them to learn more about what they found, maybe to even develop a taste for keeping and appreciating them for awhile, instead of figuring how quickly they could unload them for big bucks. In my own distant youth, any kid(s) who made a similar find likely would become instant collectors and would probably want to learn more about the different notes. Today, their first thought is the cash value and what they can buy with the proceeds. Rock band. Sigh. ; ) It goes without saying that today's youth are stupid but people have been saying that for millennia, at least. It's the sort of thing young people do shrug. -- I wouldn't agree that today's youth are stupid at all. They are probably a lot more savvy than I was when I was their age. Their tastes, their goals, and what they're exposed to simply have changed in fifty years and that's the biggest reason us old farts don't understand why they do what they do. Bruce |
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Leo M. Cavanaugh III wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:22:51 -0400, "Bruce Remick" wrote: I still feel that dumping this "once in a lifetime" find of exotic old currency in order to support a rock band is numismatic heresy. It's their property now and they can dispose of it as they see fit. In my own distant youth, any kid(s) who made a similar find likely would become instant collectors and would probably want to learn more about the different notes. Today, their first thought is the cash value and what they can buy with the proceeds. Rock band. Sigh. ; ) It goes without saying that today's youth are stupid but people have been saying that for millennia, at least. It's the sort of thing young people do shrug. -- I remember in high school I heard a quote about young people being stupid, selfish, not being responsible etc., the usual stuff and while it sounded very contemporary it was actually dated to someone in ancient Greece. I got a laugh out of that, kids are kids and don't seem to change that much. |
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"Leo M. Cavanaugh III" wrote in message ... It's their property now and they can dispose of it as they see fit. I hope they were property owners, and not renters. Otherwise I'd imagine the ownership of the stash may end up in court. jim menning |
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:52:53 -0400, "Bruce Remick"
wrote: I noticed this amazing find made the TV news, too. I saw film and interviews on our local news tonight but not on any of the network news shows. (All three networks did manage to carry the same footage of the escaped bisons in MD, though) Yeah. Second time in a fortnight, as I understand. The three guys who found the currency stash said they were going to sell most of it and use the proceeds to support their rock band. What a waste! Well, the notes will enter the market and collectors who want them will be able to get a hold of them! Padraic. Bruce la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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