[meteorite-list] Numismatists and Meteoriticists
From: Mark Fox <unclefireballmtf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:47:11 2004 Message-ID: <20011115200228.83482.qmail_at_web14902.mail.yahoo.com> November 15, 2001 Greetings Mr. Mike Casper, Mr. Mike Tettenborn, and fellow Meteorite Enthusiasts, and Numismatists everywhere! I never knew you were also an ardent coin collector, Mr. Casper! What numismatic luck! I thought meteorite collecting and coin collecting were interwoven in more than one way. I have been collecting for some years now, and have gotten three articles published in Coins Magazine. I collect practically any series of coins I can find including both US and foreign. By the way, I do agree with Mr. Mike Tettenborn's comment about the extraordinarily high prices of many rare coins in the coin hobby, including Morgan dollars. Nevertheless, I also find it hard to imagine that SNC meteorites and many other types are worth thousands of dollars for a minuscule amount of grams. Of course, some meteorite collectors or the like many argue that such rocks are significantly more important than some metal discs since meteorites are a piece of other worlds, including Mars and the Moon. Thus, they may say such rocks are crucial to our understanding of life and the creation of the universe, etc. Nonetheless, I doubt every space rock enthusiast acquires a meteorite for that purpose alone to be studied under an electron microscope and have a scientific paper written up. Rather, it is apparent that many obtain such rocks for the same reasons that a person buys a beautiful coin like a Walking Liberty half dollar, an Indian penny, or a Buffalo nickel. Therefore, the possible argument that some gargantuan priced meteorites are not overvalued like some hefty priced coins, strictly because of their importance to science is not valid in all cases. Both meteorite and coin collecting are hobbies and are treated by many as such. Lastly I too like natural-made collectibles, Mr. Tettenborn. Maybe instead of concentrating on the coins themselves, you may find it more interesting to concentrate on where the metal in them came from. I have wondered for a while now if any coins, including ancient coins, were ever struck from meteoritic metal. Also, it appears that the Romans were very excited about "falling rocks" and apparently commemorated many meteorite falls on some of their coins. Other old coins and/or medals also commemorate the appearance of Halley's Comet. Like meteorite collecting too, coin collecting has many mysteries that remain unresolved. My e-mail is unclefireballmtf_at_yahoo.com. Long strewn fields and shiny octahedrite coins! Best regards, Mark Fox Newaygo, MI USA --- tett <tett_at_bmts.com> wrote: <HR> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Sorry Michael but I will never get excited about coins. Man made things just don't interest me as collectibles except , perhaps, certain forms of art and even then I would not break the bank in acquiring them. <p>I am surprised at the bids for some of these coins. I can't believe $140,000 for a small 100 year old Morgan dollar. Obviously, these are highly collectable and eagerly sought by many people. Congratulations on what appears to be a successful auction so far. <p>Still, give me natural made meteorites any day. <p>Cheers, <p>Mike Tettenborn <br> <br> <p>Michael Casper wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Hi there,</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1> Perhaps some of you may have some interest? Click</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>the link below for a peek.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1> xoxox, MC</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1><a href="http://heritagecoin.com/auctions/lots.asp?SubHeader=Casper">http://heritagecoin.com/auctions/lots.asp?SubHeader=Casper</a></font></font></blockquote> </body> </html> Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-7156648 _______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com Received on Thu 15 Nov 2001 03:02:28 PM PST |
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