[meteorite-list] Coins/Medals/Tokens

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:20:56 -0400
Message-ID: <007201c81345$f7682d50$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

>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

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Coins/Medals/Tokens


> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:01:46 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>
>>Anyone who was in the military will disagree. You get
>>UNIT COINS, not unit medallions.
>>Again, this subject will not be solved because
>>everyone disagrees, so how about everyone call them
>>what they want.
>
> It is a situation like with meteorite collectors-- almost nobody knows the
> difference between meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites, and almsost nobody
> cares
> about the difference-- except for meteorite collectors/meteorite
> scientists, who
> are annoyed to see the terms misused and quick to correct you. Almost
> nobody
> knows or cares about the difference between coins, tokens, medals, and
> rounds--
> except for coin collectors. Expect to have them correct misused terms
> when they
> hear them.
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