- Nearly There
- First heard from T.T. in the early 1980s. Also nearly
new and new enough. See
slider.
- Negotiating
- Conversation between large-center Doug B. and the author on October 1,
1986 at the Long Beach coin show, with the coin at the center of the
negotiation being an EF 1794 large cent. I was asking $1350 and Mr. B.
wanted to pay $1250. The final price, for obvious reasons, was $1300. Mr.
B., at the close of the deal: "It's a stretch for me, it's a shrink for you,
so we come out even."
- Newp
- Short for new purchase. At a typical coin show, dealers often
ask to see one's recently purchased, but
un-flipped,
material. "What have you got in
newps?"
- Nice
- See slider. First used by Don M.
of the Hawaiian contingent in the early 1970s when he wished to sell a coin
as Uncirculated but knew full well that it wasn't, yet didn't want to call
it About Uncirculated which would have forced a lesser price. He simply
wrote Nice on the coin's holder!
- Nixon Dollars
- Starting in 1972 the U.S. government sold over three million silver
dollars that had been held in Treasury vaults since being struck. The
majority of these were mint state Carson City coins, offered at $15 each for
"tarnished" specimens and $30 each for the remainder. Later on, better date
pieces were sold at higher prices. All came housed in a hard plastic
container in hinged black-and-blue cardboard box. Inside the cover, an
inscription and facsimile autograph by then-president Richard "Tricky Dick"
Nixon. Nixon Dollars refers exclusively to the Carson City, Nevada Mint
pieces that are still in their original holders.
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Numismatica / 15 Sep 2003