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Return-Path: <bkw11@psu.edu> X-Sender: bkw11@psu.edu X-Apparently-To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com X-Received: (qmail 89254 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2008 17:43:54 -0000 X-Received: from unknown (66.218.67.95) by m52.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Sep 2008 17:43:54 -0000 X-Received: from unknown (HELO n42a.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com) (66.163.168.136) by mta16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2008 17:43:54 -0000 X-Received: from [69.147.65.147] by n42.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Sep 2008 17:43:54 -0000 X-Received: from [66.218.67.195] by t10.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Sep 2008 17:43:54 -0000 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:43:51 -0000 To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <gblrcn+t1vo@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <197789.96940.qm@web36807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-compose X-Originating-IP: 66.163.168.136 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:6:0:0:0 X-Yahoo-Post-IP: 96.247.140.103 From: "Byron Weston" <bkw11@psu.edu> Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Word of the Day X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=158000954; y=y33vjYZ-Rj3I7lR-951gwWW_lsEAprP8PR3shDPRHYdMZdg X-Yahoo-Profile: bkweston
You're absolutely right, John, David and I are Renaissance Men!
...and just wait until you see what I've been sitting on (for nearly=20 a decade).<s>
Byron
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, John Lupia <jlupia2@...> wrote: > > Byron >=20 > David is letting the cat out of the bag here since this is his idea=20 which he is using for the Fugio book. See how wholeheartedly he=20 congratulates you since he thinks you think he is brilliant. >=20 > mimi-me >=20 > John N. Lupia III > New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon=20 > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ > God Bless Everyone >=20 >=20 > --- On Sat, 9/27/08, palmers4@... <palmers4@...> wrote: >=20 > > From: palmers4@... <palmers4@...> > > Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Word of the Day > > To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 1:56 AM > > Byron, I believe it is an idea, whose time has come! Bravo! > > David > >=20 > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: Byron Weston bkw11@... > > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:54:28 -0000 > > To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Word of the Day > >=20 > >=20 > > Understood, but wouldn't it be whole lot more fun and > > creative to=20 > > footnote the words currency and coin, then footnote those > > footnotes=20 > > with more footnotes, and continue footnoting in decreasing > > font size=20 > > until you've covered every possible aspect, and perhaps > > had to use a=20 > > manifier to read the last few footnotes.=20 > > That would make for an highly entertaining short article > > consisting=20 > > of a basic definition expounded on with footnoted > > footnotes, but=20 > > maybe I'm just ahead of my time. > > Byron > >=20=20 > >=20 > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, John Lupia > > <jlupia2@> wrote: > > > > > > Byron : > > >=20 > > > The definition in the MS is expounded on in the > > subsequent text=20 > > explaining each phrase showing which branches of > > numismatics are=20 > > expressed.=20=20 > > >=20 > > > John N. Lupia III > > > New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon=20 > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ > > > God Bless Everyone > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > --- On Fri, 9/26/08, Byron Weston <bkw11@> > > wrote: > > >=20 > > > > From: Byron Weston <bkw11@> > > > > Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Word of the > > Day > > > > To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > > > > Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 1:49 PM > > > > Again, footnotes, John, I love reading > > interesting > > > > footnotes. If it=20 > > > > were me I'd use the simple definition on > > Ask.com and > > > > have four pages=20 > > > > of footnotes. Sometimes the footnotes are far > > more > > > > interesting than=20 > > > > the article.<s> > > > > Byron > > > >=20 > > > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, John Lupia > > > > <jlupia2@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dan: > > > > >=20 > > > > >=20 > > > > > No. I have a master list of every > > classification that > > > > covers all=20 > > > > the branches of numismatics and wrote the > > definition > > > > accordingly.=20 > > > > Polymer currency is covered in the first clause : > > > > Numismatics is the=20 > > > > study of any object serving as a customary or > > legal means > > > > of=20 > > > > conveyance for payment having measurable monetary > > value, > > > > >=20 > > > > > Medals are covered in the final clause : or > > else > > > > having a socially > > > > > esteemed, venerated or coveted value of > > award > > > > resembling a form=20 > > > > customary for payment.=20 > > > > >=20 > > > > > I am always open to suggestions for > > modifications, > > > > revisions, and=20 > > > > additions. > > > > >=20 > > > > > John > > > > >=20 > > > > >=20=20 > > > > >=20 > > > > > John N. Lupia III > > > > > New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon=20 > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ > > > > > God Bless Everyone > > > > >=20 > > > > >=20 > > > > > --- On Fri, 9/26/08, Freidus, Daniel > > > > <freidus@> wrote: > > > > >=20 > > > > > > From: Freidus, Daniel <freidus@> > > > > > > Subject: RE: [Colonial Numismatics] > > Word of the > > > > Day > > > > > > To: > > "colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com" > > > > <colonial- > > > > coins@yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 8:28 > > AM > > > > > > John, > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Just to play Devil's advocate; are > > you > > > > intentionally > > > > > > having the definition exclude medals, > > as well as > > > > currency > > > > > > that's printed on polymer sheets > > instead of > > > > paper? > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Dan F. > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > From: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > [colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com] On > > Behalf Of > > > > John Lupia > > > > > > [jlupia2@] > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > It is nice to see numismatics as the > > word of the > > > > day. > > > > > > Although, I have never encountered any > > operative > > > > definition > > > > > > that covers all of the branches of > > numismatics. > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Below is my operative definition for > > numismatics, > > > > which I > > > > > > am still working on for one of my > > manuscripts. > > > > Feel free to > > > > > > make constructive comments or > > criticisms since > > > > other > > > > > > perspectives may help me to round it > > out better, > > > > making it > > > > > > clearer and easier to read and > > understand. > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Numismatics is the study of any object > > serving as > > > > a > > > > > > customary or legal means of conveyance > > for > > > > payment having > > > > > > measurable monetary value, or an > > advertisement > > > > imitating > > > > > > that normative means, or any small > > portable > > > > metallic or > > > > > > paper object conveying either a legal > > register > > > > for economic > > > > > > exchange purposes or taxation, or else > > having a > > > > socially > > > > > > esteemed, venerated or coveted value of > > award > > > > resembling a > > > > > > form customary for payment. ... > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Yahoo! 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