Friends and Family Who Just Don't

One of the great things about our hobby community is the friendship that develops over time. When you're with other collectors, you speak the same language, you know the same stories, you have the same background-even if you were born miles apart, generations apart, or in different cultures.

When you go to a coin show, or attend a club meeting for the first time, it's easy to make new friends. Just ask the question, Boom! An instant ice-breaker that immediately launches an interesting conversation, and an easy way to get to know somebody!

If your new friend has been collecting longer than you, you have an opportunity to absorb knowledge. If you've been collecting longer, it's a chance to share and teach. But you'll both be learning.

On the other side of the coin are non-collector friends and family who just don't Hard as it is to imagine, some people are immune to the bite of the collecting bug. I remember when I was about fourteen and a friend's father, who learned about my hobby, asked with a laugh, The nerve! Never mind that you should never clean a coin with polish. Of course I didn't clean them-I constructed little boxes filled with cotton to store and study them, like any reasonable coin-collecting kid would!

To read the complete article, see:
COLLECTING FRIENDS: WHEN FRIENDS AND FAMILY ATTACK!(https://blog.money.org/coin-collecting/friends-and-family)

Victoria Cross Medal Export Blocked

A Victoria Cross awarded to RAF Squadron Leader A.S.K. Scarf is at risk of leaving the UK after being sold abroad for more than £660,000.

The medal, along with four others - the 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal and British War Medal - was awarded posthumously to Scarf in 1946. The Victoria Cross was presented to his widow, Mrs Elizabeth Scarf, by King George VI at Buckingham Palace.

While the campaign medals within this group are relatively common and were issued to all personnel who met the qualifying criteria, the Victoria Cross is incredibly rare. Only 1,358 have been awarded since its inception in 1856 with just 181 awarded during the Second World War. Of the 22 awarded during the conflict to the RAF, this Victoria Cross is of particular interest because it is the only one awarded to the RAF for their service in the Far East.

To read the complete article, see:
Rare Victoria Cross awarded following Far East battles in Second World War at risk of leaving the UK(https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rare-victoria-cross-awarded-following-far-east-battles-in-second-world-war-at-risk-of-leaving-the-uk)

Empire State Building Penny Drop

On Veritasium, they wanted to check out the oft-repeated myth that you could be killed, or at least badly injured, by a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building.

To test the idea, they recruited none other than MythBuster OG, Adam Savage.

To read the complete article, see:
Can a penny dropped from the Empire State Building really kill you?(https://boingboing.net/2022/11/02/can-a-penny-dropped-from-the-empire-state-building-really-kill-you.html)