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Offline Joe Sermarini

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Re: New NumisWiki Articles
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2015, 04:07:39 pm »
Looking for feedback, additions and corrections on:

Ancient Coin Prices 101
Ancient Wages and Prices

These please make additions or corrections directly to the pages.
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Re: New NumisWiki Articles June
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2015, 11:42:32 am »
I was really hoping for some feedback, corrections, updates or additions on Ancient Coin Prices 101.
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Re: New NumisWiki Articles June
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2015, 12:30:55 pm »
Am I being dumb or is it an American thing? What is the significance of '101'?
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Re: New NumisWiki Articles June
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2015, 12:54:45 pm »
Am I being dumb or is it an American thing? What is the significance of '101'?

It references the number often assigned to a beginning level college course, at least here in the States.  Such a course will just cover the basics and will serve as a prerequisite to higher level coursework.  Thus in popular usage, adding "101" to a subject implies that you're covering just the basics.

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Re: New NumisWiki Articles June
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2015, 01:23:40 pm »
Traditionally freshmen first-year courses are 100 series, sophomore second-year course 200 series, junior 300 and senior 400.  So, 101 means a most basic course intended for a first-year freshman. 

By the time I was in school, in the 1980s, I think the course numbers at FSU already had five digits. I am not quite sure, but I think, the first digit was the level 1-5 (5 for graduate student courses), the second and third digits indicated the department, and the last two digits indicated the specific course.  Still, back then, if you told someone at FSU you were taking a 101 course, they would have known what you meant.
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Re: New NumisWiki Articles June
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2015, 01:44:23 pm »
I was really hoping for some feedback, corrections, updates or additions on Ancient Coin Prices 101.

I thought it was a fair assessment.  I certainly bid/spend way more on "key" issues.

 

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