lostwords Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 2012 Aster with Venetian Glass Bumble Bee 2013 Purple ConeFlower with Venetian Glass Butterfly 2013 Canadian Maple Canopy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 These are quite interesting. I had not seen them before. Thanks for sharing with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazinta Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Wow, those are beautiful. I wanted to get the butterfly, but it's sold out at the mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 yeah they are nice. Too bad I can't afford a ladybug now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 New $100 for $100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I really like the Buffalo coin. Can't see myself able to spend that much on one right now but sure do wish I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Its pretty, but i like the one with the bee from before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Allegory Bronze - My first bronze coin and I think I'll start collecting more of bronze metal coin New Series from RCM: Bathygnathus Borealis 1/4 oz Maple Impression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Get that gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I like the dino! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Great looking coins. Thanks for sharing with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidney Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I am impressed. They are beautiful. Love all of them. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 They are nice. Technically, though, the "dinosaur" isn't a dinosaur! It turns out to be something far more interesting in many ways, it's a "mammal-like reptile." About 320 million years ago the hardshell egg laying lineage (amniotes) split into two, and the finback critters are "synapsids"--a term which means one fenestral opening in the skull--more specifically, they are pelycosaurs. Synapsids are ancestors of therapsids, which in turn are ancestral to today's mammals. In fact by the strict rules of cladistics we are considered amniotes, synapsids, pelycosaurs and therapsids ourselves even though we don't lay hardshelled eggs or have a fin on our backs (but our remote ancestors did). Bathygnathus belonged to the specific group of pelycosaurs (sphenacodontia) from which the therapsids arose. Sphenacodontia split into two lineages, therapsids and sphenocodontidae, and bathygnathus is on the latter branch--so it's not quite our ancestor, but it's darned close. Bathygnathus lived about 270 million years ago during the Permian, which was the last period before the start of the Mesozoic (which is typically caricatured as the "age of the dinosaurs"). When I was a kid the "dimetrodon" was fairly famous, it too was a sphenocodontidae and therefore also not quite our ancestor. The other big branch of amniotes is the "diapsids" (two fenestral openings) which are ancestral to two large groups: Lepidosaurs--most reptiles as we know them today (lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians, and tuatara), and Archosaurs (dinosauria and crocodilomorphs--self-explanatory terms). Birds in turn are the only remaining lineage of the dinosaurs; they stem from a branch very closely related to the famous "Velociraptor" and not all that far off from T-Rex. (If you want to visit the real world Jurassic park, go to an aviary.) It doesn't taste like chicken, it tastes like velociraptor. At some point long ago, "anapsids" (no fenestral opening) developed and became the turtles, but exactly how they fit in (are they a sister linage to diapsids or did they branch off of lepidosaurs?) is still unsettled--other extinct lineages with "anapsid" skulls existed but they may have developed independently. OK, I hope you found that digression into "extreme genealogy" interesting. But now... back to fabricated metal discs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 They are nice. Technically, though, the "dinosaur" isn't a dinosaur! It turns out to be something far more interesting in many ways, it's a "mammal-like reptile." About 320 million years ago the hardshell egg laying lineage (amniotes) split into two, and the finback critters are "synapsids"--a term which means one fenestral opening in the skull--more specifically, they are pelycosaurs. Synapsids are ancestors of therapsids, which in turn are ancestral to today's mammals. In fact by the strict rules of cladistics we are considered amniotes, synapsids, pelycosaurs and therapsids ourselves even though we don't lay hardshelled eggs or have a fin on our backs (but our remote ancestors did). Bathygnathus belonged to the specific group of pelycosaurs (sphenacodontia) from which the therapsids arose. Sphenacodontia split into two lineages, therapsids and sphenocodontidae, and bathygnathus is on the latter branch--so it's not quite our ancestor, but it's darned close. Bathygnathus lived about 270 million years ago during the Permian, which was the last period before the start of the Mesozoic (which is typically caricatured as the "age of the dinosaurs"). When I was a kid the "dimetrodon" was fairly famous, it too was a sphenocodontidae and therefore also not quite our ancestor. The other big branch of amniotes is the "diapsids" (two fenestral openings) which are ancestral to two large groups: Lepidosaurs--most reptiles as we know them today (lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians, and tuatara), and Archosaurs (dinosauria and crocodilomorphs--self-explanatory terms). Birds in turn are the only remaining lineage of the dinosaurs; they stem from a branch very closely related to the famous "Velociraptor" and not all that far off from T-Rex. (If you want to visit the real world Jurassic park, go to an aviary.) It doesn't taste like chicken, it tastes like velociraptor. At some point long ago, "anapsids" (no fenestral opening) developed and became the turtles, but exactly how they fit in (are they a sister linage to diapsids or did they branch off of lepidosaurs?) is still unsettled--other extinct lineages with "anapsid" skulls existed but they may have developed independently. OK, I hope you found that digression into "extreme genealogy" interesting. But now... back to fabricated metal discs! I found it extremely interesting and thank you for taking the time to post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 King Edward VIII Medallion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Very classic design! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Interesting piece. Is it copper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Interesting piece. Is it copper? Yes it is copper. it is 2009 King Edward VIII Monarch Series High Relief Antique Finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Just got these: 25-Cent Coloured Glow-in-the-Dark Coin - Tylosaurus Pembinensis Disclaimer: These pictures are not mine but since I can't take better picture than these, I decided to share these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Wow!! Never seen that before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Just got this... really like this coin 2013 Canadian Bank of Commerce Bank Note Design 23.7g of 99.99% silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 cool coins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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