Tiffibunny Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Bunny won't buy it for me I'll consider it if I win the Powerball on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I'll consider it if I win the Powerball on Wednesday. THANKS for reminding me If I win......everyone gets a 1909-S-VDB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetJohn Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 THANKS for reminding me If I win......everyone gets a 1909-S-VDB! Remember the OP, and good luck! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu62 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 One of these days maybe. Holed, chopmarked to hell, whizzed, dipped, rubbed, drop kicked.....it could happen Were you reading my mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I'll consider it if I win the Powerball on Wednesday. Then, and only then, might I love you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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COINKING88 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Im new to the site, Hello to all my fellow coin collecters My coin would have to be the 1804 Dollar Just love that coin See ya, COINKING88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu62 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Welcome aboard Coinking88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 I could not trade my whole collection for this because I actually own another in the same series not quite as famous. That said, mine would be one of the earliest known coins from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. This coin from Gyges would be typical. Striated on one side with punch marks. If I have my coins right, the punchmarks are linked with another coin of Miletos, that one having a Lion on one side and these on the other. It is the origin of coinage that fascinates me most. Read more from Historia Numorum on Ed Snible's website: http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/lydia.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 A coin salvaged from the Titanic, that'd suit me down to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Ætheling It just so happens I have a 1911 1d in fine (bit of green verdigris) that was brought up with some of the artifacts....honest guv. Yours for £50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggAndyy Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 A Willow Tree that I dig up with my metal detector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 A coin salvaged from the Titanic, that'd suit me down to the ground. That would be extremely interesting! I remember seeing the traveling Titanic exhibit (I think it was in Vegas) and they had many exhibits of small artifacts recovered, from postcards to eyeglasses, from immigration documents to coins and currency. Very interesting and somber exhibit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Very sombre indeed i can imagine and at the same time very intriguing. I've heard people say that Titanic has something that grabs attention, perhaps the tragic loss of life, the grand scale of the ship. But to me it stands remarkable for a different reason; The Titanic is a microcosm of 'Edwardian' society. Things really weren't as picturesque or as golden as they tried to paint it, war was on the horizon, class restriction and struggle on the ship during it's sinking mirrored the struggle going on between the classes in the everyday world. The gap between rich and poor was immense. The entrepeneurs still put their own self surety in being right ahead of any possible safety problems that might occur (a very Victorian attitude). That ship was 'Edwardian' Europe and the illusion it cast was broken on the quietest, calmest night of April 14th 1912. Two years later the rest of 'Edwardian' Europe sank too. Such a momentous event in history, a coin from it would certainly be something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Such a momentous event in history, a coin from it would certainly be something. Well said. An elegant expression of the real pleasure of collecting coins as history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Hmmm... I may trade my small collection for one of these because these are much scarcer than all of the stuff I have. Here are my three cliche dream coins: 1894-S Dime 1913 V Nick 1964 Peace. All related patterns to those three series I am working on these series. For a complete series, in my opinion, I would need the patterns and other major varieties. Regarding notes: 1928 C *STAR* $1 Silver Cert. 1928 E *STAR* $1 Silver Cert. PS. What is the Eid Mar coin? I figure you guys could explain it to me a little more passionately than another website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Brutus EID MAR denarius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Gorgeous coin. What is special about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Struck by Brutus to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March ("EID MAR"). I believe the cap is the liberty cap, to suggest that the dictator has been killed (daggers), and that the Roman people are once again free. As history would tell, this was not to be the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 As an added note, there are few examples of the coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Struck by Brutus to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March ("EID MAR"). I believe the cap is the liberty cap, to suggest that the dictator has been killed (daggers), and that the Roman people are once again free. As history would tell, this was not to be the truth. ^^ what he said...see, Brutus helped kill Caesar but the problem is, Caesar was very popular with the people and Brutus found himself on the run. The interesting thing about this coin as well is that it was minted around 43/42 BC, there is a high likelyhood that it was minted while he was on the run in a mint that traveled with him that he used to pay his soldiers. Marcus Antonius took advantage of the unpopular killing of Caesar to denounce his murderers and Brutus fled with his soldiers. He would eventualy take his own life after defeat at the hands of Marcus Antonius. Brutus issued the this silver denarius to remind his soldiers that they fought for the Roman Republic. The reverse of the coin bears the two daggers, with a liberty cap in between. The inscription reads EID MAR, meaning "the Ides of March." The message of the coin is that on the Ides of March, Brutus set the Romans free. MOST republican roman coins did NOT have a real persons face on it, Caesar broke the mold for this and Brutus also went along thus this coin has the image of Brutus. The inscription reads BRVT IMP L PLAET CEST, which means Brutus, Imperator, Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus. Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus was the moneyer who produced the coin. Coins like this have sold for around 150,000 dollars (this one isnt as well struck as some I have seen) and is very very rare...with a great amount of important history surrounding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Wow. Thanks, ccg and drusus! Now that you have my interest piqued, I'll have to do more research myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lee Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 Coins like this have sold for around 150,000 dollars (this one isnt as well struck as some I have seen) and is very very rare...with a great amount of important history surrounding it. One of my favorite dealers had one at the ANA show a couple of years ago. He handed it to my wife. She said neat, she liked it. He told her the price. She said I couldn't buy one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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