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Wonder if this strategy will disparage an ex-wife, as well?
Should work...wanna borrow it  swcoin.ecrater.com
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that's really neat. you have to think also that this was probably worth a fair amount to the family or whoever that put it up, so it was an investment to them to do this.
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12/29/2012 4:52 pm
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Vermontensium, what is on the coin? My mom thinks it's a face. I'm curious who it is. (Is there even enough left to attribute?)
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It's also struck off center which will present a further challenge.
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Ahh, I just lost a buck. *sigh* (Never make bets with your mother.) Face it is. Who is that ugly guy?
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Very cool! Gotta love these early coppers!
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It's also struck off center which will present a further challenge. I guess so, way off center. Makes me wonder if they decided to sacrifice it because it was "abnormal" looking. Cool coin. When were those Salem witch trials... |
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I always felt that the real importance of the portrait is in whom it is not: King George. Once you've established that, it doesn't really matter who it is.
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Upstate, the Salem witch craze actually began--its roots were laid--around 1609. It reached a white heat with the election of Reverend Parris, and the trials began in 1620. I believe the craze was declared at an end in 1622.
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Well said p!
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Hmmm. Wonder if this strategy will disparage an ex-wife, as well? Nope, wrong first letter, wards off a witch. |
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Conder101 ... Into the 1800's, I've seen holed, large cents that were nailed to a home or doorway for good luck. In later years, into the 20th century, a "penny" was often inserted into a new wallet for good luck. Could it be that these practices were thus a more positive spin-off of sorts on the use of these witch pennies? I have a similar piece in my collection; also, a square-holed Connecticut cent. I'm unable to as yet post a pic as I'm away from home. The posting of such pieces will show that this superstitious phenomenon was other than random. |
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Why would someone NOT want Samantha Stevens to visit?  |
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Because Endora or Aunt Clara might show up instead.
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