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yankee,yes the dolly madison is a us mint issed commemorative silver dollar
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tryptophan I think it's called
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hmmmmm, I wonder why I've never heard of it...
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh yeah, the main indicator is the emperor depicted. Like my Honorius I just got. he reigned from 393-423, so my coin had to have been minted around that time period, but my particular example would most likely be later reign, since he looks older tahn on earlier issues. My avatar, a Vespasian, was minted in 74 ad, How do I know exactly? On the reverse, the inscription includes "COS V", which means the fifth year of his reign, and his reign started in 69 AD. 69+5= 74
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh I see, are you good at determining emperors? Like if I was to send you one, could you tell me what it is?
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Pillar of the Community
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Rman, you are gonna laugh....when I saw Dolly, I thought of Donny Parton, not Dolly Madison. Oops, I heard of the Dolly Madison.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, I'm usually pretty good at it, as long as the coin is in identifiable shape. Some emperors even have very distinct busts, so sometimes you could just tell who it is by looking at their portrait on the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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I see a dealer at my local coin show has some cheap ones so maybe you can identify them for me?
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah no problem.
Edited by VisigothKing
11/25/2011 4:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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No, I'd have to get one first  but if I do come across one, I'll let you know first! |
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Pillar of the Community
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What's your oldest coin yankee?
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Pillar of the Community
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MY oldest coin? That would be a tie between 2 1787 colonials. What about yours?
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Pillar of the Community
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A bronze coin of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, minted around 15-14 BC. I asked because, if you get your first ancient, it's going to be older than your 1787 colonials by at least 1400 years or more! Just something to think about.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thats true! Never thought about it like that though....I will have to get one.... Where is springcypress?
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I checked the active members list on the main forum page and his name isn't on there, sooo, probably not in front of a comp right now.
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