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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since it's my 100th post. I Would like to get your insight on how you choose your Avatar...  some are pretty clear, like DVCollector Greek...jwharper Roman... I would like to hear why you picked your Avatar, DV, jw, your input would be great to.. Thank you...
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
I picked mine because I was glued to the TV watching the news when I heard the words: The Eagle has landed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
I didn't put a whole lot of thought into it to be truthful. I went through my coins, narrowed it down to good portraits, and selected the one I thought most personified (in appearance) what I thought a Roman Emperor would look like. On top of that, I selected one I thought would be less likely that someone else might use, Galba. Since my selction, I have acquired some very nice portraits of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Otho, etc, but I have decided to stay with Galba for the time being. Although we look nothing alike, I would like to imagine I have a personality resembling Galba's portrait. Here is the coin I used:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
I'm in the process of switching my avatar around. I was using a Walking Liberty avatar since that is one of my favorite modern US coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
I picked my avatar because I was participating a lot more in the USA classic coins forum and the Claudius II looks closer to the color of modern coins so I was trying to spark some interest in ancients and bring some other coin collectors over to this forum. I collected USA coins since 1990 and was starting to lose interest in coins altogether until I went to ancients. I'm glad I collected USA and world coins and currencies but I haven't had so much fun in years.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
I chose mine because the Athens owl tetradrachm was the coin that got me interested years ago.
I have always wanted one, but only recently did I get one--sadly not the beauty in my avatar.
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Pillar of the Community
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   *awkward* => I collect "so many" different things ... ummm, like these "antique" beer serving trays from the 30's and 40's (maybe that's not "antique" in this forum?) ... anyway => I kinda like to party every now and then, so picking one of these beer trays seemed like a fairly cool idea ... and of the three that I considered, I figured that my current "Miller High Life" kinda summed-up my mojo ... *sigh* Edited by stevex6
06/03/2012 6:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1045 Posts |
I don't have one yet because I'm extremely lazy. Maybe after I take a nap, I can muster up enough energy to click on some things.....zzzzzzzzz
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Moderator
 Australia
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I picked mine because, at the time I joined the forum, it was the nicest (and priciest) ancient coin I owned. The coin itself is actually slightly oval:  Susan "squashed" it a little to make it fit the 100x100 avatar size. So my two pieces of advice would be: - pick something with bold, clear detail, that still looks good when shrunk down to a teeny tiny avatar pic. If I'd picked the rose side of my coin, it wouldn't have looked anywhere near as cool. - if you pick something oddly-shaped and you don't want it stretched or squashed, tell Susan it's supposed to be oddly-shaped. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Moderator
United States
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I chose mine because I collect ancients and Antoninous Pius was one of Romes better emperors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
I really like the bust on my Constantius II; it's well defined, well proportioned, nicely worn, and he has a stern, confident look, and I thought it would make the obverse a good choice for my avatar. Plus I wanted something different (a late Roman bronze), since ancient collectors usually pick more popular coins like denarii and ancient Greeks as their avatars.
Edited by VisigothKing
06/03/2012 8:48 pm
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Valued Member
United States
422 Posts |
Well I didn't have an avatar until I sent mine in this weekend! How ironic?  Susan hasn't put it up yet. I have had a hard time choosing one. As a collector of Biblicals, I've had a hard time picking a Roman emperor or procurator that killed Christians or Jews and I don't own any Greeks, so what did I pick? You'll have to wait and see.  But it seemed to be appropriate to me and I like it a lot!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1316 Posts |
Thank all of you that posted on this thread. I still don't know what I'll pick, but its nice to know that you can change it... Torn between modern and my new love for the Ancient.... |
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Valued Member
United States
422 Posts |
Just curious? How long does it take to get an avatar put up? I've emailed Susan, at susan@coincommunity.com twice now, and haven't gotten a response or an avatar. Is Susan on vacation? Or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for the help!
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Pillar of the Community
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oxos => ummm, hopefully you're not still trying to post that porn-star avatar of yourself, are you?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
She will get to it. My avatar is of my oldest coin, but you all have much older ones...
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Posted 06/03/2012 5:06 pm
