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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Got this coin in 1967, Quang-Tri province of S. Vietnam. We were exploring an old, long abandoned building almost overgrown with jungle. On of my guys in my platoon spotted an old 82mm cannister stuck in the wall where some mortar and brick had fallen off. After investigation for booby-traps we pulled it out and opened it. It was full of these 20 cent. uncirculated 1937 pieces. We split them out and each member of the platoon got two each. This is one of mine. It really does have luster, but for some reason the camera, lighting, photostand I was using won't pick it up. I photo an 87 Morgan with same angle and got the luster, don't know why it is so flat. I was able to borrow someone's camera to get some better shots and solved the previous "lack of Luster" problem.   Edited by basicbob101
03/28/2007 1:47 pm
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United States
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Bob you told me this story , and you can tell me agian tomorow , Very cool . I love the clasic lady liberty design, one of my old time favorites
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I like it too...am curious if this design appears on regular french coinage of the period or if it was a special design for Indo China...notice what appears to be a "pointed (devil's)tail" coming out from behind the right side of the throne. What is that all about?
The coin is silver but looks all muddy colored for some reason. Am going to try to experiment with the camera over the weekend and see if I can get a shot that shows the luster. Dare I say it needs....well, er...dipped! (bite my tongue).
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I'm surpised that it survived a jungle in such good condition, let alone with luster intact. I believe the design is unique to Indo-China. Krause gives it a value of $12 uncirculated. I recently won an AU version of that same coin on ebay for $8.00. |
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United States
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I think the reason it survived is that they were in a military ammunition cannister which was made of a waterproof hard tar paper type substance with a slide on cap that was water and air tight.
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Thanks for sharing...great coin and a great story!
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basicbob101 said:
...am curious if this design appears on regular french coinage of the period or if it was a special design for Indo China...
No, the "Liberty enthroned with fasces and anchor" design is unique to French Indochina; it wasn't used on Homeland French coins nor on coins on any other colony. quote:
basicbob101 also said:
...notice what appears to be a "pointed (devil's)tail" coming out from behind the right side of the throne. What is that all about?
It is, as I implied in my comment above, an anchor. Well, half of one, anyway. 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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03/23/2007 04:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have made this coin my Avatar, much detail lost in the process of shrinking to fit, but my thanks and gratitude for Susan for getting this done for me, I LIKE IT!
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France
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Snowman Your ativar is a coin I would very much like!!!
Where would I start to look ?
Cheers
Hain
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thanxz Sinbad, Yeah..I like that shark coin too, do you know where it is from?
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Thanks for the compliments. Like Bob's coin, it loses some detail as an avatar:  It's a 2000 Australian $5 Olympic Commemorative coin. I spotted it in the Standard Catalog of World Coins back in November and spent a couple of weeks looking for it on the internet. If you are looking for one I would suggest ebay Australia, that's where I found mine. |
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Posted 03/22/2007 12:45 pm
