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Way cool, MM!  |
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United States
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  1864 Large Motto Proof 66 Red PCGS A pretty tough coin to find, and one of my favorite coins of all time. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
01/23/2013 04:50 am
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 Australia
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 Mine is an Ancient Greek coin, a silver didrachm from the island city-state of Rhodes, circa 340-305 BC. 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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Mine is the Eagle from the back of my 1846-O Liberty Seated dollar.  I plan on changing it to this as soon as I find the right Indian Eagle.  |
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Reverse of my 1783 (dated) Washington Military Bust Copper.   |
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Link in signature.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not seeing signatures.  EDIT: Never mind, it was turned off. Wonder why I did that? Edited by CoinsKelly
01/23/2013 10:39 am
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  I chose this 1664 Charles of Sweden silver 2 mark coin, not for any particular reason other than I like the androgynous look of the portrait, and it would not be a generic image. Plus the fact that it came from a local estate auction which suggests it may have arrived in the USA via an early settlers' ship. I also wanted something to express my fascination with the older methods of coinage, before mechanization took over the process. |
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Not everyone uses a coin for the avatar. oih82w8, myself and I'm sure there are more. Here's mine:   |
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Nice bike mds308!!  Well I finally bought a nice example of the coin I've wanted as my avatar, I just emailed Susan the photo today so hopefully it's changed soon But even though its not changed yet I figured I'd post it as it will be soon! I searched long and hard for an example of this coin that I just couldn't live without so I thought it appropriate to use it as my avatar. I'm from Mass, I went to Zoo-Mass.. I mean U-Mass  , home of the Minutemen! And also Concord has special meaning to me (I'd rather not get into that though, not the best of memories but something I never want to forget) so I wanted an example of this coin I would be proud of.. So here it is.. (The first photo is the one I requested as my avatar, I just thought I'd post the reverse as well)   |
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mds308, please tell me you own and ride that piece of art. My avatar:   Doesn't gain much detail presented in high resolution, does it? |
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SsuperDdave, I think that you rescued that Morgan just in time! |
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Quote:
Doesn't gain much detail presented in high resolution, does it? If a coin that you have photographed does not show any detail, then that coin does not have any detail to show.  |
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Dave, Glad you ended with piece of ART. Had me worried for a second. It's a 2005 Heritage with a NON Harley paint job. You can tell Harley didn't paint it because there's no orange-peel. It has almost 30,000 miles. She's no garage queen but she's babied and pampered. I bought a silver dollar today and all I could think of was your avatar. What a coincidence. I have your coin relative equivalent. Only 24.6 grams of 90 percent Ag goodness from 1925.   |
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That coin was a gift from vermontensium. It will be my avatar everywhere from now on, and will be buried with me. Along with a couple of others.
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