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I was getting groceries and spotted this in one of those book bins and had to get it. After looking it up, I now know it's part of a series of books, so I may have to get more! Can anyone identify the coin for me (I can't show you the reverse  )?   |
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Looks like a hammered penny of England.
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10/10/2015 10:04 pm
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Sure looks like the exact same coin, with some small changes ... wonder if they got permission.
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This is why I go to places like Goodwill or Salvation Army stores. Just in case.
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Here is thread on coins and literature https://goccf.com/t/234929Here is another book with coins on the cover.  Also, if you want to support a local author the guy who owns Coinquest Limited published a mystery book revolving around coins. I can't think of the name of the book or the owner of the coin shop to save my life at the moment. |
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The King's Deception book--did the plot revolve around coins?
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Every coin (besides uncirculated) has a story of it's own... But it can be a bit hard to find |
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The King's Deception book--did the plot revolve around coins? I'm not sure yet. The inside jacket blurb says this, "The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire forty-five-year reign of Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch..." |
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Here is another book with coins on the cover.
Also, if you want to support a local author the guy who owns Coinquest Limited published a mystery book revolving around coins. I can't think of the name of the book or the owner of the coin shop to save my life at the moment. I wonder if I read that as a kid, I used to love the Hardy Boys books - my grandmother used to pick them up for me all the time. As a writer, I've always wanted to do a story that revolved around coins, and I'm sure I will someday. Let me know if you think of the book and the guy's name. |
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I dug out by ordering form from Coin Quest and found the advert. I tend to not read fiction at all but I might pick it up. http://www.amazon.com/The-Godless-K...p/0988934302Quote:
Idyllic Valley, Maine is shocked after a priceless rare coin is taken in a vicious robbery. When friends and business partners Rick Hunter and Melanie Hart pursue the thief, they soon find themselves caught up in a seedy underworld of counterfeiting and international intrigue. They encounter the thief in Paris, but events quickly take a terrifying turn, and the hunters become the hunted The Melted Coins was actually the first Hardy Boy book I read. My mother had a complete collection of original Hard covered Hardy Boys and Nancy Drews. When my maternal Grandfather got a job offer in Gander he couldn't be bothered to lug them all the way from Glace Bay so into the fire they all went. As a collector that almost brings a tear to my eye. |
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The NB library doesn't even have a copy  I'll find one for myself - it has good reviews. Thanks. |
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I've seen that book in a used book sale, but I didn't buy it. What I did buy is a first printing copy of Airport, and ARCs of Pandora's clock and Medusa's Child. The blurb reminds me of The Doomsday Conspiracy (Sidney Sheldon thriller novel), I'll consider getting a copy of it if I see it next time.
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Buy the coin before you buy the book?  I once read a Nancy Drew book whose plot revolved around the 1933 Double Eagles. |
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