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Valued Member
Canada
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Anybody else a little jealous? These are from the LIFE photo archives. Image:  c1.jpeg45.59 KB Image: c2.jpeg68.66 KB Image: c3.jpeg63.16 KB Image: c4.jpeg66.45 KB |
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Valued Member
Poland
392 Posts |
Hehe  Nice pics... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
So you made your billions... now what?  Oh yeah...hire a model to swim in my pile of gold, or "play fort" with rolls of money.  Really great old photos--thanks for posting,  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
They would be more interesting with some context. Why were they taken, what was the significance of the image? etc. Otherwise they are just piles of coins, big deal.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
1361 Posts |
hey, I want to swim in that pool of coins too. peace type?
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
Thanks for sharing those photos. Were they just recently released in a book or have they been in circulation for awhile? I haven't seen those before.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1415 Posts |
THANX for posting pics.
Ya it would be nice.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
so, that explains some of the dings in my coins!
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Valued Member
 Canada
187 Posts |
The lady swimming in coins is taken in 1949. The pile consists of 13 1/4 tons of coins. The man wrapped in bills is demonstrating how long one mile of $1 bills is. The man sitting on a pile of dimes is from 1956. It is apparently done for some sort of Olympic promotion (see the 5th picture) I've also added a few more for you. The man rolling coins is from 1945. The boy standing on the coins is from 1966. The women bagging coins is from 1943. For anybody interested in finding your own photos, these are from the recently released archives of LIFE magazine. You can find pictures of any subject dating back to the 1860s, many of them have not been seen for decades. All of the pictures I posted here are available in high resolution (but only the small ones are included due to size restrictions on this site). To search the archives, go to images.google.com, and search "coins source:life" (you can put any subject in, not just coins, and you don't need the quotes). Image: c5.jpeg44.85 KB Image: c6.jpeg51.71 KB Image: c7.jpeg69.01 KB Image: c8.jpeg38.51 KB |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
skelly--thanks for those explanations behind the pics!  I thought it was some overly bored rich guys...it's been known to happen, lol. Ah--now I see more photos, cool. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1151 Posts |
Are any of those guys Exec's from a bank or auto maker?
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Valued Member
United States
300 Posts |
I'd like to swim in that pool of morgans/peace dollars, With the girl of course....the last image of the guy at the rolling machine, is that at a bank? I did notice his .38 snub on his belt
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Moderator
 United States
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Interesting photos, thanks for sharing. |
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Valued Member
Canada
187 Posts |
The last picture is described as a man who works for Brink's. Hence the gun.
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Valued Member
United States
207 Posts |
those were the good old days when you could swim in a pile of silver dollars Whats funny about all the photos is that we probably have current photos of coins that in 200 years people are going to be saying the same thing we are in this post.. |
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Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
Thanks for the pictures and explaining. Those coins actually shine from real silver. Brings back memories.  |
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