Sorry, but I gotta say this about that Hibernia.........

keets

..........am I the only one who thinks the woman on that coin is about as dog-butt-ugly as any on a U.S. issue!!??? I've linked to the much maligned SBA for a comparison, and while Susan B. may in fact look a tad bit masculine, that Hibernia woman has a honker that would rival, well, Jimmy Durante!! Geez, why all the fuss about a crap design anyway??

At least the SBA paid tribute to a leader for womens suffrage and the Shriver Dollar paid tribute to the cause of a champion for the handicapped, two often mentioned modern issues which depict not-so-attractive women. What is Ms. Hibernia noted for aside from being an ugly Brit??

Oh yeah, is this coin worth as much out of the holder as in?? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Hey, JMHO.

Al H.

Stuart

Keets: Are you calling King George a woman?

Robgetty

Yup, I think that is what he did.

Shamika

Waaaaaait a minute. Are you telling me that the obverse is a woman?

mgoodm3

That's a chick? EEWW! On the rev looks like freddy.

keets

hey Stuart

further proof of my point!!! i can't even tell the gender of the person on the coin. is it a man?? is it a woman?? is it a eunuch?? man, woman or eunuch that is an ugly person. i don't collect colonials so i wouldn't know, the thing has just been on the top of the page for so long in one form or another that it got under my skin. is it the good king?? either way, i pity whomever it was, is or should have been. i would hope that they were loved by their mother or perhaps the family pet!!

al h.

Steve27

Stuart, I think he is.

braddick

<< <i>Keets: Are you calling King George a woman? >>

Worse yet: Keet- are you calling SBA a woman?!

keets

in hindsight, i guess i'm impuning the design as much as anything. but i did at first believe it to be a woman.

al h.

jeffnpcb

I think he means in drag!!! That is basically the way blue bloods or members of the royal family looked. You never know till the wig is off and the gown on the floor!!
Vice is nice, Incest is best but if we want an heir, let's keep it in the family!!!!

keets

hey Pat

you got a problem with my gramma??

al h.

cosmicdebris

Hibernia is to Ireland what Miss Liberty is to the US. She is on the back while King George on the obverse has the snoz to rival Durante's.

I prefer this version of Hibernia

abuell

<< <i>What is Ms. Hibernia noted for aside from being an ugly Brit??

>>



One just might want to make at least a slight effort to study a series before they open their mouth. I would recommend at least reading Breen's introductions to his sections on both Woods' Rosa and Hibernia coinages

drainbamage

You are too nice for me to torture over this one..... much.

The word "Rex" on the coin gives it all away.

Before we go any further..... I am male too.

IrishMike

<< <i>

<< <i>What is Ms. Hibernia noted for aside from being an ugly Brit??

>>



A great personality.

dorkkarl

hey lay off my new icon!

K S

cosmicdebris

Rex = King
Regina = Queen

Stuart

Karl: Keets has a point. I think that your old icon was more attractive than the image on the obverse of your new one!!

jeffnpcb

Abuell, quickly reading my Breens', I am now intriqued on who the Kings' whore is and more reading is slated for later! Those issues and dates are a little confusing, but America traded in almost worthless coinage. It would be interesting for the weight to be posted on the slab! Might end the confusion on what is what!

abuell

<< <i> It would be interesting for the weight to be posted on the slab! Might end the confusion on what is what! >>



The study and analysis of coin weights (metrology) is a vital component of the overall study of American colonial and confederation coinage. One particular aspect of this is that a coin's weight is like a fingerprint as an identifier. This is one of the reasons that most auction catalogues give the weights of colonial coins. As you aptly point out, the failure of slabbing services to list a coin's weight before encapsulating it does present a major problem for researchers of colonial coinage.

Bear

Ugly must of happened from all that royal inbreeding.

ARCO

It is a beautiful coin minus that ugly droopy the dog nose, cheeks, jowels and chin. What ever happened to a little creative license? I mean look at the modern jefferson on the nickel or George on the quarter. Those dudes look like GQ Models, with steel jaws, perfectly coiffed hair and that regal, noble look.

Tyler

mgoodm3

Maybe that was creative license. Looked even worse than the coin would suggest.

LAWMAN

GEORGIUS DEI is the tip on his sex, folks.

LAWMAN

Actually, that was the standard for beauty in those days. Whatever the king looked like. Didn't have to worry about what Madonna or Brittney was wearing.

spinaker2000

I say it looks as nice as any US made coin in 1723. Oh, wait!! There are none!!

MRK

Hey, that woman just flipped me the bird!

python

Here Keets. George I

keets

One just might want to make at least a slight effort to study a series before they open their mouth.

hey abuell

oh, might one?? that would certainly cut down on almost the entire U.S. forum on some days!! i don't really think studying a series is a pre-requisite for commenting on it. maybe it's a pre-requisite for commenting intelligently, but why should i stoop to that level? and i must say, the longer i look at that coin the less it looks like a man and the more it looks like an extremely ugly woman!!

al h.

dorkkarl

<< <i>man, woman or eunuch that is an ugly person >>

what would king george think of you?

K S

Mark

For those who want to read more about Wood's Hibernia coins, here is a link to a long but very interesting article from the Colonial Newsletter. The article basically presents the position that these coins actually circulated in the U.S. colonies and so are a legitimate part of the U.S. colonial coinage. It also describes these coins' reception in Ireland.

Mark

Cam40

I gotta say this about this thread.

I havent laughed this good since the last Clankeye coin tale.

Cam40

bumped, just for the humor of it all.

Coinhusker1

ttt - funny stuff!

Gemineye

Keets.......Where's that paper bag........................?????????????

Longshot

She may be ugly, but she's got a head full of cents...

Mesquite

Be it a he or a she, not pleasent to gaze upon. BTW, dorkkarl, congratulations on 10,000 with your next post!

Coinhusker1

<< <i>Be it a he or a she, not pleasent to gaze upon. BTW, dorkkarl, congratulations on 10,000 with your next post! >>



Dorkkarl has not posted since Thanksgiving, I think. I guess it's taking him this long to come up with a worthy post for number 10k!!

coinnut86

<< <i>Be it a he or a she, not pleasent to gaze upon. BTW, dorkkarl, congratulations on 10,000 with your next post! >>



I was thinking the exact same thing

congrats

<<Dorkkarl has not posted since Thanksgiving, I think. I guess it's taking him this long to come up with a worthy post for number 10k!! >>

wait..what? darn you old thread... I take that back karl