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Now that's a schnoz!

elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
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If you've got images of folks who are nasally gifted let's see them!

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This gent is William Pitt "the Younger" who clearly had a feature people remembered, even if they remembered it differently... image
Vern
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  • 0john00john0 Posts: 485
    That's fantastic!
    nice pictures, nice coins.
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  • bohica268bohica268 Posts: 478 ✭
    What a honker!
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    I wonder which portrait is more realistic, and which is embellished?

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  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    The interesting thing to me is that both the engravers knew and liked William Pitt! These were produced within a few weeks of his death but definitely have a different hook to them... image
    Vern
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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    How about the giant muttonchops on the Ecuador guys as well as the beakimage
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  • BruceBruce Posts: 484
    Wow, who would put a mug like that on a coin?
    So many coins, so little money!
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  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    Dang shep! He's got the slopes and the ground cover... image

    Tres cool. image
    Vern
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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Kinda makes the whole piece lean towards the leftimage
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    George III of England most certainly deserves to be represented here.

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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    3/4 frontalimage
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    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    I always thought the Ferdinand of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was fearless:

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    Vern
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Cool coins, Vern! The one on the right really trips me out! By the way, is the mintmark P for Palermo?

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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭


    << <i>By the way, is the mintmark P for Palermo? >>



    I think so. I'll dig out my references tonight and check for sure. (Right after the silverfest... image )
    Vern
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