OK Darksiders..this is my first post here, so be easy!!!!!

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 2:05PM

My Brotherinlaw just gave these to me as a gift from Jordan...what are they???

spinaker2000 · January 31, 2004 2:08PM

Dirty??

Welcome!!

cacheman · January 31, 2004 2:11PM

sorry, no tie-dye on this forum....

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 2:14PM

<< sorry, no tie-dye on this forum....

>>

Shheeesh, i guess i'll go somewhere else.......

Aethelred · January 31, 2004 2:14PM

Those are cheap, ugly, dirty buttons!

Aethelred · January 31, 2004 2:18PM

Just kidding Dave. What you have there are ancient Roman coins minted during the reign of Constantine I (AD 307-337). These coins would have been issued late in the reign, after AD 324 I suspect. Value about $5-10.

Hope that helps!

EDITED TO ADD: Looks like it is really Constantine II (issued during the reign of Constantine I). Dates AD 324-337.

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 2:20PM

<< Just kidding Dave. What you have there are ancient Roman coins minted during the reign of Constantine I (AD 307-337). These coins would have been issued late in the reign, after AD 324 I suspect. Value about $5-10.

Hope that helps!

>>

Thanks Athelred, really not concerned with value, just wanted to know what they were.... I have 3 more but think i'll buy a book or something to figure them out, Thanks for the info!!!!

Aethelred · January 31, 2004 2:22PM

If you can wait a few months the third part of Sear's Roman Coins will be out, it covers that period.

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 2:25PM

<< If you can wait a few months the third part of Sear's Roman Coins will be out, it covers that period. >>

No big deal, Deb's brother is a missionary and picked some coins up for us while he was in Jordan last week... I just wondered what they were.....

Aethelred · January 31, 2004 2:35PM

Few things are more cool than holding a 1700 year old coin in your hand!

spinaker2000 · January 31, 2004 2:37PM

I can think of a few!

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 2:46PM

I think i'll go back to askin about my Morgans........

cacheman · January 31, 2004 2:50PM

vr...I was bustin' your chops you dunderhead....

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 2:52PM

<< vr...I was bustin' your chops you dunderhead....

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That's cool Cache, i am outta my ellement here.. no big deal....

cacheman · January 31, 2004 3:06PM

<< That's cool Cache, i am outta my ellement here.. >>

Now wait a second...I think we were just called nerds! heh heh

vrtech99 · January 31, 2004 3:09PM

<< 

<< That's cool Cache, i am outta my ellement here.. >>

Now wait a second...I think we were just called nerds! heh heh >>

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Ya think???????

1jester · January 31, 2004 3:32PM

Look what crawled out of his hole.....

cosmicdebris · January 31, 2004 10:29PM

1jester · February 1, 2004 12:16AM

I didn't see the pix before. I like the condition of the coin....it's really great! Not corroded, either.

Aethelred · February 1, 2004 12:27AM

<< 

<< That's cool Cache, i am outta my ellement here.. >>

Now wait a second...I think we were just called nerds! heh heh >>

But we ARE nerds.

vrtech99 · February 1, 2004 3:31AM

I've actually been lurkin over here some... I am intrigued by some of the Ancient coin designs and Metals... I always liked Greek Mytholigy and have seen some great looking coins that i've been thinking about picking up, i love Morgan Dollars, but their are really some cool coins over here, i just need to learn a little more about them......

cosmicdebris · February 1, 2004 3:38AM

VR you need a Krause. There are so many cool designs out there.

In fact I think I have even seen some with squirrels on them

SYRACUSIAN · February 1, 2004 3:43AM

Greek mythology coin: Greece 1910 1 drachma (au58)
(image and coin by cosmicdebris)

vrtech99 · February 1, 2004 3:45AM

<< VR you need a Krause. There are so many cool designs out there.

In fact I think I have even seen some with squirrels on them

>>

REALLY????? I'd like one of those!!!!

I tell ya the coin i really like... That Goetz (i think it was that) That had the whole city on it, i think you or Cacheman used to have it in your sigline.... I thought that was cool, and several of those on your homepage......

XpipedreamR · February 1, 2004 3:47AM

<< Greek mythology coin: Greece 1910 1 drachma (au58)
(image and coin by cosmicdebris)

>>

Wow, that's awesome!!! I've never really seen any Greek coins...I'll have to start checking them out!

vrtech99 · February 1, 2004 3:51AM

<< Greek mythology coin: Greece 1910 1 drachma (au58)
(image and coin by cosmicdebris)

>>

That's way cool, a whole lot nicer than a coin with a dead president on it...FOR SURE!!!!!!

tlhoy · February 3, 2004 1:23AM

Nice to see a fellow Arkansan over here.

to the Darkside!
Glenn

Philip · February 3, 2004 1:41AM

IMHO, that Drachma is an ugly design... I always have a feeling the reverse is badly worn.... I prefer the 1 Phoenix

1jester · February 3, 2004 1:51AM

Hey Techie, I think you're referring to Cacheman's many City View Thalers from Switzerland and Germany. They are totally bad-a$$!!! I believe you can find them in the thread about "your best 2003 coin purchases".

SYRACUSIAN · February 3, 2004 2:40AM

<< IMHO, that Drachma is an ugly design... >>

I see things very differently. I truly believe that this is one of the best drachma designs of the modern era, where the Crown of Arms on the reverse,has been dropped in favour of a theme from ancient mythology.Thetis is carrying weapons to her son Achille sitting on a sea horse. The talented impressionist painter and sculptor G. Iakovidis who engraved them , got his inspiration from an ancient didrachm from Epirus.It was no coincidence that these coins were the first to be engraved by a local artist. By 1910 ,Greece was ready to get launched in a decade of constant wars against its neighbours, to reconquer as many territories as possible from the crumbling Ottoman empire.

The design is very allegoric: Thetis (Greece) is carrying weapons to Achilles ,(children of Greece) to free the territories.Could this particular choice of design be a coincidence? Under the historical context of the time, I find that hard to believe.

The troubled finances of the country are also reflected on this coin in a certain way. The unfortunate war against Turkey in 1897 (over the island of Crete that finally gained a provisional independence the next year until the unification with the motherland in 1913), the financial mismanagement and the huge public debt,brought the economy of the new and poor Greek state to its knees.An international commitee (the then equivalent of today's IMF) took action and tight measures were taken in order to restore the drachma's legal tender status with the french franc and the other Latin Union currencies.. This was achieved by 1909 , but it's a long story and I'll leave it for another thread.

<< I always have a feeling the reverse is badly worn >>

The high point of the design is that little thing in the center of the shield on the reverse.Cosmic's picture has captured some details that are very difficult to see, even under magnification and I believe that he agrees with me that ANACS has been extremely tough on this coin. Definetely an upgrade candidate for NGC standards and I wouldn't be surprised to see it as high as 61-62 due to its great eye-appeal.

danglen · February 3, 2004 3:44AM

Welcome to the Darkside. Andorra makes a silver crown with a squirrel on it. PM me if you're interested in acquiring it

vrtech99 · February 3, 2004 10:34AM

<< Welcome to the Darkside. Andorra makes a silver crown with a squirrel on it. PM me if you're interested in acquiring it

>>

This just gets better and better!!!!!!

Thanks Guys!!!!

OK Darksiders..this is my first post here, so be easy!!!!!

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