My icon is a British Sovereign of mine, with good old George V. Although this is not the nicest coin I own, I like to show my darkside roots (while I keep my lightside coins in the sig).
My icon is the insignia of the Fourth Armored Division of Pattons third army where my father served in WWII. He passed away two years ago and it is my personal reminder of his loyalty, dignity, integrity, courage and character.
"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather did, as opposed to screaming in terror like his passengers."
Mine is a tribute to my grandmother, went we were young and she would visit she always gave us a dollar. When the Ikes came out she started to give us those. I still remember saving them up to buy something, walking into a store with 6 to 10 Ikes in my pocket.
I live in nebraska and the cow is the only icon that came close to signifying that. BUT lordmarcovan has created a new one for me that i hope to downlaod on icon day. I could use someone's help though. I'm a Webtv user and can't seem to download images. I can pick an icon out of the list and use it, but can't ad one of my own. So if anyone would be willing I'd sure appreciate the help on icon day. (ok ok I know, shameless grovelling...sorry but i could really use help)
Collecting coins, medals and currency featuring "The Sower"
I was a member of the forum back when they first started using this software and there weren't very many choices and none of them were coin related. I chose this one because I was an admirer of the hippies and the 60's flower children, but wasn't old enough to have joined in at the time. So I was able to relate to this image and I've never changed it. In fact I'm probably the only person here still using their original image from back then. This has the advantage that almost no one else uses this image and it becoming a "trademark". Even the few that have used it normally move on to something else once they have a chance to upload.
I like pheasants. Grew up hunting them. Now hope to create a 400 acre preserve for them and other naturally present wildlife in the area I grew up in. Given that many forum members find pictures of dead critters offensive (I'm thinking KSTEELHEADER controversy from a few months back) I decided to post a small picture of a live one. I don't use a coin, because its a given that all posters here are interested in coins. I like learning about what else forum members 'are all about' outside their coin collecting activities.
My avatar is a closeup picture taken from an album (remember those?) cover. Doesn't mean anything, just represents my musical (my wife argues the use of the word "music" here) taste.
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Also explains my tag line
In Laurel
MD
Just a fist full of Dollars
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President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum
Ken