Post your Novas!

MikeKing · December 4, 2006 1:40PM

Nova Constellatios that is!!!

DieClash · December 4, 2006 1:51PM

Kewl coin.

I'd post one if I had one.

Cam40 · December 4, 2006 1:55PM

numisma · December 4, 2006 2:13PM

Coxe · December 4, 2006 2:23PM

Not sure how many folks remember this Nova...

MikeKing · December 5, 2006 1:58AM

ttt

mgoodm3 · December 5, 2006 2:04AM

poorguy · December 5, 2006 2:08AM

Hey Mark, that's a nice picture. Very well detailed.

MikeKing · December 6, 2006 1:35AM

great coins!
There's got to be more Nova Constellatios out there!!!

Cladiator · December 6, 2006 1:37AM

What's the significance of the two different designs of "US"?

ColonialCoinUnion · December 6, 2006 2:14AM

I can post one side . . .

Barndog · December 6, 2006 2:55AM

<< <i>Not sure how many folks remember this Nova...

>>

Excellent...Planet of the Apes, right?

Coxe · December 6, 2006 3:21AM

Bingo, Barndog!

Barndog · December 6, 2006 3:57AM

<< <i>Bingo, Barndog! >>

Such useless knowledge is the product of a misspent youth...

ColonialCoinUnion · December 8, 2006 10:28PM

And now the obverse -

IGWT · December 8, 2006 10:38PM

John - Would you please say a few words about the coin? Thanks.

ColonialCoinUnion · December 8, 2006 10:40PM

1785 Immune Columbia, Extra Star

Crosby VIII, 30, Breen 1117 variety, one of just 17 known in all grades.

This piece is one of the series of interesting and very rare speculative patterns for US coinage.

The obverse is similar in design to the far more common 1787 Immunis Columbia issue which followed, though with some subtle differences in the seated figure and the prior use of IMMUNE in place of IMMUNIS.

The obverse legend translates as either 'America immune from the troubles of the world', or 'America immune from taxation' depending on your perspective (and level of cynicism). We favor the latter translation, but would be delighted to be proven wrong by someone who knows better.

The reverse is the common Nova Constellatio, Pointed Rays type designated by Crosby as (in that series) obverse 2.

IGWT · December 9, 2006 6:37AM

That's a nice thing.

Edited to add: I was referring to the 1785 Immune Columbia, not to the cast member of "Planet of the Apes" or to the cars. Can't be too careful these days!

fcloud · December 9, 2006 6:54AM

Just a plain Nova on Consellations.

Kimchee · December 9, 2006 7:05AM

what's the name of THAT babe?

Coxe · December 9, 2006 8:01AM

<< <i>what's the name of THAT babe? >>

I forget the actress' name, maybe it was Linda Harrison. (IMDB.COM would have it.) She was Charleton Heston's sidekick in the original Planet of the Apes. (BTW, I didn't post her as a BABE but just as another Nova that wasn't a Chevy.)

MAD4MORGANS · December 9, 2006 8:23AM

I couldn't resist.

One of my other hobbies.

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