Would PCGS certify the Hunley coin?
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What, with it's bentness and graffiti?
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Researchers recovering artifacts from the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley have found one of the most sought objects in the project: a bent gold coin that the captain was said to carry as a good-luck piece after it saved him from death by a bullet.
edited to add: The graffiti, It bears four lines of cursive script that read: Shiloh/April 6, 1862/My life Preserver/G. E. D. [Lt. Dixon's initials].
<< <i>Researchers recovering artifacts from the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley have found one of the most sought objects in the project: a bent gold coin that the captain was said to carry as a good-luck piece after it saved him from death by a bullet. >>
A lot of people were of the opinion that this story was apocryphal, that this was the stuff of urban legends. That's an additional piece of background information to make this such a cool story.
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Researchers recovering artifacts from the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley have found one of the most sought objects in the project: a bent gold coin that the captain was said to carry as a good-luck piece after it saved him from death by a bullet.
edited to add: The graffiti, It bears four lines of cursive script that read: Shiloh/April 6, 1862/My life Preserver/G. E. D. [Lt. Dixon's initials]. >>
From Hunley.org :
The Hunley had now sunk twice, both times killing her crew - including Hunley himself.
It doesn't sound very lucky to me
In 2001, forensic genealogist Linda Abrams began a massive research project to discover as much as possible about the group of submarine pioneers that navigated the Hunley into world history. Her research coupled with the archeological and forensic data is allowing new details about the crew to emerge.
Anyone remember labrams ?
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I wonder where's she's looking to find a husband now.
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<< <i>Anyone remember labrams ? >>
I wonder where's she's looking to find a husband now.
Inside joke? Can you let us in on it?
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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That's quite the trick!
<< <i>both times killing her crew - including Hunley himself.
That's quite the trick!
I think you mean Capt. Dixon.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>Anyone remember labrams ? >>
I wonder where's she's looking to find a husband now.
Inside joke? Can you let us in on it? >>
Hey Perry, maybe you don't remember this lady who used to post here. She was really interesting and passionate. Then one day she got so far off track of U.S. Coins by using the forums as a platform to solicit dates that her thread went poof as did she. It was one of the funniest off topic threads I've ever read. Sorry if you missed that one.
As with coins.... VARIETY is the spice of life.
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<< <i>Anyone remember labrams ? >>
I wonder where's she's looking to find a husband now.
Inside joke? Can you let us in on it? >>
Hey Perry, maybe you don't remember this lady who used to post here. She was really interesting and passionate. Then one day she got so far off track of U.S. Coins by using the forums as a platform to solicit dates that her thread went poof as did she. It was one of the funniest off topic threads I've ever read. Sorry if you missed that one.
As with coins.... VARIETY is the spice of life. >>
Yea. I remember her. She was sorta pathetic. I felt sorry for her. A woman would have to be really desperate to come on a coin forum to get a date.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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Yea. I remember her. She was sorta pathetic. I felt sorry for her. A woman would have to be really desperate to come on a coin forum to get a date. >>
The subject is the coin, not the forensic genealogist
Hunley.org LINK
the coin should be in a museum. ive read about that coin for a while now, and its really intriguing. id like to see it in person.
I would probably rather own it than an 1804 dollar AND 1913 Liberty nickel, combined.
Of course, the desire to "own" such a piece is not that strong for me, since it is where it belongs: in a museum. Some pieces are just too important for a single collector to hold, unless they're properly "shared" with the public.
The word "priceless" immediately comes to mind.
And somehow I think it it would lose something in a PCGS holder, so I'm glad they probably wouldn't holder it.
-Paul
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I believe it will be part of the Hunley museum once the sub is restored.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>the coin should be in a museum. >>
I believe it will be part of the Hunley museum once the sub is restored. >>
It is on display at the Hunley Restoration Site in Charleston SC. I have seen it and I agree with Lord Marcovan. It is a unique piece of American history and I am glad it can be shared with the public.
<< <i>both times killing her crew - including Hunley himself.
That's quite the trick!