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Johnny Cash-- ancient coin collector!

coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
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Pointed this out on the lightside forum, but probably more appropriate here.

Don't know if anyone has pointed this out on the coin boards, but country music legend Johnny Cash was actually a coin collector! Not exclusively-- he like to collect a lot of stuff that was historical. But... by his own admission, he enjoyed collecting ancient roman coins and coins
of ancient Judea; he was particularly fond of coins of Pontius Pilate. One collectible he was seeking, but hadn't any luck obtaining,
was a George Washington Indian Peace Medal.

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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
    I think numismatic interests often reveal interesting glipses of personalities that are all to often remembered in one dimensional terms.

    Did frustration from the elusive Peace Medal lead him to write Burning Ring of Fire?
  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    ha ha--no i think it was after his Ring Of Fire period that he got into collecting-- probably in the 1970's when he took a deep interest in
    the Holy Land. Also, I know he had a deep interest in American Indian history as well.
  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803 ✭
    Perhaps Johnny Cash was influenced by Buddy Ebsen's collection.
  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    He was pretty weathered looking, but you don't have to call Johnny Cash ancient.
    "Have a nice day!"
  • globalcoinglobalcoin Posts: 123
    Ring of fire was written by June Carter

    Cool to know about Johnny Cash. One of my favorite musicians
    show me the money image

    My eBay
  • BailathaclBailathacl Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭
    New goal: acquire an ancient coin with Johnny Cash provenance....

    "The Internet? Is that thing still around??" - Homer Simpson
  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Coin collectors named "Johnny Cash" ... "Penny Marshall" ... it's like something out of Dickens.

    I once knew a lawyer appropriately named Sue. (Not to be confused with Cash's Boy Named Sue.)

  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    <<I once knew a lawyer appropriately named Sue. (Not to be confused with Cash's Boy Named Sue.)>>

    Are you joking or serious? Truth is stranger than fiction because they are the same.
    Lawyer and Judge Mr. Sue Kerr Hicks convinced Johny Cash that he was the basis for the boy called Sue. He was an assisting prosecutor for the Scopes monkey trial. He was named after his mother who died very shortly after his childbirth. His father wrote in the family bible (blank) Hicks to be filled in later. Sue said he could never break his daddy's heart by changing his name.


    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8051675

    clicking on the gravestone will enlarge it.

    edited to add link
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