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a Beautiful Medal (Not coin)....for many reasons you won't see being issued in today's day and age

ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 29, 2018 6:53AM in U.S. Coin Forum

corrected coin to medal
Bought it because I think it's beautiful <3 .....looking for a reasonable gold to pair it :)

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    an extended Diplomatic gesture & Quite revealing art work which may not be socially correct for today's standard ;)

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    US Indian Princess offering our bounty to the New World <3by Augustin Dupre

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are NEKKID!!! This is a family forum. Have you no shame. JK lovely coin.

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see no underage member base on the most recent poll ;)

    @Smudge said:
    They are NEKKID!!! This is a family forum. Have you no shame. JK lovely coin.

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    I see no underage member base on the most recent poll ;)

    @Smudge said:
    They are NEKKID!!! This is a family forum. Have you no shame. JK lovely coin.

    I said jk.

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2018 5:15PM

    @Justacommeman 2017's thread on his gold 2oz entertained me on this very subject :)

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    2013 Washington Diplomatic re-strikes

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin... hope you find a nice gold one.

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,703 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coins.

    This is one of the most valuable for those who own them.....

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :o sorry I am a bit slow :/

    @Smudge said:
    I said jk.

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2018 8:06PM

    :/ May I ask @yosclimber....why the brief has anything to do with Washington ? :|

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    yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just a depiction of how attitudes towards nudity in art can change over time.
    Apparently a copy of David in England in the Victorian era had a cast fig leaf that could be attached to the statue, too.

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OH I see it now....for being decent. Yes ;)

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 28, 2018 8:16PM

    *

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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice... :)



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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...his feet are smaller than hers...Nice Coin ;)

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's not a coin. It's a medal. One of my pet peeves is when an otherwise knowledgeable numismatist who should know better calls a medal or token a coin. Rant over. :o;):D

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nudity... such a strange taboo....we all have similar parts... I guess covering them up was to prevent comparisons... :D Cheers, RickO

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 29, 2018 6:56AM

    :| In my head....just used to call them all coins rather than using the exact term :/

    @PerryHall said:
    That's not a coin. It's a medal. One of my pet peeves is when an otherwise knowledgeable numismatist who should know better calls a medal or token a coin. Rant over. :o;):D

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,406 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They must have posed for that scene in the summer time. Peace Roy

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    NVUNVU Posts: 284 ✭✭✭

    @3keepSECRETif2rDEAD said:
    ...his feet are smaller than hers...Nice Coin ;)

    Good catch! Now I know why.... ;)

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 29, 2018 8:21AM

    With that lil thing I think he's gonna have to give her more than just a fruit basket, an anchor, a barrel, and two bails of hay to get any? ;)

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He looks like he's in the midst of explaining that he was in the pool ;)

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 29, 2018 1:49PM

    Very conventional allegorical design and composition. Mercury, messenger of the gods, offers commerce to the new world goddess, Columbia. She offers the bounty of a new land in response.

    "Classical" figures such as gods and goddesses were often shown nude or semi-nude as are many biblical characters. Dupre was at the top of his skill at the time. It would be over a century before any American artist came close.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Batman23 said:
    It must have been a real cold day!! ;)

    He was in the pool! :D:D

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,574 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:
    With that lil thing I think he's gonna have to give her more than just a fruit basket, an anchor, a barrel, and two bails of hay to get any? ;)

    Based on the way he is standing, the cape, and the flamboyant headgear, I am not sure he wants anything she has to offer. :o;)

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    MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @paradisefound said:
    a Beautiful Medal (Not coin)....for many reasons you won't see being issued in today's day and age

    What are you meaning by this? This medal was issued not long ago and the same mint will likely strike them again, if not already since then.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,574 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I assumed she meant that such a medal would not be designed today. Restrikes are another matter....

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't see any excitement on his part ;)

    @JBK said:

    @Broadstruck said:
    With that lil thing I think he's gonna have to give her more than just a fruit basket, an anchor, a barrel, and two bails of hay to get any? ;)

    Based on the way he is standing, the cape, and the flamboyant headgear, I am not sure he wants anything she has to offer. :o;)

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ....being designed....

    @GoldenEgg said:
    What are you meaning by this? This medal was issued not long ago and the same mint will likely strike them again, if not already since then.

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