Octagons - post yours . . .

ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 2:00AM

I've been on an "octagon streak" pretty heavily the past eight months (see what I did there?).

Post up yours.

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ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 2:02AM

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coinsarefun · July 19, 2021 2:16AM

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Ignore the bottom right as this is my slug so called Dollar wallpaper.

coinsarefun · July 19, 2021 2:18AM

Even though round the design is octagon.
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coinsarefun · July 19, 2021 2:23AM

Here are some Daniel Carr stuff with the silver strips that they were punched from.
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Bullsitter · July 19, 2021 2:34AM

ricko · July 19, 2021 4:41AM

@ZoidMeister.... Reference the OP... I have panned gold in the streams in Grass Valley... But the nugget I found was not octagonal Cheers, RickO

ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 4:53AM

yosclimber · July 19, 2021 4:56AM

LanceNewmanOCC · July 19, 2021 5:33AM

@coinsarefun said:
Here are some Daniel Carr stuff with the silver strips that they were punched from.

ok ok, those are pretty neat!

mbogoman · July 19, 2021 5:47AM

mbogoman · July 19, 2021 5:49AM

One more...(5 oz Ag)

ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 7:40AM

ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 7:45AM

@mbogoman said:

Nice one . . . . .

PerryHall · July 19, 2021 8:07AM

I'm surprised no one has posted an octagon California fractional gold coin.

Jzyskowski1 · July 19, 2021 8:17AM

@mbogoman said:
One more...

Let’s make it 2

There’s times that this drivers me crazy. Pictures just turn sideways. Sorry

ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 10:49AM

There has ALWAYS got to be ONE contrarian one in the crowd . . . . . it might as well be me.

How about a NINE sided "octagon" . . . . . .

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ZoidMeister · July 19, 2021 10:51AM

BTW ^^^ that is called a NONAGON

dcarr · July 19, 2021 11:43AM

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ZoidMeister · July 20, 2021 9:46AM

@dcarr said:
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Where's the "Buy It Now" link . . .

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ZoidMeister · July 20, 2021 9:52AM

koynekwest · July 20, 2021 9:56AM

Here's another one. I have two. Great job, Intaglio Mint!

WillieBoyd2 · July 20, 2021 11:48AM

Two octagonal medals!

Lost Dutchman Coin, Gunsmoke television episode "Treasure of John Walking Fox" (1966)

The episode of the American television program "Gunsmoke" shows a large octagonal pioneer gold coin.

I bought a "Lost Dutchman Mine" coin (technically a medal or exonumia) for $15 at a California coin show in October 2013.

It was a large octagonal coin which imitated a California pioneer $50 gold coin or "slug". I bought it because I had read the story of the Lost Dutchman Mine and I liked the design with a miner panning for gold on the obverse and a coiled rattlesnake on the reverse.

The Lost Dutchman Mine octagonal coin

Obverse: Miner with pan / LOST DUTCHMAN / 1860
Reverse: Rattlesnake / LOST DUTCHMAN MINES / FIFTY DOLLARS
Metal: Brass, Size: 38mm, Octagonal, Weight: 34.38gm

After I paid for the coin, the seller asked me if I wanted to hear the story behind it. I said that I would and he told me that 500 of these were produced after one was used in a 1966 episode of the television show Gunsmoke which starred Leonard Nimoy as an Indian.

After watching a DVD of the episode, I discovered that my Lost Dutchman Mine coin does not match the prop coin shown in the episode, the episode coin is apparently copied from a California Gold Discovery Centennial medal made in 1948.

At home, I looked the coin up on the Internet and found one similar story, which claimed that the medals were made for "Gunsmoke" fans or octagonal collectors.

The "Lost Dutchman Mine" is not mentioned in the episode, it is a famous "lost mine" supposed located in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona.

"Gunsmoke" was an American television "Western" program which ran from 1955 to 1975. It started when William Boyd closed his "Hopalong Cassidy" television program and a use was needed for the sets and jobs for the employees.

The regular characters are Matt Dillon, the Marshall or Sheriff of the town of Dodge City, Kansas. Miss Kitty runs a saloon, Festus is Matt's deputy, and Doc Adams is the town doctor.

This episode was a story of revenge with an Indian and some greedy cowboys and townspeople. The appearance of a new gravestone sets the episode in 1874.

The show starred James Arness as Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as Kitty, Ken Curtis as Festus, and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams.

This episode starred Leonard Nimoy as John Walking Fox, Richard Webb as Aaron Tigue, Jim Davis as Gainer, and Lloyd Gough as Jacob Beamus. The director was Marc Daniels and the writers were Leo Bagby and Clyde Ware.

I posted more about the coin, the show, and the episode on my website under "Coins on Television".

John Walking Fox (Leonard Nimoy)

This was Leonard Nimoy's last guest television appearance before his long run as "Mr. Spock" on "Star Trek".

Only the obverse of the coin prop is shown during the episode. The reverse appears to be blank.

Close-up of the coin prop used in the episode

The coin has a figure of a miner '49er and the legend:
THE DAYS OF OLD / THE DAYS OF GOLD / THE DAYS OF FORTY NINE / CALIFORNIA

The film prop coin is not like the Lost Dutchman Mine medal, it appears to be based on a California Gold Discovery Centennial medal made in 1948.

The medal legend "the days of old, the days of gold" is from an old song of the California Gold Rush.

In the "Gunsmoke" episode, Marshall Dillon asks John Walking Fox where he got the two coins he spent.

John replies:
"Suppose I were to say I found them on the prairie, just the two of them".
"Or that they were given to me by an elder of the tribe, as talismans to ward off evil".

Stuart · July 20, 2021 7:50PM

coinsarefun · July 20, 2021 8:51PM

I always wanted one of these @Stuart Nice!

ZoidMeister · July 20, 2021 10:47PM

This one is a little different than the one I posted earlier.

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coinsarefun · July 20, 2021 11:27PM

Even though this one I round it’s still an octagon shape. I put this in some
new self slab holders and they are super!.
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mosjcoin · July 21, 2021 2:42AM

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Stuart · July 21, 2021 3:18PM

As others have already posted on this thread, this is a beautifully executed design that commemorates the 100 year Anniversary of the original 1915 (MCMXV) Gold $50 Panama Pacific Union. — Contains 5 Troy Ounces of .999 Silver.

LukeMarshall · August 21, 2021 4:04PM

Cool Octagons all!

Here are ... a couple of Sterling Silver Jettons from France below.

LukeMarshall · August 21, 2021 4:06PM

I see a nine sided piece above so I figure why not, I’ll follow with another Jetton I have, a ten sided decagon.

Jzyskowski1 · August 21, 2021 4:21PM

@mbogoman said:
One more...(5 oz Ag)

I’ve never seen the five oz. Nice 👍🏼

Lazybones · August 21, 2021 5:19PM

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Cameonut · August 21, 2021 5:24PM

@yosclimber said:

Wow, that brings me all the way back to 1974. There were plenty of Go Pre shirts supporting Steve Prefontaine at Oregon.

At the time I was at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a house-mate had a bunch of Stop Pre shirts printed up as a joke. I got one and wore it often but it finally hit the rag bag about 10 years later. (not sure if the one that Steve is wearing is from that batch or not). One night we were out on State Street hitting the bars and a guy stops me and says he is best friends with Lasse Viren who was an Olympic gold medalist in long distance running at the time. Naturally, this guy liked the Stop Pre shirts and drank with us the rest of the night.

fishteeth · August 21, 2021 6:21PM

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coinsarefun · August 21, 2021 7:44PM

@fishteeth said:

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FANTASTIC!

DCW · August 21, 2021 7:53PM

coinsarefun · August 21, 2021 8:17PM

Zoins · August 21, 2021 10:32PM

My Pacific Coast Numismatic Society Octagons:

2015 Pacific Coast Numismatic Society - by Daniel Carr of Moonlight Mint - Brass, Silver, Copper

1990 Pacific Coast Numismatic Society - by Lee and Joyce Kuntz of Masterpiece Medallions - Silver

Zoins · August 21, 2021 10:42PM

Lesher House Restoration Medal

Zoins · August 21, 2021 10:45PM

1906 Thompsons Restaurants - Imitation Slug

coinsarefun · August 21, 2021 11:31PM

J-355L TARGET REVERSE FACSIMILE SLUG MS 67 DPL
A few years back when this was graded and imaged it was unheard of the grade and the DPL.
Now there are probably a few…..lol
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Zoins · August 22, 2021 3:13AM

2016-D Clark Gruber $50 slug - bimetallic brass, copper ring - by Daniel Carr of Moonlight Mint

Cameonut · August 22, 2021 4:31AM

If you are spending one of these - you are in Arizona. In prison. (I've been having some fun picking up old prison tokens - not in person).

tokenpro · August 22, 2021 11:36AM

@Cameonut said:
If you are spending one of these - you are in Arizona. In prison. (I've been having some fun picking up old prison tokens - not in person).

Actually you would be in Arkansas, a few miles SE of Grady.

Cameonut · August 22, 2021 3:54PM

@tokenpro said:

@Cameonut said:
If you are spending one of these - you are in Arizona. In prison. (I've been having some fun picking up old prison tokens - not in person).

Actually you would be in Arkansas, a few miles SE of Grady.

Ooops - my bad - my flip says AR - had some mind freeze. Thanks for correcting.

renman95 · August 22, 2021 4:44PM

Zoins · August 22, 2021 4:47PM

Gorgeous @renman95! That's one of my favorite Dan @dcarr pieces! I hope to get one one day!

Octagons - post yours . . .

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Nice one . . . . .

How about a NINE sided "octagon" . . . . . .

BTW ^^^ that is called a NONAGON

Where's the "Buy It Now" link . . .

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