Possible Coin Graffiti Mystery Puzzle - could this be a map?
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Over at MyCollect, @seatedlib3991 had a post about hidden meanings in some coin graffiti - Long story short, here’s the possible mystery map theory 
And here’s the coin in question that is a family heirloom from my Wife’s ancestors that have been in Philly/Burlington NJ (you know, where Ben Franklin hung out sometimes) area since colonial times.
Now the question - Could this actually be a map?
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Looks like random vandalism to me.
Randalism
Doodling
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Any amount of time spent trying to figure out if someone scratched a treasure map into that coin generations ago is time wasted.
It's not exactly a random scratch but that doesn't mean there is some hidden meaning.
It looks to me like a spider web. 🕸
@JBK. Each to their own. I have been making up crap (and enjoying it) for years. As I always say, "Try and stop me!' James
But what if “Liberty” means the “Liberty Bell”?
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If “Liberty” = Liberty Bell, then it’s most likely the map leads to one of these places
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That would be cool, but I don't think thats what happened
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Looks like regular graffiti (?) to me
I hate this thread. I just dug up my whole yard and found nothing!
It might be a map. It might be graphical proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. It might be the secret sigil of the Super-Secret Brotherhood of Secret Secrets. It might be stranded aliens carving the star-map of the Large Magellanic Cloud onto a piece of durable metal. Or it might be "what happens when you toss your money and your hunting knife together into your saddlebag", or "what happens when your young apprentice has a whittlin' knife and no wood to whittle with".
But unless you've got videotaped evidence of the markings being made, or otherwise record an interview with the carver who explains how to decode the mystery, or some other actual provable key to "decode the code", it is logically impossible to extract meaning from meaninglessness.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
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I think it could be a backward satanic message.
As in Styx - Snowblind (Caught In The Act)
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@Mr_Spud . Sorry if I missed it but did you post what theories or ideas you have had about your coin? James
Ok folks, I’m resisting the temptation to start overlaying maps of Philly near Independence Hall with the graffiti on the coin, at least for the time being. But I do want to mention who one of my wife’s ancestors was. The ancestors last name was “Henry”. But I’m not talking about “one if by land, two if by sea” Henry. I’m talking about the inventor of the “Henry” rifle, the invention was later purchased by Winchester, you know “the gun that won the west”.
Also, even if the graffiti is really nothing but graffiti, this grouping of coins that we ended up with that were her ancestors coins will always be a “National Treasure” to me. I posted the pictures below on the forums here when we first bought them. I explained how I paid my wife’s parents full retail value based on Coin World pricing of the same grade as if they weren’t problem coins because they were considering selling them to a local dealer for whatever he was willing to pay. Some had that “stored in leather” terminal black toning, some were bent, the copper coins had verdigris and corrosive pitting. I’ve been slowly conserving them one coin at a time, and I’m going to house them in a Vintage “Made for Stacks” Wayte Raymond Type Set album where the pages/boards have been sprayed with a layer of polyurethane so as to prevent and further corrosion/damage from the acidic paper/cardboard pages/boards.
Here’s the coins:
And I’ll post some pictures of the Album I plan to use to store this “National Treasure” in when I get a chance this weekend.
Now, back to the movie:
Coming soon, in National treasure 2, here’s some previews:
In the Cemetary where Ben Franklin is buried
And…..
Mr_Spud
See post above
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Love the 1817/3 half Mr spud, I like 👍
Obviously the location of The San Saba Mine:
The mythical San Saba Mine, in present-day Texas, was a rich Spanish silver mine that was supposedly buried by Native Americans or the original Spanish miners.
In treasure-hunting lore, a waybill—a set of written directions—or a map is sometimes said to have existed that leads to the mine from the San Antonio presidio. The story predates 1817, but the year could be a part of some variation of the myth.
Northwesterly version of the puzzle.
Image is turned 180°, then line up the north facing arrow.
Get a latitude reading for the westerly route, stoping at the intersection.
Google maps couldn't quite find a close match, so bring a shovel and update your subscription to onX off-road
Solved the mystery.
Its Erbil, Kurdistan.
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This space reserved for the conclusion of Natural Treasure movie #1
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@Morgan White said:
Now here’s the trailer for National Treasure 2, where the trail leads to (believe it or not) Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia PA
https://www.facebook.com/tim.chiprich/videos/1578150638863049/?fs=e&fs=e
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