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The Unabomber's Silver Bullion Coin

WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The Unabomber's Silver Bullion Coin

Among the items found in the Unabomber's infamous Montana cabin
was a one ounce silver bullion coin or "round".
Since Theodore Kacynski was not a coin collector, the silver must
have been used for some other purpose.

See The Smoking Gun website for details:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0308071tedk1.html

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  • JapanJohnJapanJohn Posts: 2,030 ✭
    Looks like something similar to a Liberty Dollar only probably circulated through some other group. Just out of curiosity I checked the Liberty Dollars website just now and saw they are shut down due to court order. Those chuckleheads are from my home town. I hope they are in jail as well.

    All that being said I think it would be cool to own the Unabomber's Silver Round.

    John
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  • heavymetalheavymetal Posts: 634 ✭✭✭✭
    As if Coin Collectors don't already have an image problem, now we're all potential Unabombers.imageimageimage
  • dbcoindbcoin Posts: 2,200 ✭✭
    maybe he used silver for his home made electrical contacts or for solder?

    all his parts were home made so as to untraceable.
  • TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    Those coins have been around since the early 80's, they are quite common in survial groups and/or militias. They have been and are still commonly traded for goods and services based on thier silver content. USually spot + $1.00 or so seems to be common.
  • Tdec1000Tdec1000 Posts: 3,852 ✭✭✭
    I bet 99 to 1 that he used it for a counterbalance to weigh out black powder or nitro.
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  • dbcoindbcoin Posts: 2,200 ✭✭
    I bet 99 to 1 that he used it for a counterbalance to weigh out black powder or nitro.

    Excellent point
  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And to think I spent all those years hunting behind his shack.
    Collector and Researcher of Liberty Head Nickels. ANA LM-6053
  • ecichlidecichlid Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I bet 99 to 1 that he used it for a counterbalance to weigh out black powder or nitro. >>



    Yikes!!!
    There is no "AT" or "NT". We only have "market acceptable" or "not market acceptable.
  • aficionadoaficionado Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭
    Melt them.

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