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11 Jan 2018, 1:06 am

Now here's a beauty -- and it could be yours today for a mere $225,000.

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https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=352594

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11 Jan 2018, 3:09 am

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Now here's a beauty -- and it could be yours today for a mere $225,000.

(Click to see all the detail.)

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=352594

I'll take a baker's dozen. :wink:

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13 Jan 2018, 6:05 am

There's more than a few of these on eBay. I might buy one at some point :arrow:

2018 Fiji Coca-Cola Bottle Cap-Shaped 6g Silver Proof $1 Coin

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13 Jan 2018, 12:07 pm

^ They follow in the great tradition of ancient Roman and Seleucid serrated coins, which collectors naturally call "bottlecaps." These are all ca. 150 BC:

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13 Jan 2018, 1:21 pm

nick007 wrote:

There's more than a few of these on eBay. I might buy one at some point :arrow:

2018 Fiji Coca-Cola Bottle Cap-Shaped 6g Silver Proof $1 Coin

Is the red side PAINTED?!?! !

Sacrilege to paint silver, imo.

Otherwise, it is VERY kewl!

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13 Jan 2018, 1:22 pm

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^ They follow in the great tradition of ancient Roman and Seleucid serrated coins, which collectors naturally call "bottlecaps." These are all ca. 150 BC:

WOW!

I love this thread!

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31 Jan 2018, 1:50 pm

Tetradrachm of ancient Knossos (ca 200 BC) -- and you know what Knossos was famous for:

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31 Jan 2018, 1:54 pm

slave wrote:

Sacrilege to paint silver, imo.

What about enamel , is that O.K.

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31 Jan 2018, 2:17 pm

^ that coin , not very strange but I do have one like this although it has a turquoise in it , this is just pure vandalism to someone into numismatics

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31 Jan 2018, 5:47 pm

SaveFerris wrote:

slave wrote:

Sacrilege to paint silver, imo.

What about enamel , is that O.K.

I wouldn't personally like it, but ultimately it is subjective.

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31 Jan 2018, 6:14 pm

slave wrote:

SaveFerris wrote:

slave wrote:

Sacrilege to paint silver, imo.

What about enamel , is that O.K.

I wouldn't personally like it, but ultimately it is subjective.

Nothing beats an original but I do like the enamel

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31 Jan 2018, 6:28 pm

Is it me or were the people who thought this was a good idea smoking crack ?

I'm surprised they don't provide a plane so you can reenact the terrorist act.

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05 Mar 2018, 3:41 am

The famous Pine Tree Shilling, the first coin minted in British North America:

http://amhistory.si.edu/coins/printable ... ncode=1_00

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15 Mar 2018, 2:15 am

One quatloo:

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Darmok wrote:

One quatloo:

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15 Mar 2018, 2:30 pm

Beware the Ides of March! (One of the world's most famous coins, 44 B.C.)

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