U.S. Independence Day

Since I'm in Greece for this Independence Day...some Greek eagles will go nicely!


Hiketas, Syracuse, BC 288-278
AE, 20mm, 6.2g; 2h
Obv.: Laureate head of young Zeus Hellianos left
Rev.: ΣΥPAKOΣIΩN (upward on left undivided); eagle with wings open standing left atop fulmen


Apameia, Phrygia; BC 133-148
AE, 6.73g, 23mm; 2h
Obv.: Bust of Athena right wearing high crested Corinthian helmet and aegis
Rev.: AΠAMEΩN; eagle alighting on base with meander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi, star above

And some thunder!

 

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And who can forget this speech by President Washington when Mad King George sent his intergalactic flying saucer army from Westminster to America to try to reconquer the colonies.



I was once having a conversation with the Chief of Police for Miami, and he asked me if I really needed an AK-47. I told him "You never know when the ghost of Mad King George III and an army of zombie redcoats will come sailing down the Miami River. When that happens, you'll be thanking us AK-47 owners." I don't think I convinced him, but he got a good laugh out of it.

 

Nothing more American than a contemporary New Jersey counterfeit of a Connecticut Cent on defunct and stolen Nova Constellatio planchets.

The Connecticut Copper imitated the British coinage, but only because they watched the new coinage of the Republic of Vermont flop. By decree the new Connecticut coin would bare the bust of a man and the inscription AUCTORI CONNEC (The Authority of Connecticut), on the reverse, Liberty Seated on a globe holding and olive branch with spear resting on a shield, the inscription INDE ET LIB (Independence and Liberty)

I apologize for the seller photo but our fine nation's postal service, says " I will get it on July 5th Tuesday."
(1787)

 

I've always thought this coin was a very good representation of liberty and the fight against tyranny. Victory is standing on a broken scepter and holding a broken diadem, both symbols of monarchy and authority. Casca Longus was a Tribune and one of the conspirators who murdered Caesar, reportedly striking the first blow.

Brutus, AR Denarius (3.84g) - mint moving with Brutus 43-42, CASCA – LONGVS Wreathed head of Neptune r.; below, trident. Rev. BRVTVS IMP Victory walking r. on broken scepter and holding palm branch over l. shoulder and broken diadem with both hands. Babelon Junia 44 and Servilia 37. Sydenham 1298. Sear Imperators 212. Crawford 507/2

 

Happy Independence day folks. ...
We had our own recently, well kind of.
It's going to be tough for a few years until we renegotiate our trading deals... but better in the long run.
I always see the UK as a closer ally with you guys than the rest of Europe to be honest.........I have family in the US, who are the best.
I hope the rest of the world stick with us while we untangle ourselves from the mess that is the EU.
OH, HERE'S A COIN.....

 

happy 4th of july everyone!

 

Picnics and fireworks. My neighborhood sounded like the Revolutionary War last night!

 

Here's stickin' to ya, baby.

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stuart Mill

A couple of tiny Nabataean eagles...

 

Most of us Yanks will stick with you through thick and thin. I always thought that GB did not belong with the EU.

 

Forty years ago tonight I had the privilege of photographing the Washington DC Bicentennial fireworks show from the top of the Washington Monument. There is nothing quite like watching such a show from above (except, of course, being in the wrong place at the wrong time which describes war zones). The experience ruined my possible enjoyment of future displays however magnificent they were.

Fireworks and gunpowder needed for what we now use for such purposes were invented in China in a time when coins were cash with legends/characters but no images. I would love to see what they might have put on coins if they had used the same ideas of using pictures on coins as done in the West.

 

Spectacular I imagine. ...

 

What about the revolutionary war? just kidding

 

Yeah, lol. We Brexited before it was popular.

 

And some states later tried to "Amexit" but that turned into a giant mess...

 

Speaking of which, I've been thinking of joining ranks with some of the Civil War reenactors out here in Gettysburg, like I have any time on my hands. But it sure looks like a lot of fun. These guys have been doing cosplay long before that whole culture became popular as well.

 

You should. Not that I would know since I've never been in one but I think you should. Definitely looks like fun. I would love to see a reenactment one day, but it would probably most likely in the north of Florida where a few battles took place. (South Florida wasn't exactly a military objective back then ).

 

For this Great event in the world History, I chose the red toned eagle which was struck in Alexandria. The obverse deserves only the name of the man who signed the Declaration of Independence. Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY for ever.

 

Do you still have any of the images and can they be shared here? I bet they are spectacular.

 

Fully agreed. But for some reason they got in, and now they will get out. If you want to discuss the Brexit, however, do that at PartisanLines.com please.

Christian

 

My bad.