Vietnam Mercury Dime

Did you ever wonder how far a coin has traveled or who may have carried it? Check this out:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1939-mercury-dime-/221355853511?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3389d646c7


TC

 

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It occurs to me that you can write whatever you want on a two-by-two.

 

Oy.

 

I guess it's possible the seller wrote the provenance but he isn't using it in the listing. But who is Bob?

 

if it came with a pic of him holding it in nam.. that would be cool

 

True that. I am not saying it adds any value to it though, and the seller is not saying it was carried in Vietnam. It just makes me wonder about the travels that some coins have made.

 

I saw someone selling a $5 Indian head gold coin a while back that, "was given to my grandfather by ELVIS PRESLEY!" He had a letter he was selling with the coin, NOT written by Elvis. He was asking like $5000.

 

That's part of the allure of ancients. Never mind Mercury dimes - imagine holding coins that were spent by soldiers in the armies of Antony and Cleopatra...

 

Apparently Bob carried a pocketful of change, the seller also has his quarter.

 

This is the kind of coin stuff I LOVE. Unfortunately it's not my own story or anyone I personally know, so I kind of have to go with anyone can write anything on a coin flip.

 

Didn't Bob have a last name?

 

I'm guessing he did.

 

Hope. TC

 

I would think whoever wanted to collect Bob's dime would be a bit more detailed.

 

Or Dobbs maybe.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...WIq2658rAe_O-C5Og&sig2=c-IkuCwJZOtrpZ-T6_WAFQ

 

This thread made me think whether any coin(s) made it to the Moon? Anyone know?

 

Gus Grissom smuggled two roles of Mercury dimes into space:

http://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/grissom.htm

http://voices.yahoo.com/are-astronaut-gus-grissoms-lost-mercury-dimes-actually-427024.html?cat=37

 

Gary Powers carried a box dollar on his wayward flights over the USSR. It had a poison needle in it that he was suppose to to use to croak himself if he ever went down over the USSR.

 

Hope

Edit, Dang TC beat me to it

 

Wonder if TPG's would come up with a "BEEN IN SPACE" slab