Merry Christmas to you also !!
Being from Texas, I love that coin, and would really like to get one. I've bid on them many times, but, like a very small fish in a very large...
Yeah , the Atocha and the Central America come to mind
Thanks for the post !!!
Boy Scouts movement begins. On January 24, 1908, the Boy Scouts movement begins in England with the publication of the first installment of Robert...
I would have never guessed that to be a shipwreck coin. Most that I've seen are still somewhat encrusted or otherwise damaged.
The eye doesn't interest me like the ear does. The ear is so much more noticeable to me, whereas the eye, at least to me, just looks like a...
With my collection habits, and pocketbook, I'm not used to seeing such well struck "population 1 " coins. lol
Yes, I thought I did, but to pay so much over value just for historical interest is certainly not something I would ever do. In a way I'm a...
I have no idea, which is why I'm asking. I'm just curious as to what it is, but I'm also curious as to why someone would pay so much for something...
That's good to know because I use those also. Thanks.
I'll say it's clean and very well struck for being a 1738 coin. This is probably the best one I've ever seen. Probably too good.
I really like that coin and would LOVE to have one, but....the expense is why I don't.
Here's a Jamboree held in England. There were also others.9th_World_Scout_Jamboree
I read your link, and I like it. You know, I'm leaning toward the idea that this coin was acquired by a Native American Boy Scout while at...
More research concerning Native American symbols, including all three on the coin. symbol-meanings
Very good reasoning , Max! After further research concerning the BSA and the symbols on this coin, I have found some connections : The Order of...
No offense , but why do you do that?
What is that material caught into the weight? Dried clay? Petrified rope?
Jim, you're just a little bit faster on the Draw (typing).
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