7,500th Post, and A Present To Myself

Thanks. I have other coins with bankers marks, but none so circular. I have one like a "Z" and another like a crescent.

I'm more than honored to be here on this forum and to get to know all the posters to this forum. A great bunch of guys and gals (and more than a few characters).

 

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Well, let's get our feces together and answer JA's question!!!

Leave to us to come up with ...'Get your feces together' LOL

But, now JA's got me curious about the circular bankers mark too.

Edit--Bankers mark I meant not mintmark LOL

 

Not a mintmark, but rather a banker's mark.

 

Oops !!! I'll Edit my brain freeze (I thought you needed to drink a 'slurpy' for that?) or typo or whatever it was LOL

 

I do not know the answer Mikey. I tried to look for a listing of banker's marks, but I came up empty handed. Bankers marks were somewhat prevalent during the Republic but nearly disappeared during the Imperial period. Banker's marks are believed to show that a particular coin was scrutinized at some point by someone and found to be OK. I do not know why they stopped using them. Certainly forgeries and plated coins continued into the Imperial period, so why not continue to show good coins with a mark? I read somewhere that the Imperial portrait was considered sacrosanct, but I think this is just a guess.

 

Very nice present for your accomplishment! Think I may adopt this tradition of yours

 

Actually, I adopted it from either Gil or VK. Like you, I thought this a good idea since no one else ever bothers to buy me coins. Hrumph!

 

Ain't that the truth!

 

Well said!

 

Bankers Marks: I have a couple Denarii with bankers marks (snake, unidentified mark, etc.) A couple of my Athenian Owl Tetradrachmae have bankers marks. I have a Chinese bankers mark on a couple of my US Trade Dollars.

Now, Mikey Zee... LOL... I must correct you. It is: "I have my feces consolidated" or "You need to get your feces consolidated" or "I am trying to consolidate my feces." However, it is NEVER "Get your feces together"... That is incorrect and bad form!

 

Ah, Geez---I stand corrected again!!

 

I also have seen them on the moderns I once owned (Trade Dollars and Yen), but I was referring specifically to the 'circular' type found on Bing's coin that JA alluded to....I have seen countless bankers marks, usually gouges and holes but not a circular indentation as Bings example exhibited. So JA raised my curiosity as to its significance if any---perhaps a specific person(s) or location?????

 

Agreed regarding the circular being an unusual bankers mark. I have circle metal punches in my shop, but mine were obviously made in modern manufacturing. Curious as to the ancient manufacturing process to make a circular punch, or what tool was used to stamp that bankers mark.

 

I don't know how I missed this but that is a wonderful upgrade. Congratulations on your 7500. I have a thing for counter marks. This circular counter is quite interesting. I like it for its simplicity and regularity.

 

TY Anoob and everyone else for your comments.

 

Wow jw, 7500 awesome, your new coin is totally awesome my friend, great upgrade with a kiss on the cheek..