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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3593055, member: 99456&quot;]Great coins! especially the sestertius of George Washington <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for post - and here&#039;s the coin you reference (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugio_cent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugio_cent" rel="nofollow">public domain image ex-wikipedia</a>) designed by Ben Franklin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]960252[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some coins from the &quot;John Quincy Adams Collection&quot; <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1847" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1847" rel="nofollow">here</a> and some relevant <a href="https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/coin-collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/coin-collection" rel="nofollow">notes</a> for Thomas Jefferson:</p><p><font size="3"><i>1805. In April, Jefferson received from Nicolai Henrich Weinwich of Copenhagen &quot;a box containg 150. pieces of Roman coin in bronze of different sizes from the reign of Augustus to that of Theodosius.&quot; Two weeks later he forwarded them to the American Philosophical Society, where they might be &quot;of more extensive use.&quot;</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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