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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 316, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Touch Typing</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, actually, no, to answer your question, I am not working on a US Type Set.&nbsp; However, I did once pursue a set Philosophers:&nbsp; small Greek silver coins, drachma and obols, that represented a day&#039;s wages for a citizen at assembly or a rower on a galley or a soldier in the field, from the towns and times of famous philosophers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Athenian Owl covered a lot of them, as did the Alexandria tetradrachma.&nbsp; I never got Pythagoras nailed, but I got Thales, Demokritos, Aristarchos, Hipparchos, Archimedes, Zeno, Zeno, and Zeno, and about a dozen more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think my jewel was a nice didrachma from Akragas from the time of Empedokles.&nbsp; As much as I honor Aristotle, of course, and as cool as many of the others were, I think that Empedocles was my favorite.&nbsp; He lived to be 100 and died exploring Mt Aetna; he used a water thief to prove that air is a substance, that is has weight, and occupies space.&nbsp; The coin was just plain choice: well struck, nicely worn, good eagle, nice crab, and a good price coming and going.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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