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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1472064, member: 4381&quot;][TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [TD]&nbsp; [h=2]Coin Collecting at the Safir House</p><p>Cave Art of Chauvet Coin[/h]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [TD] <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TR]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TABLE]</p><p>&nbsp;Sun Jun 24 00:48:16 2012 [HR][/HR]&nbsp;&nbsp; <font face="arial"><font size="5"> Prehistoric Artistic Masterpiece </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5"> [h=3]Cave Art of Chauvet Coin[/h]&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font> <blockquote><p><font face="arial"><font size="5"> The magic of the prehistoric art in the Chauvet Cave and a description of the cave itself is&nbsp; hard to get ones mind around and certainly beyond the scope of this small web page.&nbsp; The cave was the star of the movie done by Werner Herzog, who brought this great monument to life in 3D spender with his release &quot;Cave of Forgotten dreams&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; The cave itself extends about 400 meters end to end. It has several galleries of art scenes which exploit the shape of the walls, and the cave features to attenuate the affects of the art.&nbsp; Movement, emotion,&nbsp; landscape and realism and surrealism are all exploited in techniques of the cave.&nbsp; The height of the hunt of cats, and the chase of bison and horse are represented with all the tension of life on a savanna. The animals roar to life, gather at a watering hole near a real spring, and seemingly demonstrate some&nbsp; fertility symbols.</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Aside from the painting, it would seem the cave was not so much used for human occupation rather than&nbsp; either religious events or simply as an artistic exercise for the spiritual experience of the creation of art.&nbsp; The cave itself was occupied by the Cave Bear, an extinct form of bear far larger that today’s grizzly bear, and cave lions, also now extinct. A skull of a bear is placed on an raised platform in a central and highly aesthetic position.&nbsp; The cave itself opened to the banks of the Ardèche river allowing considerable light in.&nbsp; About 27,000 years ago, an avalanche sealed the cave almost perfectly leaving a time capsule 32,000 years old, including bones, and foot human foot prints in the soft cave&nbsp; bottom. </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cats_cave.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/owl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5"> <ol> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave" rel="nofollow"> wikpedia</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/index.php" rel="nofollow">The Bradshaw Site</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.experienceardeche.com/page/the-chauvet-cave/56/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.experienceardeche.com/page/the-chauvet-cave/56/" rel="nofollow">Experience Ardeche</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html" rel="nofollow">Official Government Site</a></li> </ol><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; The Chauvet Cave Coin is a One Half Ounce 925/1000 solver proof coin, 35mm diameter coin with a mintage of only 1000 pieces minted in Britain.&nbsp; Its face value is one dollar, and colored with the painting of the cats on a textured background.&nbsp; It coin could have been much better if the background followed the contours of the cave itself, giving the rendering a more realistic feel closer to the original</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [TABLE=&quot;class: cms_table&quot;]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">[TR]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp; [TD] <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/images/011-cave_4_800.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/images/011-cave_4_800.png" rel="nofollow">&nbsp; <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/images/010-cave_4_600.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </a>&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: #004400">2011 One Dollar Niue Cave of Chauvet Prehistoric Painting Obverse</span>[/TD]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; [/TR]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; [/TABLE]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">[TABLE=&quot;class: cms_table&quot;]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">[TR]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp; [TD] <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/images/014-cave_r_600.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/images/014-cave_r_600.png" rel="nofollow">&nbsp; <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/previews/015-cave_r_800.png.medium.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </a>&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: #004400">2011 One Dollar Niue Cave of Chauvet Prehistoric Painting Reverse</span>[/TD]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; [/TR]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp; [/TABLE]</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">This is the <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/cave/index.html" rel="nofollow">Formated Archive</a>&nbsp; of images of this coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font>&nbsp;&nbsp; [HR][/HR]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Several mints from around the world make exciting coin designs in circulating alloys, silver&nbsp; and gold.&nbsp; Among my favorites are the Perth Mint in Austrailia which produces a variety of&nbsp; coins for nations mostly through out the Pacific Rim. The Neatherlands has also produced some interesting designs, and several private US based mints have produced foreign currency on&nbsp; contract, include the Franklin Mint which has produced many Israeli Coins.&nbsp; Our interest in foreign coins has been nominal but rapidly growing as it seems that US designs&nbsp; are so stuck in the mud.&nbsp; Also, foreign mints are creating bold new designs with color and bimetal designs that are both eye catching and fun. </p><p>&nbsp;This is a short list of our current modern design:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>[HR][/HR] [TABLE]</p><p>&nbsp;[TR]</p><p>[TD] </p><ul> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/koala.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/koala.html" rel="nofollow">Australan Silver Koala</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kookaburra.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kookaburra.html" rel="nofollow">Australan Kookaburra&nbsp; Silver</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/turt_ausie.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/turt_ausie.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Silver Hawkbill Turtle </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/red_oct.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/red_oct.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Octopus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/starfish.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/starfish.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Starfish</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/sugeon.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/sugeon.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Surgeon Fish</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/manta_ray.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/manta_ray.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Manta Ray</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cockatoo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cockatoo.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Silver Cockatoo Parrot</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/duggong.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/duggong.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Perth Mint Dollar Silver Dugong</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/octopus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/octopus.html" rel="nofollow">Austrailian Deadly and Dangerous Silver Ringed Octopus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cuban.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cuban.html" rel="nofollow">Cayman Islands Cuban Amazon Parrot: 25 Anniversity World Wifelife Fund</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/panda.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/panda.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese Silver Panda</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/easter.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/easter.html" rel="nofollow">Easter Islands </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/fiji.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/fiji.html" rel="nofollow">Fiji Island Turtle Bullion</a> from New Zeland</li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/archeopteryx.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/archeopteryx.html" rel="nofollow">German 10 Euro Archeopteryx Coin</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/indo-Sassanian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/indo-Sassanian.html" rel="nofollow">Indo-Sassanian Gadhaya Paisa Saurastrat - Silver Coin</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/israeli.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/israeli.html" rel="nofollow">Israeli Coins</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/judwar.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/judwar.html" rel="nofollow">Judean Roman Wars</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/herod.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/herod.html" rel="nofollow">Judean Herodian Coinage</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kashmir.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kashmir.html" rel="nofollow">Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kurd.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kurd.html" rel="nofollow">Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/mac.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/mac.html" rel="nofollow">Macabean Coins</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/arch.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/arch.html" rel="nofollow">Netherlands Architecture Commemerative Euro</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/manhattan_commem.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/manhattan_commem.html" rel="nofollow">Netherlands 400 years since the discovery of Manhattan Commem</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kaka.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/kaka.html" rel="nofollow">New Zealand 1996 Kaka Parrot $5 Silver Dollar</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/niue_vangough.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/niue_vangough.html" rel="nofollow">Niue Island Artist Series: Van Gogh</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cave.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/cave.html" rel="nofollow">Niue Island Cave of Chauvet</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/sart.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/sart.html" rel="nofollow">Western Satraps 1st Century - 2nd Centry India -R-Drachm</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/israeli_perth_cook/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/israeli_perth_cook/index.html" rel="nofollow">Israeli Akko, Birds, Red Sea and Elijah Coins.&nbsp; Perth Minti Kookabura and Koalas,&nbsp; and Van Gogh Coin from Niue Island</a></li> </ul><p>[/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TR]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TABLE]</p><p>&nbsp;[HR][/HR]&nbsp; &nbsp; Our modest collection generally contains the following coins types. Click to see these examples show below including photography:&nbsp; <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/large_pennies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/large_pennies.html" rel="nofollow">Large Cent Coppers</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/flying_eagle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/flying_eagle.html" rel="nofollow">Flying Eagle Cents</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/lincoln.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/lincoln.html" rel="nofollow">Lincoln Cents and Wheat Backs</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/buffalo_nickles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/buffalo_nickles.html" rel="nofollow">Buffalo Nickels</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/jeff.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/jeff.html" rel="nofollow">Jefferson Nickels</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/half_dimes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/half_dimes.html" rel="nofollow">Bust Half Dimes</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mercs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mercs.html" rel="nofollow">Mercury (Liberrty Head) Dimes</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/roosevelt.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/roosevelt.html" rel="nofollow">Roosevelt Dime</a> <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/barber_quarter.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/barber_quarter.html" rel="nofollow">Barber Quarter Dollars</a> <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/slq.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/slq.html" rel="nofollow">Standing Libery Quarter</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/washington.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/washington.html" rel="nofollow">Washington and Washington State Quarters</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/capp_bust_half_dollars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/capp_bust_half_dollars.html" rel="nofollow">Cap Bust Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/seated_halfs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/seated_halfs.html" rel="nofollow">Seated Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/barber_half.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/barber_half.html" rel="nofollow">Barber Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/walking_liberty.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/walking_liberty.html" rel="nofollow">Walking Liberty Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/franklin.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/franklin.html" rel="nofollow">Franklin Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/kenedy.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/kenedy.html" rel="nofollow">Kennedy Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/morgan_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/morgan_coins.html" rel="nofollow">Morgan Silver Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/peace_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/peace_coins.html" rel="nofollow">Peace Silver Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ikes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ikes.html" rel="nofollow">Eisenhower Clad and Silver Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/sacagawea.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/sacagawea.html" rel="nofollow">Sacawagea Golden Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/proofs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/proofs.html" rel="nofollow">Modern Silver and Clad Proof Sets</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ase.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ase.html" rel="nofollow">Modern American Silver Eagle uncirculated mint coins and proofs</a> </p><p><a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/comemeagles2008.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/comemeagles2008.html" rel="nofollow">Modern Silver and Clad 2008 Commemorative Bald Eagle Series</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/gold_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/gold_coins.html" rel="nofollow">Gold Coins</a> - Not too many <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/foreign.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/foreign.html" rel="nofollow">Modern Foreign Coins from Outside The United States</a> Circulated US Silver Coins prior to 1964&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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