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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4839562, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;ve been in coinstalking mode for one of these ever since [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] scored hers and showed it off here last year. I mean, a coin with a chicken on one side and waffles on the other... how can one not be tempted by such a deliciously whimsical numismatic morsel? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie54" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another reason this coin type appealed to me was for purely nostalgic reasons.&nbsp; Just looking at it turns back the clock for me 15 years to my first (and only) time trying that iconic American mashup.&nbsp; It was in 2005, and a friend I was traveling with insisted we pay pilgrimage to Roscoe&#039;s House of Chicken and Waffles off Sunset Boulevard in LA.&nbsp; I remember thoroughly enjoying my plate, but I also remember being a little disconcerted when I accidentally got some hot sauce intended for the fried chicken onto my waffles. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Alas, I didn&#039;t take a pic of my dish, but in trawling through old Yahoo emails for memories, I did find one I took that afternoon, of some Star Wars geeks queuing for tickets outside Grauman&#039;s Chinese Theater, a couple of weeks prior to the actual release of Revenge of the Sith.&nbsp; Jeez, Episodes I - III... now there&#039;s a memory I maybe didn&#039;t actually need!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But, anyway, enough waffling, back to the coin!&nbsp; TIF&#039;s <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/chicken-waffles.333266/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/chicken-waffles.333266/">thread</a> about this type has all the fun exposition about the intriguing reverse design, so I won&#039;t go into that, beyond saying that I love that on my example, the cross-hatch pattern is most appropriately echoed on the obverse by the extensive surface crystallization of the coin.&nbsp; As far as the story behind the city&#039;s use of the rooster as its emblem goes, I found this short blurb from a Nomos auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Dardanos used the cock as its symbol on its early coinage, perhaps because of that animal&#039;s relation to the sunrise or because of a lost myth connecting it with the Dardanians, an ancient people who supposedly lived in this area and were closely connected to the Trojans (Tros was the grandson of their eponymous founder, Dardanos).</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I guess now the only mystery left to ponder is, how <i>did </i>the Dardanians like their chickens served?&nbsp;&nbsp; More research for another day! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In the meantime, please post pics of your coins of Troas, chickens, or waffles!&nbsp; </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1169298[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>TROAS, Dardanos</b></p><p>AR Obol. 0.66g, 10mm. TROAS, Dardanos, circa 500-400 BC. Klein 303; SNG Ashmolean 1119. O: Rooster standing left. R: Cross-hatch pattern.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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