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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2977167, member: 87186&quot;]Hi everybody.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either pareidolia has finally gotten the better of me this time or this is a way cool coin I am in the midst of cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have seen porpoise coins and they are great; but, the other day I was cleaning this coin which was entirely crusty.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731795[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it was broken and since I was expecting these coins to be Greek and I am not yet even a little bit fluent in Greek ancient coins and cleaning, I figured I would start with this one. As I was working to get the dirt off the coin I noticed that what i thought was a crack or a break did not seem like cracks or breaks I have seen before</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731793[/ATTACH]</p><p>The edges were not sharp and/or ragged. And I could see that the pattern on the rim/edge of the coin followed all the way around the coin until it got to that open area where the pattern either went in a bit or tapered off. As I looked more closely, I noticed something that looked like a fang on one side of the gap and then on the other side another fatter stubbier fang-like structure. Then I could see smaller ones to the side of those growing smaller and something on the what I began calling the &quot;bottom&quot; like a tongue in what I began thinking might be an open or even roaring mouth, especially since I was starting to think I recognized stripes on the side of the head like a tiger. Then I noticed an eye-type structure and when I turned the coin over I saw another eye-type structure on the other side in the same position. But from that side the &#039;face&#039; of the thing seemed to me to appear more like a ram or lamb or something. (Could be I am just realllllly looking forward to the coming of the Messiah) - you know:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all.&quot;</p><p><b>Isaiah 11:6</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, So after I started suspecting I had a coin shaped like a tiger head (at least), I went looking to find another coin similar to it. What I found was this below and really only by coincidence did I find it because I stopped to look at this seller&#039;s coins thinking I might get some crusties he had. And I stress that I found these two examples AFTER I began thinking my coin was tiger.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731784[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731787[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So what do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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