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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3270065, member: 83845"]Okay friends, time for my next bonus coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Curtisimo's coins</b></span></font></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>That his wife wore in her shoe</b></u></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>As many of you know I invited you all to my wedding earlier this year <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/you-are-all-invited-to-my-wedding.315126/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/you-are-all-invited-to-my-wedding.315126/">You are all invited to my wedding!</a></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">In the lead up to my wedding I was saving up for, well... wedding stuff, so didn't have as much money to spend on coins. One day my wife was speculating on what would be her "something borrowed, something blue" and looked up the origins of this rhyme. The whole thing apparently goes.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><i>"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in her shoe"</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">Now I'm interested...</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i><b>Me</b>: "So you need a sixpence for the wedding?"</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i><b>My wife</b>: "I guess so.."</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i><b>Me</b>: "I can help with that" *silently celebrating victory*</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Below is the coin that got me through my wedding-driven, early year dry spell. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">For those interested: Yes she wore it in her shoe at the wedding and, no, it was completely undamaged. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]862348[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">England, Tudor Dynasty</font></p><p><font size="3">Elizabeth I (1558-1603)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Sixpence, London mint, Struck 1575</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 2.92</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: ELIZABETH D G ANF FR ET HI REGINA: Crowned bust left</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV: long cross over arms with date above</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Seaby 2563</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3270065, member: 83845"]Okay friends, time for my next bonus coin! [SIZE=5][COLOR=#808080][B]Curtisimo's coins[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=7][COLOR=#404040][U][B]That his wife wore in her shoe[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] As many of you know I invited you all to my wedding earlier this year ;) [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/you-are-all-invited-to-my-wedding.315126/']You are all invited to my wedding![/URL][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]In the lead up to my wedding I was saving up for, well... wedding stuff, so didn't have as much money to spend on coins. One day my wife was speculating on what would be her "something borrowed, something blue" and looked up the origins of this rhyme. The whole thing apparently goes. [/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=4][I]"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in her shoe"[/I] [/SIZE][/INDENT] [SIZE=4]Now I'm interested... [I][B]Me[/B]: "So you need a sixpence for the wedding?"[/I] [I][B]My wife[/B]: "I guess so.."[/I] [I][B]Me[/B]: "I can help with that" *silently celebrating victory*[/I] Below is the coin that got me through my wedding-driven, early year dry spell. For those interested: Yes she wore it in her shoe at the wedding and, no, it was completely undamaged. :) [ATTACH=full]862348[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]England, Tudor Dynasty Elizabeth I (1558-1603) AR Sixpence, London mint, Struck 1575 Dia.: 26 mm Wt.: 2.92 Obv.: ELIZABETH D G ANF FR ET HI REGINA: Crowned bust left Rev.: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV: long cross over arms with date above Ref.: Seaby 2563[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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