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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OldDan, post: 118669, member: 1872&quot;]Well gentlemen,&nbsp; I have finally decided that what collecting I do from here on out will be the British Commonwealth&#039;s gold and silver Sovereigns with St. George mounted on a horse and spearing dragons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can just hear old GDJMSP laughing right now, as it has taken me a long time to come around to collecting any thing outside of the good old US of A.&nbsp; But this is a coin design that in one form or&nbsp; another dates back to the Regent of Antioch in 1112-1119, and continues with variations of St. George into Elizabeth II&#039;s era in 1992.&nbsp; The coins that I&#039;m especially interested in were the ones who were designed by Benedetto Pistrucci in about 1817.&nbsp; The guy ranks right up there with the best of coin designers and this one coin is considered one of the most beautiful coins in the world.&nbsp; Oh yes, the bonus is that I will be able to get them from any number of different countries around the world.</p><p>Here is a sample of what I&#039;m talking about:</p><p><a href="http://www.knyght.co.uk/My%20Webs/images/2003sovereigngoldproofrev240.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.knyght.co.uk/My%20Webs/images/2003sovereigngoldproofrev240.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.knyght.co.uk/My Webs/images/2003sovereigngoldproofrev240.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yah! I know Doug, I kidded you about collecting coins with guys in their long johns, and here I go and pick one where the guy is only wearing a &#039;smile&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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