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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3875312, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Not an ancient, but fun...</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady": bizarre folk art carving on 1811-13 Canadian "Marshal Wellington" halfpenny token</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Weird%20Wellington-Penguin%20Lady-000600-coin-1600x800.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Host coin:</b> Undated (ca. 1811-1813) pre-confederation Canadian "Marshal Wellington" halfpenny token (Breton-971?), large leaves variety.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> bust of Field Marshal Wellington with front outline of profile recarved.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> seated Brittania altered into bizarre bird-headed woman with small animal inverted on her lap.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This was a dirt-cheap impulse buy that was so unusual I just couldn't pass it up. It cost me the princely sum of six dollars. Could <i>you</i> have passed it up for that price?</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Boy, "Penguin Lady" sure is spooky, isn't she? How'd you like to run up on <i>her</i> in a dark alley? Brr... there's some nightmare fuel. Look at that sharp beak... those muscular arms. And that poor creature in her lap, which she appears to be... spanking? Petting? <i>Eviscerating?</i> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">And what the heck <i>is</i> that critter, anyway? </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I think I'll call it "The ArmadilloFox".</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Behold, the ArmadilloFox, right-side-up:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Weird%20Wellington-Penguin%20Lady-000600-rev-inverted.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3875312, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Not an ancient, but fun... [B]"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady": bizarre folk art carving on 1811-13 Canadian "Marshal Wellington" halfpenny token[/B] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Weird%20Wellington-Penguin%20Lady-000600-coin-1600x800.png[/IMG] [B]Host coin:[/B] Undated (ca. 1811-1813) pre-confederation Canadian "Marshal Wellington" halfpenny token (Breton-971?), large leaves variety. [B]Obverse:[/B] bust of Field Marshal Wellington with front outline of profile recarved. [B]Reverse:[/B] seated Brittania altered into bizarre bird-headed woman with small animal inverted on her lap. This was a dirt-cheap impulse buy that was so unusual I just couldn't pass it up. It cost me the princely sum of six dollars. Could [I]you[/I] have passed it up for that price? Boy, "Penguin Lady" sure is spooky, isn't she? How'd you like to run up on [I]her[/I] in a dark alley? Brr... there's some nightmare fuel. Look at that sharp beak... those muscular arms. And that poor creature in her lap, which she appears to be... spanking? Petting? [I]Eviscerating?[/I] And what the heck [I]is[/I] that critter, anyway? I think I'll call it "The ArmadilloFox". Behold, the ArmadilloFox, right-side-up: [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Weird%20Wellington-Penguin%20Lady-000600-rev-inverted.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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