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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1181668, member: 19463"]I don't know what the first person that asked this question meant but I'd like to know the answer to this question as well. I'll ask it in a slightly different way so perhaps someone can answer:</p><p><br /></p><p>What was there about this coin that caused it to be selected by Reader's Digest to be mass produced and cause all this trouble. I can think of a hundred coins that I'd be more likely to include in my advertising scheme but someone saw enough significance here to select this one. When they promoted a book on ancient Greece, they selected a coin of Gela with a rather neat man-headed bull design on one side and a chariot on the other. While not super rare, it is a very typical Greek looking design (albeit Gela being in Greek Sicily). Another commonly found super-fake is the New Hampshire colonial WM/1776 which is super rare but still the first coin issued in the US by the newly declared independent US. I assume it got points for being first. </p><p><br /></p><p>What is it that is special about this ducat that caused it to be selected as the coin for the promotion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1181668, member: 19463"]I don't know what the first person that asked this question meant but I'd like to know the answer to this question as well. I'll ask it in a slightly different way so perhaps someone can answer: What was there about this coin that caused it to be selected by Reader's Digest to be mass produced and cause all this trouble. I can think of a hundred coins that I'd be more likely to include in my advertising scheme but someone saw enough significance here to select this one. When they promoted a book on ancient Greece, they selected a coin of Gela with a rather neat man-headed bull design on one side and a chariot on the other. While not super rare, it is a very typical Greek looking design (albeit Gela being in Greek Sicily). Another commonly found super-fake is the New Hampshire colonial WM/1776 which is super rare but still the first coin issued in the US by the newly declared independent US. I assume it got points for being first. What is it that is special about this ducat that caused it to be selected as the coin for the promotion?[/QUOTE]
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