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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dymaxion22, post: 12616, member: 964&quot;]FIRST QUOTE: &quot;A few weeks back, one of the stranger financial stories involved the coining of an intergalactic currency, the Galactos, designed to foster trade between earthlings and whoever else is out there in the cosmos.&quot;</p><p>(From: Today&#039;s column by Chuck Jaffe on cbs.marketwatch.com)</p><p><br /></p><p>SECOND QUOTE:&nbsp; &quot;The coin, made up of chrome and nickel, weighs three grams with the inscription &quot;galactos&quot; and the year of issue 2004&quot; will be used as a &quot;cosmic single currency for use in financial transactions between Earthlings and extra-terrestrial civilizations.&quot;</p><p>(From: <a href="http://www.highsentence.com/hsarchives/000135.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.highsentence.com/hsarchives/000135.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.highsentence.com/hsarchives/000135.html</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t really tell, but this is apparently not a joke?&nbsp; A quick internet search for &quot;galactos coin&quot; yielded many short articles like the ones above.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If it is not a joke -- will it be of interest to collectors? </p><p><br /></p><p>None of the articles I found contained a picture of this &quot;coin.&quot;&nbsp; If anyone can find one and post it here, I&#039;d love to see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dymaxion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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