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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 8571133, member: 10461"]Paid through the nose, I did, and got some sticker shock after the buyer's fee, but by golly I prevailed, and after wanting one for a long time, I am finally the owner of a piece of the <b>John Quincy Adams</b> & descendants collection. I too happen to be a descendant of the sixth US president, so it's coming "back into the family", you might say. You can see why it was a "must have" pedigree for me to add to my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>My stern-looking ancestor as an old man, circa 1843-48:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" rel="nofollow">[ATTACH=full]1511468[/ATTACH]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a Roman Republican denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-CNG Electronic Auction 524, <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6053&lot=408" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6053&lot=408" rel="nofollow">Lot 408</a>, 28 Sep 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/524/image00408.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 8571133, member: 10461"]Paid through the nose, I did, and got some sticker shock after the buyer's fee, but by golly I prevailed, and after wanting one for a long time, I am finally the owner of a piece of the [B]John Quincy Adams[/B] & descendants collection. I too happen to be a descendant of the sixth US president, so it's coming "back into the family", you might say. You can see why it was a "must have" pedigree for me to add to my collection. My stern-looking ancestor as an old man, circa 1843-48: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams'][ATTACH=full]1511468[/ATTACH][/URL] The coin is a Roman Republican denarius. Ex-CNG Electronic Auction 524, [URL='https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6053&lot=408']Lot 408[/URL], 28 Sep 2022 [IMG]https://media.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/524/image00408.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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