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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andy, post: 117752, member: 645&quot;]Cloudsweeper,</p><p>I know that the Klondike strike was a short one but I did not realize that the gold was only used for one minting. I think it would be great to have a 1897 Liberty coin minted from San Francisco when one thinks of the danger and hardships that went into getting that gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Big Dog,</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the sound of perhaps having Aztec gold around my finger. </p><p><br /></p><p>tcore</p><p><br /></p><p>I find what you say pretty interesting and given further thought I am suprised that there is any ancient gold around at all in that it wasn&#039;t all recycled in minted form every couple of generations for new living gods, emperors, kings, etc to grace over. I can only guess that coins survived not only from respect or being buried and lost only to be rediscovered but also that the coin collecter must have been born with the first coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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