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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 559376, member: 5719&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to formally introduce you to Martin Gray who has joined CoinTalk at my invitation.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve already been in touch with Peter, our man behind the curtain, as well as Doug and Steve (De Orc) about this and I am doing this with Peter&#039;s blessing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin is a National Geographic photographer who is currently working on a book titled &quot;Sacred Life: Coins of the Natural World.&quot; This book will have black and white photographs of several hundred coins with the animals and plants (living species) shown on the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The theme of Martin&#039;s book is both simple and profound: &quot;We have living beings on our money; let’s use that money to protect them.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin has been looking for <b>circulated</b> examples of a number of specific coins that he would like to borrow and photograph for this book. Thalia Elizabeth and I have lent Martin several dozen coins, <i>all of which were returned safely</i>.&nbsp; In all Martin has borrowed, photographed and returned over 300 individual coins thus far from a number of individuals.&nbsp; He&#039;s looking for circulated coins, the idea being that they&#039;ve been in the pocket of someone around the world.&nbsp; (I really like this idea-- it fits with my concept of coins relating to our collective history.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin is still in search of a select list of world coins, that while relatively inexpensive, are just not all that common as far as I know.&nbsp; I suggested to him that he post here CT with a request to borrow the remaining items he would like to photograph to complete the book.&nbsp; But I didn&#039;t think it wise for Martin to simply register and immediately make such a solicitation as it might appear to be suspect as an initial post (and some members would not hesitate to call this out).&nbsp; So as a more veteran member of CT who has already worked with Martin, I&#039;m introducing him and his work to the gang.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin should be along shortly with a list of the coins he&#039;s looking for.&nbsp; Hopefully you good folks here at CT will then be able to work directly with him via PM.&nbsp; I would not hesitate to endorse his effort and I&#039;m really looking forward to seeing this book-- at last I get into print!&nbsp; (Well, sort of... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some photographs from his effort so far-- and yes, some of the coins were borrowed from me and Thalia Elizabeth (mostly Thalia!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Animals: </p><p><a href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/animals/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/animals/" rel="nofollow">http://sacredsites.com/coins/animals/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Plants:</p><p><a href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/plants/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/plants/" rel="nofollow">http://sacredsites.com/coins/plants/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Birds:</p><p><a href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/birds/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/birds/" rel="nofollow">http://sacredsites.com/coins/birds/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Fish:</p><p><a href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/fish/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sacredsites.com/coins/fish/" rel="nofollow">http://sacredsites.com/coins/fish/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>His website is <a href="http://www.sacredsites.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sacredsites.com" rel="nofollow">www.sacredsites.com</a> (and besides the links above, there is some amazing nature photography on it)!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin lives in Arizona and I&#039;ve had the pleasure of speaking with him personally about this work.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide to this effort![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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