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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1784038, member: 4910&quot;]I visited the Santa Clara, California coin show on Friday, September 6.</p><p><br /></p><p>Santa Clara is located about 50 miles south of San Francisco.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had been to previous editions of this show run by various promoters, especially</p><p>when I used to live near there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found some interesting tokens and oddities, bought my first Sasanian coin, and was</p><p>getting ready to leave when I saw a coin dealer table with British gold Sovereign coins</p><p>(1/4 oz gold) with Queen Elizabeth on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had wanted a 1963 Sovereign since I was a kid, did he have one?</p><p><br /></p><p>I could see the date 1964 on some and I asked the dealer if I could take a look at them.</p><p>He and his partner were busy with other customers so it took a while to look at them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a 1963 Sovereign which I bought for a little over the gold price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why 1963?</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in 1963, I saw a film called &quot;From Russia with Love&quot;.</p><p>It was the second of the James Bond films with Sean Connery as the British secret agent.</p><p>In the film, Bond is being sent to Istanbul to meet a beautiful Russian spy.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a scene early in the film where Bond&#039;s chief hands him an attache case</p><p>with some devices, including straps containing &quot;fifty gold sovereigns&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew what a &quot;sovereign&quot; was, and could see the figure of young Elizabeth II on them.</p><p>The strap with the sovereigns turns up later when Bond tries to bribe an assasin with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am now equipped for visits to Istanbul to meet blonde spies:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_greatbritain_sov_1963.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found this interesting token with &quot;Jake the Alligator Man&quot;, appearing at</p><p>&quot;Marsh&#039;s Free Museum&quot; in Long Beach, Washington.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_marshmuseum_jake.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marsh&#039;s Free Museum, Long Beach, Washington - Jake the Alligator Man</p><p>Obverse: JAKE THE ALLIGATOR MAN / MARSH&#039;S FREE MUSEUM</p><p>Reverse: WORLD&#039;S LARGEST FRY PAN / LONG BEACH, WASH</p><p>Metal: Brass - Size: 28mm - Weight: 7.45gm</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember seeing Jake in Hot Springs Arkansas in 1992, he does get around.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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