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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2406470, member: 75525&quot;]<b>San Jacinto Day 2016</b></p><p>My coin club, the Pasadena Coin Club, celebrated National Coin Week1, April 17 – 23, with a table at the San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment2 on April 23rd 2016. Representatives from three area coin clubs helped run the booth. This is the third year we have had a table at the event. We have talked coin collecting to lots of folks and I hope generated some interest in the hobby.</p><p>Our table had a display of money from before, during and after the time of the Republic of Texas, 1836 - 1846. We also had a book of fake money, shown on top of the coin cases. Visitors were impressed with the coins and paper money no longer used like: large cents, half cents, two cent coins, 3 cent coins, paper money for less than a dollar, Spanish &amp; Mexican coins, a Japanese note issued in Pesos and more. We had a copy of James Bevill’s book on Texas money - The Paper Republic - The Struggle for Money, Credit and Independence in the Republic of Texas3. I had a display of ancient coins shown in the lower left of the case below and below. We gave British half pennies, proof coins and undated buffalo nickels to Young Numismatists (YNs). We shared the ANA national coin week packet with visitors. We also passed on information on our clubs and how someone could sell a collection they inherited. (One visitor inherited a Massachusetts half cent and wanted to know if it was real!)</p><p>I will concentrate on ancient coins here. Some of the events are pictured below. It was a great day other than the sun burn I brought home. </p><p>[ATTACH]496705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a small case with ancient coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496706[/ATTACH]</p><p>To pull in visitors, I would ask folks what was the oldest coin they ever held. Then I would let them hold a Roman Republican struck bronze As:</p><p>[ATTACH]496707[/ATTACH] most smiled at my half as for some reason</p><p>The piece on the left is from about 150 BC (estimated by weight) and the one on the right is from 200 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496708[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Cast Sextans&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Struck Asses&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Silver Denarii</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 240 BC&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 200 BC&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 200 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Soldier pay=126/wk&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 21/wk&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2/wk</p><p>Legion/wk =31 tons&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5 tons&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 100 #</p><p><br /></p><p>In 211 BC a Roman soldier was paid 3 bronze Asses per day. To the left in the picture above are two cast Sextans (1/6th of an As) from about 240 BC. It would take 18 of these to make a day’s pay. In the middle are struck Asses. It would take 21 of these to make a week’s pay. On the right are denarii. It would take 2 to make a week’s pay. You can imagine the ox cart to haul pay for a legion of 5,000 men was much smaller when paid with silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.money.org/numismatic-events/national-coin-week" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.money.org/numismatic-events/national-coin-week" rel="nofollow">https://www.money.org/numismatic-events/national-coin-week</a></p><p>2.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/About_Us/News_and_Events/Upcoming_Events/2016_Festival_Reenactment/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/About_Us/News_and_Events/Upcoming_Events/2016_Festival_Reenactment/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/About_Us/News_and_Events/Upcoming_Events/2016_Festival_Reenactment/</a></p><p>3.&nbsp; <a href="http://texas-history-page.blogspot.com/2010/03/paper-republic-struggle-for-money.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://texas-history-page.blogspot.com/2010/03/paper-republic-struggle-for-money.html" rel="nofollow">http://texas-history-page.blogspot.com/2010/03/paper-republic-struggle-for-money.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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