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<p>[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2275747, member: 76181"]I was running through the gallery the other day and stumbled across a medal that I instantly recognized. It looked like something I bought at the US Mint in Washington DC circa 1973 as kid. That and a cotton bag full of fresh mint pennies. The pennies are long gone but I dug around and found my medal safely stored <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />(less it's plastic dome display) in a box in the basement. This medal was the first thing I ever bought with my money that was related to collecting. My father was in the Navy in the Pacific in WWII and it is probably why I gravitated to it in the souvenir shop that day. I remember handing over a fist full of cash for it.....probably less than $10.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reflecting upon it, <i>I realized that this is what set the hook so long ago</i>. John Paul sat on my desk as a kid, in my dorm in college and in my many apartments. A house and kids put it/him into storage. And not long after the medal went into storage, after another internet stumble, I began collecting ancients. </p><p><br /></p><p>It has pretty much no monetary value, but it will now go in the Abafil, next to its' better bred kin.....it is the Genesis Item (yup coining a term here...look a pun "coining") <i>All else in the collection exists because of this medal.</i> Not a coin, not paper currency, not a token, but a Medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bored on a Monday afternoon?</p><p>Tired of the work calls?</p><p>The Sports jock colleagues groaning on about missed or made field goals?</p><p>Politics got you down?</p><p>Significant other not appreciating your hobby?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, join the dozens (sorry, not billions) of other collectors that share your unique perspective on life (you collect what????) and post your Genesis Item here. Distract yourself in a healthy way........<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie53" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie68" alt=":nurse:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Help start a thread that will know no boundaries as to item classification, a thread that recognizes no collecting category, imagine all the people, living life in peace...</p><p><br /></p><p>You may say that I 'm a dreamer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":astronaut:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but I'm not the only one........<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Genesis Item.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454048[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>US Mint 1973 Comitia Americana Re-strike</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Medal awarded to Captain John Paul Jones for the naval battle between the U.S. frigate </b><i><b>Bonhomme Richard</b></i><b> and the British frigate </b><i><b>Serapis</b></i><b>. </b>The original was engraved by Augustine Dupre, and struck in gold.</p><p>Obverse: The bust of Captain Jones, facing right. Latin inscription reads: The American Congress to John Paul Jones, Commander of the fleet.</p><p>Reverse: The <i>Bonhomme Richard</i> on fire with her crew boarding the severely damaged <i>Serapis</i>. The <i>Alliance</i>, consort of the <i>Richard</i>, stands off to the left beyond two sailors in the water clinging to a spar. Latin inscription reads: The Enemy's Ships Captured or Put to Flight (above), at Scotland's shore, 23 September 1779 (below).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it just me or did someone just whisper "<i>Rosebud....</i>"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2275747, member: 76181"]I was running through the gallery the other day and stumbled across a medal that I instantly recognized. It looked like something I bought at the US Mint in Washington DC circa 1973 as kid. That and a cotton bag full of fresh mint pennies. The pennies are long gone but I dug around and found my medal safely stored :banghead:(less it's plastic dome display) in a box in the basement. This medal was the first thing I ever bought with my money that was related to collecting. My father was in the Navy in the Pacific in WWII and it is probably why I gravitated to it in the souvenir shop that day. I remember handing over a fist full of cash for it.....probably less than $10. Reflecting upon it, [I]I realized that this is what set the hook so long ago[/I]. John Paul sat on my desk as a kid, in my dorm in college and in my many apartments. A house and kids put it/him into storage. And not long after the medal went into storage, after another internet stumble, I began collecting ancients. It has pretty much no monetary value, but it will now go in the Abafil, next to its' better bred kin.....it is the Genesis Item (yup coining a term here...look a pun "coining") [I]All else in the collection exists because of this medal.[/I] Not a coin, not paper currency, not a token, but a Medal. Bored on a Monday afternoon? Tired of the work calls? The Sports jock colleagues groaning on about missed or made field goals? Politics got you down? Significant other not appreciating your hobby? Well, join the dozens (sorry, not billions) of other collectors that share your unique perspective on life (you collect what????) and post your Genesis Item here. Distract yourself in a healthy way........:hungover::depressed::nurse: Help start a thread that will know no boundaries as to item classification, a thread that recognizes no collecting category, imagine all the people, living life in peace... You may say that I 'm a dreamer :astronaut:, but I'm not the only one........;);) Here is my Genesis Item. [ATTACH=full]454048[/ATTACH] US Mint 1973 Comitia Americana Re-strike [B]Medal awarded to Captain John Paul Jones for the naval battle between the U.S. frigate [/B][I][B]Bonhomme Richard[/B][/I][B] and the British frigate [/B][I][B]Serapis[/B][/I][B]. [/B]The original was engraved by Augustine Dupre, and struck in gold. Obverse: The bust of Captain Jones, facing right. Latin inscription reads: The American Congress to John Paul Jones, Commander of the fleet. Reverse: The [I]Bonhomme Richard[/I] on fire with her crew boarding the severely damaged [I]Serapis[/I]. The [I]Alliance[/I], consort of the [I]Richard[/I], stands off to the left beyond two sailors in the water clinging to a spar. Latin inscription reads: The Enemy's Ships Captured or Put to Flight (above), at Scotland's shore, 23 September 1779 (below). Is it just me or did someone just whisper "[I]Rosebud....[/I]"[/QUOTE]
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