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I think johnnyi was the first person to post that link on first page reply26. I searched for the uprooted palm but didnt see it. Maybe I missed it I dunno. Its a good link.traderoftreasures said:well i'll be a monkey's great, great, great grandson. thanks
Yes yours is different. But it still could be a watch fob like the ones I posted earlier. Here is a pic of vest chains from my Sears book. It looks like this type of attachment on the Maine coin.history hunter said:The coin/fob in the pic you are talking about does not have a brass ring in the hole like mine, that is a little strange.
bigcypresshunter said:Yes yours is different. But it still could be a watch fob like the ones I posted earlier. Here is a pic of vest chains from my Sears book. It looks like this type of attachment on the Maine coin.history hunter said:The coin/fob in the pic you are talking about does not have a brass ring in the hole like mine, that is a little strange.
If the locket showed the other side of the coin inside the lid it could have been from one. I think time frame about right.trikikiwi said:Is it just me, or is there some similarity here ?
Item #: anim19. Horse Head. 4 compartment locket with chain or bowpin. Circa 1880's. Price $50
http://www.antiquewear.com/invanim.htm
5th item down.
Mike
Thats another good worn example of this 19th century fantasy/forgery. Im posting it here for the record. I wonder what state it was found/purchased in?IronSpike said:Here's one like it:
http://www.numisology.com/Greek.htm
Zuegatania AE 32
—struck by an anonymous 19th century forger
Carthage
Dano Sverige said:Happy to see the American educational brainwashing is still working strong lol.
What's so hard to believe that Columbus wasn't the first "outsider" to find North America? The Vikings did it 300 years before Columbus,and the Phoenicians certainly had the ships and knowledge to make it easily a thousand years or so before the vikings!
2 or 3 professor's,some institution in Boston,and a coin expert/author all agree these coins are ancient...but maybe they don't have the benefit of your expertise?
Anyhow,the last statement recommending contacting the author IS a very good plan,one i'd recommend doing.It could be you have a two thousand year old coin and a genuine piece of pre-american history.
HISPAN said:America discovered Spain in 1492 !
Im curious, are the coin pics better in the book? They are black & white and very poor quality in the link online.RGINN said:For some reason I missed this topic when it was first posted, but as soon as the pic popped up I recognized the coin. I have Mrs. Farley's book, so I had seen the same thing in there.
Do you have any pictures of your coin.XL-PRO PRO said:Well, here we go again.I have a very similar coin(same horse-head with palm tree but no roots) definitley a silver/gold composition,minted on one side only with a microscopic mint mark(1 with wings) on the base of the smooth side.My coin was personally found on a mountain in Tenn. in the late 70's.At the time the only research source available was the local library where I did manage to locate an example in book on Greek coinage, published in 1955.It showed the same coin being minted in Carthage about 400bc and also showed the mintmark.It was listed as one of the earliest known minted coins and in 1955 was valued at $500.It was some years later before I noticed the mintmark(not visable to the naked eye)while examining the coin under a magnifier.All of the so-called experts I have contacted have never heard of this particular coin except one who told me it would be almost impossible for me to obtain.So,add another state to your list.Thanks DBULL