Henri Charriere

Ooh la la! My wife got a big kick out of this exceptional ephemera made all the more interesting by the date featured on the coin. To my knowledge, the series was officially ended a year earlier, in 1914, but 🐓 dated 1915 are rumored to exist. Great stuff!

Really sad to see what this hobby has "evolved" into. Anybody remember when notices from the Mint came by mail? You mailed them a postal money order for $2. and change, and presto, that was it. A Proof Set for that year showed up routinely in your mailbox. Mission Accomplished. Dems were the dayz...

[Charming sense of humor. You brighten up my day.]

To @Ahlawy: Sorry about the miscalulation. Accepted it was a 25 kurush gold coin and extrapolated its melt value, accordingly. To @Mohawk Come in! Come in! You don't have to ask. You're a member in good standing. Welcome back!

[The censors must have had the nite off. Back on Track. Good to hear from you @Oldhoopster👍 Looks like we're back! Appreciate the rooster 🐓!]

Too late to change orders. Demand quickly outpaced supply and the window of opportunity closed in a matter of minutes. Better luck next time.

[Old thread, late at nite, here goes... The "evil, dehumanizing and immoral" I can live with. It comes with the territory. But "never-to-be-trusted" is pushing things a little. Life in Iraq 🇮🇶 under Saddam Hussein was predictable and orderly. The fear palpable. 😨 When that "cork" was removed, all hell broke loose. Some countries, primarily dictatorships, require an official murderer-in-charge to keep things under control. It took only a single historical event to set off the powder keg that quickly escalated into WWI. Must give credit where credit is due. Human lives are always expendable. [Mother Nature with her hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes, is granted an exception under the "Acts of God" clause.] The important thing is to make sure the trains run on time.] Note: With the 🐓 man, you come to expect the unexpected: outrageous, biting commentary. And you get it. I never disappoint.

@Ross J: I'm all in!

[Jeez, 1922 No D 1944 DD's, 1968 No S proof, 1909 VDB... Hmm, 🤔 think I'll throw in with @Six Mile Rick on this one. Make mine plain vanilla, hold the die cracks and rivets.]

@Zebo... Terrific poster! Just when you thought you've seen it all... Absolutely no beef with that at all!

My error, sorry. I mistook your Terabits for that tasty cajun treat, Trilobites. I can assure you I will try to be more cautious ⚠️ about what I post here going forward. Carry on, gentlemen...

I have no "clew" as to the nature of this topic but I just wanted to say, looking back, that the continuing good-natured banter and camaraderie exhibited by the two of you is, as always, exceedingly lovely. The Forum is very fortunate to have you as members and I know the community agrees. 👍

Pigeons, as in extinct passenger pigeons You wouldn't call a Lincoln a Linkin, right? I'm going to let you slide on this one because of your well-established, long-time presence on the Forum, unassailable character, reputation, vast store of numismatic knowledge and last, but not least, enviable, stunningly breath-taking compilation of top-shelf Lincoln Head cents. 😉

If you do, stay away from the French gold roosters. They are loud and raucous in the morning and may disturb your neighbors.

Actually, the one source that described the contents accurately was the shipment that got seized. All my records show "documents" with no additional details, and those are the ones that came through uneventfully.

But what about that recent announcement that they would be pivoting to auctions only?

[Crowing 🐓 are you? Sure know how to rub it in.]

Well, I would not want anything untoward to happen to my mentor, but you must admit you deliberately disregarded my orders to stay out of the skies and off the roads. Your itinerary has never been more complex. Can't have you gallivanting about like that at your age. [I will find out Friday whether a reassessment of my 4.2 is indicated. I will let you know] 😉

FedEx FedExed me once on a three-coin shipment from France which was seized by Customs pending the results of a phone interview in which I was "coerced" into providing exceedingly more intrusive personal information including my full name, DOB and SSN -- MIND YOU IN REAL TIME, OVER THE PHONE and the return of Customs' documents e-mailed to me requesting specific details, or else the shipment being held hostage for ransom at an amount for $33. would be returned forthwith. FedEx lied to me about every aspect of the shipment claiming it arrived undocumented from an unknown source -- a prominent name and well-established reputation on a par with Stack's Bowers -- which I only discovered upon its release from Customs and delivery to my door notably with a clearly marked return address and complete documentation with invoices noting numismatic collectibles. One could argue I was not compelled to answer any questions, but the entire transaction was legitimate and legal and placing an order and transmitting funds is something I've grown accustomed to and I had absolutely nothing to hide. I subsequently found out from @Conder101 who just now chimed in, that what Customs did was improper and the penalty exacted unwarranted. I have never had a shipment from any source seized before or since but I think it safe to say anything is possible nowadays. And the injustice done to me? I guess that's the cost of doing business. I was informed by the sender that the shipment, initially sent by DHL, had been returned for unspecified reasons and whether it would be alright to use FedEx and said, Sure, go right ahead. After this incident, I examined all my prior invoices in an attempt to ascertain what the problem was and noted that the products being shipped were "documents." Hmm, true. Was this a clever ploy to circumvent Customs? I will never know. (And thank you once again Mighty Conder for going the extra mile for me by supplying helpful references and footnotes to applicable law.)

Except in the rarefied atmosphere of the Twilight Zone where Madison Avenue steps in to stimulate the salivaries thereby creating the demand for a product the public never knew they needed... Nice racket!

You had predominantly Sunni Muslims in Iraq 🇮🇶 battling predominantly Shi-ite Muslims in Iran 🇮🇷 for eight years with both sides praying to the same God, Allah, to win. . .

Is it just me or is anyone else experiencing the sensation of circumferential reasoning at work here. That's a spectacular leap there somehow citing lack of want without much of a following while accepting lack of knowledge. How can there be interest, much less demand about something, no one even knows exists? 🤔 If this keeps up, I'm off to Tristan da Cunha -- but not before checking if any of my Roosters have er, uh, die defects. I am with the Mighty @Conder101 on this one. A missing mint mark trumps a die disorder any day of the week. (No, he di-int!) Yes, I just did. 🐓

Here's one for the books: the comment's been restored! Numismagically!

Because they put their trust in other people's lying eyes. 👀

In Noo Yalkese: Sorry for the "inconvenience."