Ok JamminJ, I know you won't like this coin, BUT....

[the_Thing ®]

it is one of the first Crusader coins minted, and they are all crude, so, its condition is actually quite good for the Tancred series of coins, and I dig that patina! I'm going to be bidding on it.

 

 

99, Lot: 207. CRUSADERS, Kingdom of Antioch. Tancred. 1104-1112 Æ Follis (22mm, 3.44 gm). Second type. Estimate $100.

 

CRUSADERS, Kingdom of Antioch. Tancred. 1104-1112 Æ Follis (22mm, 3.44 gm). Second type. Turbaned and mailed bust facing, holding raised sword / Voided long cross crosslet; IC XC NI KA in quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 68; CCS pg. 199, 4a. VF, black-green patina with desert traces.

[JamminJ]

Actually I do like that one.

When does the sale close?

 

I think the difference is that while it's environmentally damaged, its uniformly distributed throughout. I hate couns with uneven strike and incomplete legends. A mean looking dude with a sword also helps.

 

Any paticular part of TJ's anatomy you're willing to trade for this coin? I suggest his liver as it's in a similar state of preservation to this coin.

 

-JamminJ

[TomB]

That's actually a pretty cool looking coin, and that dude has some serious eyeball issues. I like that.

 

As for what part of TJ to use... I'd suggest you just lop off anything that is convenient, feed it to some hungry dog and then wait till it passes it to read the excrement...that will give you the answer.

[the_Thing ®]

Sale closes the 13th. What do you mean when you are referring to enviromentally damaged? The patina? Or did I miss something? There really isn't too much left of TJ's anatomy that is salvagable. I've often thought the loose skin of this "turkey neck" might come in useful to burn victims, or the hair on this butt might go to that cancer charity that uses human hair for wigs, but all in all, his trade in value is low.

[JamminJ]

I was referring to both the patina and the porosity evident on the reverse.

 

Poor TJ, a lifetime of hard livin' and no body parts left to salvage.

 

-JamminJ

[JamminJ]

that dude has some serious eyeball issues. I like that.

 

The die maker probably used the same punch for both the eyes and the chain mail vest. Rather cool, indeed.

 

-JamminJ

[the_Thing ®]

There has been a rumor going around that TJ died yesterday. Something to do with a leak in his Depends, bare feet, and a power cord. I'm still waiting to hear from him. I fear the worst, but hope for the best.

[JamminJ]

 

I miss your wit. How about getting an alt ID on the CU forums just for old time's sake?

 

-JamminJ

[the_Thing ®]

I've tried getting back on CU twice, some time ago, but evidently my "wit" is easily to identify, and my detractors report me to THE MAN asap, and my account is killed. To be honest with you, when I do look at that forum now, its seems to of gone down hill greatly. Nothing like the good old days when GoldenState was around. I have been trying to bribe Arch with booze and porn to let me back into the WC, but so far he won't budge.

[JamminJ]

That's a shame. I can see how you might be easy to identify, even without the dancing palm tree.

 

Watching the one on one battle between you and Truthteller over here tired me out, but I always enjoyed the CU forum battles.

 

-JamminJ

[TJ]

My innards may be ravaged but my mind is in tact. You fools listen to drudge and art bell apparently. Who is the demented ones around here?

[the_Thing ®]

TJ, are you communicating with us from your room at the YMCA in Sacramento, or from the Great Beyond?

[TJ]

TJ, are you communicating with us from your room at the YMCA in Sacramento, or from the Great Beyond?

That was ONE WHACKED QUESTION, oh Thingy. You need to be banned from here too. How many places you banned from now?

[the_Thing ®]

I have proudly been banned from CU forums, the WC here, and a local all you can eat Chinese food buffet.

[JamminJ]

You fools listen to drudge and art bell apparently. Who is the demented ones around here?

 

TJ's been browsing the CU forums again.

 

-JamminJ

[TJ]

You fools listen to drudge and art bell apparently. Who is the demented ones around here?

 

TJ's been browsing the CU forums again.

 

-JamminJ

Only at my boring work, where I'm driven to mindless distractions just to get through the day...

[JamminJ]

Only at my boring work, where I'm driven to mindless distractions just to get through the day...

 

I know the feeling, I also spend a good deal of my employer's time surfing.

 

-JamminJ

[TJ]

Only at my boring work, where I'm driven to mindless distractions just to get through the day...

 

I know the feeling, I also spend a good deal of my employer's time surfing.

 

-JamminJ

I don't know how I wasted the day away before the internet. I think it was in those primitive games.

[JamminJ]

I don't know how I wasted the day away before the internet. I think it was in those primitive games.

 

I hit magazines and books to kill the time. My favorite titles were the Economist, Wall Street Journal, Popular Mechanics, PC Magazine and Barron's.

 

-JamminJ