An ANA Convention Exhibit Idea 0

[RWB]

     Thinking about the mass of “error” coins people think they have found, but are really just damage.

Scene: ANA Convention in a look-a-like suburb of Chicago. (Where all the cicadas are “zombies,” and all the birds think they are hawks.)

Imagine several display cases cluttered with parking lot coins. Maybe 1^st case showing paved lot with a section of asphalt complete with lane paint and trash (maybe a clump of weeds for that natural touch), strewn with fast-food road-kill cents and nickels, plus a bit of trash.

Add to that a 2^nd case coated with blue gravel, rocks, cigaret butts, spilled coffee, assorted dirt and more convenience store parking lot coins.

And a 3^rd case with grooved concrete, sharp yellow lines, and coins with long defacing scrapes matching the concrete….

These could include toy trucks and cars, enlarged copies of chat board messages and photos about wonderful error coin finds; and maybe a projection of some internet scammers’ videos touting junk.

      Not sure how this might be handled by ANA judges. But when the Convention closed, the janitor could sweep it all away. No security problems.

Edited June 8 by RWB

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 6/8/2024 at 3:30 PM, RWB said:

Where all the cicadas are “zombies,”

The sex-crazed type?

I just read an article on this a few days ago, they were also called flying salt shakers of death and were said to be high out of their minds. Now that would make one heck of an exhibit. 

[RWB]

On 6/8/2024 at 4:17 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

The sex-crazed type?

I just read an article on this a few days ago, they were also called flying salt shakers of death and were said to be high out of their minds. Now that would make one heck of an exhibit. 

A fungus among-them (not us).

[Mike Meenderink]

Maybe a booth with coins that had extraordinary stories behind the damage. That would actually be interesting to many ....like these

By M. Meenderink

Three Silver Coins Saved a Soldiers Life

 

Buyssens

 

These coins risked and saved Belgian soldier Optatius Buyssens's life!

 

Shot after the noise of them "clinging together in his breast pocket... gave his position away... "

 

Buyssens

 

Optatius Buyssens fought as a soldier during World War One

Edited June 9 by Mike Meenderink

[Mike Meenderink]

WAR DAMAGE

TOP THAT

[Mike Meenderink]

By M. Meenderink

A $20 Gold Coin that Saved a Life

The story that a sweetheart gave Confederate soldier George Dixon a $20 gold coin dated 1860 as a good luck charm has been validated. The story was that George kept the coin with him always, in his pocket, as a good luck charm. During the Battle of Shiloh, George was shot point blank in the chest. The bullet struck in his pocket miraculously hitting the center of the gold coin. The impact was said to have left the gold piece bent, with the bullet embedded in it which likely saved his life. This story was well known among George's peers and most local residents of his time.

George’s luck, however, did not last forever as he was assigned a dangerous and new duty to complete. Here is what happened next to now Lt. George Dixon CSA                                                                       Nearly 150 years ago, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley   the first submarine ever in history, failed to return to port after its successful maiden mission. 

The propulsion was simply men turning a crank. A pole on the front was designed to hold and ram explosives into enemy ships. Therefore, the sub had to actually make contact. On February 17th,1864 the Hunley successfully placed a powder charge into the Union warship Housatonic and sunk her. Unfortunately, most likely due to being in close proximity of the explosion of the Housatonic the Hunley also went down hours later on February 17th,1864 with its eight-man crew on board. There were no survivors, and the sub was never seen again until it was found by chance in 1995 off the coast of South Carolina. 

The legend of the coin was proven true when archaeologists found inside the submarine one bent gold coin that was carried by none other than the sub’s new captain, Lieutenant George Dixon, given to him by his sweetheart for good luck years earlier. The $20 gold coin had saved his life one time but sadly could not this time.  The Hunley was excavated then raised in 2000 and is currently being restored and conserved by- The Hunley Project: A partnership among the South Carolina Hunley Commission, Clemson University Restoration Institute, The Naval Historical Center, The US Navy and the nonprofit Friends of the Hunley.

Edited June 9 by Mike Meenderink

[Zebo]

On 6/8/2024 at 3:30 PM, RWB said:

     Thinking about the mass of “error” coins people think they have found, but are really just damage.

Scene: ANA Convention in a look-a-like suburb of Chicago. (Where all the cicadas are “zombies,” and all the birds think they are hawks.)

Imagine several display cases cluttered with parking lot coins. Maybe 1^st case showing paved lot with a section of asphalt complete with lane paint and trash (maybe a clump of weeds for that natural touch), strewn with fast-food road-kill cents and nickels, plus a bit of trash.

Add to that a 2^nd case coated with blue gravel, rocks, cigaret butts, spilled coffee, assorted dirt and more convenience store parking lot coins.

And a 3^rd case with grooved concrete, sharp yellow lines, and coins with long defacing scrapes matching the concrete….

These could include toy trucks and cars, enlarged copies of chat board messages and photos about wonderful error coin finds; and maybe a projection of some internet scammers’ videos touting junk.

      Not sure how this might be handled by ANA judges. But when the Convention closed, the janitor could sweep it all away. No security problems.

Ah, but you forgot something - you need the book:

 

 

[RWB]

Ah, yes. I've seen that on the other side of the tracks. A most excellent work. Should get the NLG award for Book-of-the-Internet-Age.

Imagine the fun if PCGS and NGC message board members assembled this exhibit together! Both boards face this mess daily. Why not both spoof the problem together.

[VKurtB]

On 6/9/2024 at 8:22 AM, Zebo said:

Ah, but you forgot something - you need the book:

 

 

There would be points added for the relevant literature. Ms. Spendit should include a biographical chapter on her youth. 

Edited June 9 by VKurtB

[VKurtB]

On 6/8/2024 at 2:30 PM, RWB said:

     Thinking about the mass of “error” coins people think they have found, but are really just damage.

Scene: ANA Convention in a look-a-like suburb of Chicago. (Where all the cicadas are “zombies,” and all the birds think they are hawks.)

Imagine several display cases cluttered with parking lot coins. Maybe 1^st case showing paved lot with a section of asphalt complete with lane paint and trash (maybe a clump of weeds for that natural touch), strewn with fast-food road-kill cents and nickels, plus a bit of trash.

Add to that a 2^nd case coated with blue gravel, rocks, cigaret butts, spilled coffee, assorted dirt and more convenience store parking lot coins.

And a 3^rd case with grooved concrete, sharp yellow lines, and coins with long defacing scrapes matching the concrete….

These could include toy trucks and cars, enlarged copies of chat board messages and photos about wonderful error coin finds; and maybe a projection of some internet scammers’ videos touting junk.

      Not sure how this might be handled by ANA judges. But when the Convention closed, the janitor could sweep it all away. No security problems.

It’s been done. But it may be time for a reprise.