Bring On The Coin Pictures-I'm On Cable Internet Now!!!

[Stanley]

[IGWT]

Here's some blue to test your the B in you RGB Monitor!

 

Are you insulting Tom's monitor?

[Newmismatist]

Here's some blue to test the B in your RGB Monitor!

 

Are you insulting Tom's monitor?

 

Not at all - this is a pubic service - this'll help all of your to test the R in your RGB Monitors!

 

 

And here's the "G"

 

[Newmismatist]

And just in case you want to check Multiple colors, you can try this!

 

[Newmismatist]

And finally, a little eye candy for those that like "Old Gold"

 

[jom]

Let your new ISP choke on these, bub. MUHAHAHAH!

 

 

jom

 

PS: MUHAHAHAH!

[Architecht]

And finally, a little eye candy for those that like "Old Gold"

 

 

drool

[Stanley]

 

[IGWT]

And finally, a little eye candy for those that like "Old Gold"

 

I like it. What is it?

[Newmismatist]

And finally, a little eye candy for those that like "Old Gold"

 

I like it. What is it?

 

It is "Greek Gold" a gold Stater of Philip II of Macedon - Alexander the Great's father - It was struck after Philip II had died - some time toward the end of Alexander the Great's reign. The obverse portrait is supposed to be the Greek God Apollo - BUT - Most scholars believe that it is actually a Portrait coin of Alexander the Great - Whether Apollo or Alexander, It is wonderful Greek Portrait Art of the Hellanistic Period -

 

Here's the interesting thing - Teddy Roosevelt's desire to change the US gold coinage and the wonderful St. Gaudens 10s and 20s result from Roosevelts appreciation of classical and Hellenistic Greek art! - the Obverse on the $20 Saint is a direct copy of a piece of Greek sculpture that is in the Louvre: The Winged Victory of Samothrace. If you are familiar with Greek Coins, the reverse eagle on the $10 St Gaudens is almost a direct copy of an Eagle that I believe is on a Ptolemaic silver coins (Ptolemy was one of Alexander's Generals who ended up ruling in Egypt after Alexander died and his empire was disbursed among Alexander's Generals - AND Cleopatra was NOT Egyptian as thought by most - she was Greek as she was a direct descendant of Ptolemy). Well enough "History" If you liked that coin, I posted another couple of "Oldies" in this thread:

 

"Old Gold"

[IGWT]

Thanks for the education! The state of preservation is incredible.

[Newmismatist]

Thanks for the education! The state of preservation is incredible.

 

That's correct - AND the die work is really outstanding - in addition to this being pretty much as struck, on the obverse you can see the pupil of the eye, and there are "eyelashes" exactly where you would expect them to be - incredible when you consider that the dies were hand cut - directly into the metal without modern die engraving tools and probably without the aid of magnifing glasses - though I believe the Greeks were aware that water in a glass "bulb" was a primitive magnifier - the question is: - did they have suffiecient glass making skills to make a clear glass bulb to put water in to be ued as a magnifier? This coin was made around 333 BC

[Oldtrader3]

Here is a couple gold coins that I have not put up pictures of before.

 

[chinook]

[midwest]

"Oh, this is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm comin' to join ya, honey!"

[TomB]

Chinook!!!

 

Should I just send to you the few nicely toned pieces that I have since you apparently own every other one ever minted?

[IGWT]

Great Longacre's Ghost!

[Bruceswar]

WOW ... now thats a lot of 16 coins WOWOW!

[chinook]

Thanks guys.

 

Tom, you dont have to send them, just hand them over in Baltimore